Human Rights Committee

13 2 nd session

28 June–23 July 2021

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

Adoption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda*

Provisional agenda

1.Adoption of the agenda.

2.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the working group on individual communications.

3.Meeting with representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations.

4.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant.

5.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports.

6.Consideration of individual communications under the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant.

Annotations

1.Adoption of the agenda

Under rule 8 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the first item on the provisional agenda for any session shall be the adoption of the agenda, except for the election of officers when required under rule 16. Under this item, the Committee will adopt the agenda for the session.

In accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure, the present provisional agenda has been prepared by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee. In accordance with rule 9, the Committee may revise the agenda during a session and may, as appropriate, add, defer or delete items.

2.Organizational and other matters, including the adoption of the report of the working group on individual communications

The 132nd session of the Committee will be held online from 28 June to 23 July 2021. The first meeting will be convened on Monday, 28 June, at 12.30 p.m..

Pursuant to rule 35 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the meetings of the Committee will be held in public, unless the Committee decides otherwise or it is apparent from the relevant provisions of the Covenant or the Optional Protocol that the meetings should be held in private.

Under the present item, the Committee will consider miscellaneous issues relevant to the Committee’s business.

3.Meeting with representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations

At each session, the Committee hears representatives of United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations. Accordingly, the following meetings have been scheduled: on 28 June, on Togo, with United Nations organizations and specialized agencies, from 1 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.; and with the national human rights institution and non-governmental organizations, from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

4.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant

The report of Togo will be considered during the 132nd session of the Committee. A tentative schedule for the consideration of the report, prepared in consultation with the Committee, is given below.

Schedule for consideration of reports under article 40 of the Covenant

State	Report	Date
Togo	Fifth periodic report(CCPR/C/TGO/5)	Tuesday, 29 June, afternoonWednesday, 30 June, afternoonThursday, 1 July,afternoon

In accordance with rule 68 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, representatives of States parties may be present at the meetings of the Committee when their reports are examined. Accordingly, the Secretary-General has informed the States parties concerned of the dates on which their respective reports are scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its 132nd session.

Country report task forces will examine and adopt a list of issues on Burundi and lists of issues prior to reporting for Albania, Canada, Ecuador, France, Mozambique, Timor-Leste and Turkey.

5.Follow-up to concluding observations on State party reports

The Special Rapporteur for follow-up on concluding observations will provide a progress report on her activities.

6.Consideration of individual communications under the first Optional Protocol to the Covenant

Mindful of the provisions under rule 107 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the working group on individual communications will meet online prior to the 132nd session, from 21 to 25 June 2021.

In accordance with the provisions of chapter XVIII of its rules of procedure, the Committee will consider individual communications that have been or appear to have been submitted to it under the Optional Protocol.

A total of 1,390 individual communications were pending before the Committee as at 22 April 2021.

In accordance with article 5 (3) of the Optional Protocol and rule 110 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the present agenda item will be considered in closed meetings.