INFO-PACK

1st semester 2008

Last updated: January 2008

A COMPILATION OF CONTACT AND MEMBERSHIP DETAILS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (ISHR)

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International Service for Human Rights 1 INFO-PACK, 1st semester 2008

Contributors

Elodie Aba Annika Åberg Ridwan Sami Al-Jassar Christopher Brown Rami Chalabi Eléonore Dziurzynski Musa Gassama Elena Gaino Ashwini Habbu Alison Leon Christopher Lee Tae-Hohn Lee Shushan Khachyan Hannah Klein Tina Kristensen Gergey Pastor Daniel Perell Ana Carolina Ponte Vidal Yuri Saito Rosa Sanz Ha Eun Seong Johanna Alexandra Somerville Gareth Sweeney Katrine Thomasen

About the publication

The Info-Pack provides you with contact information for United Nations human rights mechanisms and offices as well as regional human rights mechanisms and organisations. You will also find the membership of the different UN and regional human rights bodies, and for each Treaty Monitoring Body, which countries are up for review in 2008.

This information has been provided to make it easier for you to contact people working within relevant human rights mechanisms when you are not able to find information on the websites of these mechanisms or need individualised feedback. Please remember that we circulate these contact details on the understanding that it will be used in an appropriate manner, that the details will not be published on websites and/or other fora where they could be misused, and that the privacy of the individuals concerned will be respected.

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International Service for Human Rights 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TREATY MONITORING BODIES...... 5 Committee against Torture ...... 5 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...... 6 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ...... 7 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ...... 8 Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.... 9 Committee on the Rights of the Child ...... 9 Human Rights Committee...... 10 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...... 11 Committee on Enforced Disappearances ...... 12 INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURES UNDER THE TREATIES ...... 13 RATIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES ...... 14 SPECIAL PROCEDURES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL...... 18 Thematic mandates ...... 18 Country mandates ...... 22 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL...... 24 Membership of the Human Rights Council in 2008 ...... 24 Thematic Working Groups of the Human Rights Council ...... 25 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE...... 26 Working groups of the Sub-Commission ...... 26 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)...... 29 Membership of the Economic and Social Council in 2008...... 29 Composition of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2008 ...... 30 GENERAL ASSEMBLY...... 32 SECURITY COUNCIL...... 33 Membership of the Security Council in 2008 ...... 33 OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR) ...... 34 OHCHR in Geneva ...... 34 Co-ordinators in the OHCHR for country mandates ...... 35 OHCHR in New York ...... 36 OHCHR Field Offices...... 36 Africa region...... 36 Middle East...... 39 Asia-Pacific...... 40 Europe, North America and Central Asia region...... 42 Latin America and the Caribbean ...... 43

International Service for Human Rights 3 OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND SPECIALISED AGENCIES ...... 45 United Nations departments and bodies...... 45 United Nations Specialised Agencies and Organisations...... 46 Other intergovernmental organisations...... 48 REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS ...... 50 The African Regional Human Rights System ...... 50 The European Regional Human Rights System ...... 54 The Inter-american Regional Human Rights System ...... 56 CIVIL SOCIETY: NHRIS AND NGOS...... 58 National Human Rights Institutions International Coordinations...... 58 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)...... 59 Human Rights NGOs ...... 77

International Service for Human Rights 4 TREATY MONITORING BODIES

Information on each of the treaty monitoring bodies is available at the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htm

Committee against Torture

Information on the Committee against Torture is available at the OHCHR website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/index.htm

Membership of the Committee against Torture in 20081

Members Country Until Mr Abdoulaye GAYE** Senegal 2012 Ms Essadia BELMIR Morocco 2009 Ms Felice GAER*** United States of America 2012 Mr Claudio GROSSMAN** Chile 2012 Mr Fernando MARINO MENENDEZ Spain 2009 Ms Myrna KLEOPAS* Cyprus 2012 Mr Luis GALLEGOS CHIRIBOGA Ecuador 2012 Ms Nora SVEAASS Norway 2009 Mr Alexander KOVALEV** Russian Federation 2009 Mr Xuexian WANG China 2009 * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 31 December.

