GA65 Third Committee Subject to change – Status as of 8 October 2010
Special procedure mandate-holders, Chairs of human rights treaty bodies or Chairs of Working Groups presenting reports
Monday, 11 October (am) Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Ms. Xiaoqiau ZOU, Vice-Chair, on behalf of Ms. Naela GABR, Chair of CEDAW) – oral report and interactive dialogue. Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida MANJOO – oral report
Wednesday, 13 October (pm) Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Ms. Marta SANTOS PAIS. Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Ms. Yanghee LEE - oral report. Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Ms. Najat M’jid MAALLA
Monday, 18 October (am) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedom of indigenous people, Mr. James ANAYA
Tuesday, 19 October (am) Chair of the Committee against Torture, Mr. Claudio GROSSMAN – oral report and interactive dialogue. Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, Mr. Victor Manuel RODRIGUEZ RESCIA – oral report and interactive dialogue.
Wednesday, 20 October (pm) Independent Expert on minority issues, Ms. Gay McDOUGALL. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomas Ojea QUINTANA. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Mr. Richard FALK.
Thursday, 21 October (am) Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Olivier DE SCHUTTER. Independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Mr. Cephas LUMINA. Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Mr. Walter KALIN.
Thursday, 21 October (pm) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Margaret SEKAGGYA. Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Mr. Heiner BIELEFELDT.
Friday, 22 October (am) Chair of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Mr. Abdelhamid EL JAMRI. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr. Jorge A. BUSTAMANTE. Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Ms. Raquel ROLNIK. Chair of the Working Group on the Right to Development (statement to be delivered by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights on behalf of the late Mr. Arjun SENGUPTA)
Friday, 22 October (pm) Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Mr. Christof HEYNS. Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Ms. Gabriela KNAUL. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mr. Marzuki DARUSMAN.
Monday, 25 October (am) Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms. Joy Ngozi EZEILO. Independent Expert on the human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, Ms. Catarina DE ALBUQUERQUE. Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Ms. Maria Magdalena SEPULVEDA.
Monday, 25 October (pm) Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Mr. Kishore SINGH. Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Mr. Anand GROVER. Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Mr. Manfred NOWAK.
Tuesday, 26 October (am) Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, Mr. Martin SCHEININ. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. Frank William LA RUE LEWY. Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Mr. John RUGGIE
Monday, 1 November (am) Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Githu MUIGAI. Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Mr. Anwar KEMAL– oral report and interactive dialogue. Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self- determination, Mr. Alexander NIKITIN, Chair.
Tuesday, 2 November (pm) President of the Human Rights Council, H.E. Mr. Sihasak PHUANGKETKEOW - Introduction of the HRC Report