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PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OEA/Ser.G ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES CAJP/GT/RDI-1/05 rev. 3 30 January 2006 COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS Original: Spanish

Working Group to Prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE 2005-2006 TERM

(Plan for the first half of 2006) INTRODUCTION

The Chair of the Working Group prepared this schedule of activities he considers necessary to complete the first year of activities of this Group, which works on the preparation of a Draft Inter- American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance, in accordance with the corresponding General Assembly mandates. It should be noted that its execution will be subject to the availability of the corresponding financial resources.

The delegations approved this document at the meeting of the Working Group on September 23, ad referendum of certain changes that might be necessary during the 2005-2006 term to enable the Group to move forward as efficiently as possible. Therefore, this third revision reflects updated programming for the first half of 2006.

The activities proposed here correspond to the following mandates issued in resolution AG/RES. 2126 (XXXV-O/05):

1. To instruct the Permanent Council to establish a working group that will receive inputs from member state delegations, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), interested OAS organs, agencies, and entities, the United Nations, regional organizations, representatives of indigenous peoples, entrepreneurs, labor groups, and civil society organizations, with a view to the Working Group’s preparation of a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance.

8. To request the Permanent Council to instruct the Working Group to:

a. Continue to address, as a matter of priority, the subject of preventing, combating, and eradicating racism and all forms of discrimination and intolerance; and b. Convene a special meeting of the Working Group to examine and discuss the nature of a future Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance that aims to increase the level of protection afforded to human beings against acts of this type, with a view to reinforcing the international standards now in effect, and taking into account the forms and sources of racism, discrimination, and intolerance in the Hemisphere and those manifestations not addressed in existing instruments on the subject. The following would be invited to participate in the special meeting: government experts, representatives of specialized organizations of the inter-American system and other regional systems, members of the United Nations specialized agencies, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations.

Silvio José Alburquerque e Silva Alternate Representative of Brazil Chair of the Working Group to Prepare a Draft Inter-American Convention against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance February

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 - AFTERNOON - Working Group meeting  Preparations for meeting of Working Group with government experts in Brazil  Opportunity for presentation of inputs contemplated in resolution AG/RES. 2126 (XXXV-O/05), op. para. 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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26 27 28 - 2 - March

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 9 10 11 AFTERNOON – Meeting of Working Group  Preparations for meeting of Working Group with government experts in Brazil  Opportunity for dialogue between member states, IACHR, and civil society organizations working in the anti-racism area

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Meeting of Working Group with government experts in Brasilia, Brazil 26 27 28 29 30 31 - 3 -

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

2 3 4 5 6 - AFTERNOON – Meeting of Working Group . Presentation of preliminary report of rapporteur on meeting of Working Group with government experts in Brasilia, Brazil . Consideration of proposed draft resolution of General Assembly on subject of the Working Group . Oral report of Chair on activities carried out by Working Group during 2005-2006 term 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 20 - Procedure AFTERNOON – Meeting of Working Group CAJP – Meeting of CAJP . Conclusion and approval of draft Chair presents draft resolution and report on Working Group’s resolution of General Assembly on activities to CAJP subject of the Working Group

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 EXTERNAL EXTERNAL ACTIVITY ACTIVITY

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