Secretariat of the Committee against Torture Ms Mercedes MORALES FERNANDEZ Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9139, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 9022, E-mail: [email protected]

Countries up for review in 2008 Algeria, Belgium, China Macao and Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Kazhastan, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine, Zambia.

Further information on the Committee against Torture For a list of which countries have ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

The Optional Protocol to the Prevention against Torture (OPCAT) creates the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture. Information on the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture is available at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/opcat/index.htm

1 As at 18 January 2008.

International Service for Human Rights 5 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Information on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is available on the OHCHR website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/index.htm

Membership of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2008

Members Country Until Mr Mohamed Ezzeldin ABDEL-MONEIM Egypt 2008 Mr Clement ATANGANA Cameroon 2010 Ms Rocio BARAHONA REIRA** Costa Rica 2008 Ms Virginia BONOAN-DANDAN Philippines 2010 Ms Maria Virginia BRAS GOMES Portugal 2010 Mr Chandrashekhar DASGUPTA India 2010 Mr Azzouz KERDOUN Algeria 2010 Mr Yuri KOLOVSOV Russian Federation 2010 Ms Barbara Elaine WILSON Switzerland 2008 Mr Jaime MARCHAN ROMERO Ecuador 2010 Mr Sergei MARTYNOV Belarus 2008 Mr Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY** Mauritius 2008 Mr Eibe RIEDEL Germany 2010 Mr Andrzej RZEPLINSKI*** Poland 2008 Mr Walid SA’DI** Jordan 2008 Mr Philippe TEXIER* France 2008 Mr Alvaro TIRADO MEJIA Colombia 2010 Mr Daode ZHAN China 2008 * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 31 December.

Secretariat of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Ms Wan-Hea LEE Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9154, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 9022, E-mail: [email protected]

Countries up for review in 2008 Benin, Bolivia, Cyprus, France, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sweden.

Further information on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights For a list of which countries have ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

International Service for Human Rights 6 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Information on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is available on the OHCHR website at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/

Membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2008

Members Country Until Ms Magalys AROCHA DOMINGUEZ Cuba Ms Meriem BELMIHOUB-ZERDANI Algeria Ms Dorcas COKER-APPIAH Ghana Ms Mary Shanthi DAIRIAM*** Malaysia Mr Cornelis FLINTERMAN Netherlands Ms Naela Mohamed GABR** Egypt Ms Françoise GASPARD** France Ms Saisuree CHUTIKUL Thailand Ms Ferdous ARA BEGUM Bangladesh Ms Tiziana MAIOLO Italy Ms Hazel GUMEDE SHELTON South Africa Ms Ruth HALPERIN-KADDARI Israel Ms Violeta NEUBAUER Slovenia Ms Silvia PIMENTEL Brazil Ms Pramila PATTEN Mauritius Ms Fumiko SAIGA Japan Ms Hanna Beate SCHÖPP-SCHILLING Germany Ms Heisoo SHIN Republic of Korea Ms Glenda P. SIMMS** Jamaica Ms Dubravka ŠIMONOVIC* Croatia Ms Anamah TAN Singapore Ms Maria Regina TAVARES DA SILVA Portugal Ms Zou XIAOQIAO China * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 31 December.

Secretariat of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Ms Christine BRAUTIGAM, Chief of the Women’s Rights Section Tel: (1 212) 963 3162, Fax: (1 212) 963 3463, E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw

Division for the Advancement of Women 2 UN Plaza, DC/2-12th Floor, USA-New York, NY 10017 United States of America

Countries up for review in 2008 Belgium, Bolivia, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Yemen.

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Further information on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women For a list of which countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Information on the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is available at the OHCHR website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/index.htm

Membership of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2008

Members Country Until Mr Mahmoud ABOUL-NASR Egypt 2010 Mr Nourredine AMIR Algeria 2010 Mr Alexei S. AVTONOMOV Russian Federation 2008 Unites States of Mr Pierre-Richard PROSPER 2008 America Mr Jose Francisco CALI TZAY Guatemala 2008 Ms Fatima-Binta Victoire DAH Burkina Faso 2008 Mr Régis de GOUTTES* France 2010 Mr Kokou Mawuena Ika Kana (Dieudonnè) EWOMSAN Togo 2010 Ms Patricia Nozipho JANUARY-BARDILL South Africa 2008 Mr Morten KJAERUM Denmark 2010 Mr José Augusto LINDGREN ALVES Brazil 2010 Mr Raghavan Vasudevan PILLAI India 2008 Mr Anwar KEMAL Pakistan 2010 Mr Linos-Alexander SICILIANOS Greece 2010 Mr Chengyuan TANG China 2008 Mr Patrick THORNBERRY United Kingdom 2010 Mr Luis VALENCIA RODRÍGUEZ Ecuador 2008 Mr Mario Jorge YUTZIS Argentina 2008 * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 19 January.

Secretariat of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Ms Nathalie PROUVEZ Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9309, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 9022, E-mail: [email protected]

Countries up for review in 2008 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland (to be completed and confirmed), Ecuador, Gambia, Italy, Monaco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Republic of Fiji Islands, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation (to be confirmed), Sweden, Switzerland, Suriname, Togo, Tunisia (to be completed and confirmed) United Arab Emirates, United States of America (to be confirmed).

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Further information on the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination For a list of which countries have ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families

Information on the Committee on Migrant Workers is available at the website of the OHCHR website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htm

Membership of the Committee on Migrant Workers in 2008

Members Country Until Mr Francisco ALBA Mexico 2011 Mr Jose Serrano BRILLANTES Philippines 2009 Ms Ana Elizabeth CUBIAS MEDINA El Salvador 2011 Ms Anamaria DIEGUEZ AREVALO Guatemala 2009 Mr Ahmed Hassan EL-BORAI Egypt 2011 Mr Abdelhamid EL JAMRI Morocco 2011 Mr Mehmet SEVIM Turkey 2009 Mr Prasad KARIYAWASAM Sri Lanka 2009 Ms Myriam POUSSI KONSIMBO Burkina Faso 2011 Mr Azad TAGHIZADET Azerbaijan 2009 * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 31 December.

Secretariat of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Ms Carla EDELENBOS Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9241, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 9029, E-mail: [email protected]

Countries up for review in 2008 Bolivia, Syrian Arab Republic.

Further information on the Committee on Migrant Workers For a list of which countries have ratified the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW), and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Information on the Committee on the Rights of the Child is available at the website of the OHCHR website at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/index.htm

Membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2008

International Service for Human Rights 9 Members Country Until Ms Ghalia Mohd Bin Hamad AL-THANI Qatar 2009 Ms Joyce ALUOCH Kenya 2009 Ms Agnes Akosua AIDOO** Ghana 2011 Mr Luigi CITARELLA Italy 2011 Mr Kamel FILALI** Algeria 2011 Ms Moushira KHATTAB Egypt 2011 Mr Hatem KOTRANE Tunisia 2011 Mr Lothar Friedrich KRAPPMANN*** Germany 2011 Ms Yanghee LEE* Republic of Korea 2009 Ms Maria HERCZOG Hungary 2011 Ms Rosa Maria ORTIZ** Paraguay 2011 Ms Dainius PURAS Lithuania 2011 Mr David Brent PARFITT Canada 2009 Mr Awich POLLAR Uganda 2009 Mr Kamal SIDDIQUI Bangladesh 2009 Ms Lucy SMITH Norway 2009 Ms Nevena VUCKOVIC-SAHOVIC Republic of Serbia 2009 Mr Jean ZERMATTEN** Switzerland 2009 * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 28 February.

Secretariat of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Ms Maja ANDRIJASEVIC-BOKO Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9216, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 9022, E-mail: [email protected]

Countries up for review in 2008 Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Chile, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Germany, Georgia, Ireland, Kuwait, Lithuania, Philippines, Republic of Chad, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Further information on the Committee on the Rights of the Child For a list of which countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the two Protocols, and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

Human Rights Committee

Information on the Human Rights Committee is available on the website of the OHCHR at http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/index.htm

Membership of the Human Rights Committee in 2008

International Service for Human Rights 10 Members Country Until Mr Abdelfattah AMOR*** Tunisia 2010 Mr Yuji IWASAWA Japan 2010 Mr Prafullachandra Natwarlal India 2010 BHAGWATI Ms Zonke Zanele MAJODINA South Africa 2010 Ms Christine CHANET France 2010 Mr Maurice Ahanhanzo GLELE- Benin 2008 AHANHANZO** Mr Edwin JOHNSON LOPEZ Ecuador 2008 Mr Walter KÄLIN Switzerland 2010 Mr Rajsoomer LALLAH Mauritius 2008 Mr Michael O'FLAHERTY Ireland 2008 Ms Elisabeth PALM** Sweden 2008 Mr Rafael RIVAS POSADA* Colombia 2008 Sir Nigel RODLEY United Kingdom 2010 Mr Ivan SHEARER** Australia 2008 Ms Iulia Antoanella MOTOC Romania 2010 Mr Ahmed TWAFIK KHALIL ** Egypt 2008 Ms Ruth WEDGWOOD United States of America 2010 Mr Jose Luis SANCHEZ-CERRO Peru 2010 * indicates Chairperson; ** indicates Vice-chairperson; *** indicates Rapporteur. The mandates expire on 31 December.

Secretariat of the Human Rights Committee Mr Patrice GILLIBERT Tel: +41 (0)22 917 9332, Fax: +41 (0)22 917 9022, E-mail: [email protected]

Countries up for review in 2008 Australia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Chad, Denmark, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Ireland, Japan, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, San Marino, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom.

Further information on the Human Rights Committee For a list of which countries have ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Information on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is available on the website of the OHCHR at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disability/index.htm

Membership of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities At the time of entry into force2 of the Convention, the Committee shall consist of twelve experts. After an additional sixty ratifications or accessions to the Convention, the membership of the Committee shall

2 The Convention is not yet in force. On 30 March 2007, the Convention and its Optional Protocol were opened for signature. As at 21 January 2008, there are 123 signatories and 14 ratifications of the Convention and 69 signatories and 8 ratifications of the Optional Protocol. In order for the Convention and Optional Protocol to come into force, the Convention requires 20 States and the Optional Protocol requires 10 States to ratify it.

International Service for Human Rights 11 increase by six members, attaining a maximum number of eighteen members. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of entry into force of the Convention. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years.

Further information on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities For a list of which countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

Committee on Enforced Disappearances

Information on the Committee on Enforced Disappearances is available on the website of the OHCHR at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disappear/index.htm

Membership of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances At the time of entry into force3 of the Convention, the Committee shall consist of ten experts. The committee members shall be elected for a term of four years. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of entry into force of the Convention.

Further information on the Committee on Enforced Disappearances For a list of which countries have ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearence, and in what year, see the ratification table at the end of this section.

3 The Convention is not yet in force. On 6 February 2007, the Convention was opened for signature. So far, 72 States have signed and two have ratified the Convention. It will come into force when ratified by 20 States.

International Service for Human Rights 12 INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURES UNDER THE TREATIES

For complaints in relation to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Co-ordinator of the Petitions Team is:

Mr Markus SCHMIDT Petitions Unit The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office at Geneva 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland E-mail: [email protected]

For information on complaints regarding the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, please contact the Secretariat of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women:

Ms Christine BRAUTIGAM, Chief of the Women’s Rights Section Division of the Advancement of Women 2 UN Plaza DC/2-1228 New York, NY 10017 United States of America Tel: (1 212) 963 0535, Fax: (1 212) 963 3463, E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 13 RATIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

Status of international human rights instruments4

5 6 8 9 10 12 16 17 STATE ICESCR ICCPR OPT OPT2 CERD CEDAW OPT CAT CAT- CRC OPT OPT2 MWC 7 11 13 14 15 OP Afghanistan 1983 1983 - - 1983 2003 - 1987 - 1994 2003 2002 - Albania 1991 1991 - - 1994 1994 2003- 1994 2003 1992 - - 2007 Algeria 1989 1989 1989 - 1972* 1996 - 1989* - 1993 - - 2005 Andorra - 2006 2006 - 2006 1997 2002 - - 1996 2001 2001 - Angola 1992 1992 1992 - - 1986 - - - 1990 - 2005 - Antigua and Barbuda - - - - 1988 1989 2006 1993 - 1993 - 2002 2007 Argentina 1986 1986 1986 - 1968 1985 - 1986* 2004 1990 2002 2003 - Armenia 1993 1993 1993 - 1993 1993 2006 1993 2006 1993 2005 2005 - Australia 1975 1980 1991 1990 1975* 1983 - 1989* - 1990 - 2007 - Austria 1978 1978 1987 1993 1972* 1982 2000 1987* - 1992 2002 2004 - Azerbaijan 1992 1992 2001 1999 1996* 1995 2001 1996* - 1992 2002 2002 1999 Bahamas - - - - 1975 1993 - - - 1991 - - - Bahrain - 2006 - - 1990 2002 - 1998 - 1992 2004 2004 - Bangladesh 1998 2000 - - 1979 1984 2000 1998 - 1990 2000 2000 - Barbados 1973 1973 1973 - 1972 1980 - - - 1990 - - - Belarus 1973 1973 1992 - 1969 1981 2004 1987 - 1990 - 2002 - Belgium 1983 1983 1994 1998 1975* 1985 2004 1999* - 1991 2002 - - Belize - 1996 - - 2001 1990 2002 1986 - 1990 2003 2003 2001 Benin 1992 1992 1992 - 2001 1992 - 1992 - 1990 2005 2005 - Bhutan - - - - - 1981 - - - 1990 - - -

4 The following list of ratifications of all States is based on the database as it is published at Hhttp://www.un.orgH. This database is maintained by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations. The year of ratification below is determined according to the criteria used by the treaty section (the legal custodian). The criteria used by the treaty monitoring bodies vary slightly from those used by the Treaty Section. However this variation does not generally affect the year of ratification. We have used the database of the Treaty Section because it is kept by the legal depository and it is regularly updated. One can subscribe to the database or access it from the UN Library at "Palais des Nations". 5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which is monitored by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; entry into force: 1976. 6 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is monitored by the Human Rights Committee; entry into force: 1976. 7 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (OPT), which is supervised by the Human Rights Committee; entry into force: 1976. 8 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aimed at the abolition of the death penalty (OPT2), which is supervised by the Human Rights Committee; entry into force: 1991. 9 International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; States with * have accepted the individual complaint procedure under article 14 (48 States parties); entry into force: 1969. 10 Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; entry into force: 1981. 11 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (OPT), which is supervised by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; entry into force: 2000. 12 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), which is monitored by the Committee against Torture; states with * have accepted the individual complaints procedure under article 22 (52 States parties); entry into force: 1987. 13 Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CAT-OP, not yet entered into force. 14 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child; entry into force: 1990. 15 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts (OPT), which is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child; entry into force: 2002. 16 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPT2), which is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child; entry into force: 2002. 17 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (MWC), which is monitored by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and members of their Families; entry into force: 2003.

International Service for Human Rights 14 5 6 8 9 10 12 16 17 STATE ICESCR ICCPR OPT OPT2 CERD CEDAW OPT CAT CAT- CRC OPT OPT2 MWC 7 11 13 14 15 OP Bolivia 1982 1982 1982 - 1970 1990 2000 1999 2006 1990 2004 2003 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993 1993 1995 2001 1993 1993 2002 1993 * - 1993 2003 2002 1996 Botswana - 2000 - - 1974 1996 - 2000 - 1995 2004 2003 - Brazil 1992 1992 - - 1968* 1984 2002 1989 2007 1990 2004 2004 - Brunei Darussalam - - - - - 2006 - - - 1995 - - - Bulgaria 1970 1970 1992 1999 1966* 1982 - 1986* - 1991 2002 2002 - Burkina Faso 1999 1999 1999 - 1974 1987 2005 1999 - 1990 - - 2003 Burundi 1990 1990 - - 1977 1992 - 1993* - 1990 - - - Cambodia 1992 1992 - - 1983 1992 - 1992 - 1992 2004 2002 - Cameroon 1984 1984 1984 - 1971 1994 2005 1986* - 1993 - - - Canada 1976 1976 1976 2005 1970 1981 2002 1987* - 1991 2000 2005 - Cape Verde 1993 1993 2000 2000 1979 1980 - 1992 - 1992 2002 2002 1997 Central African Republic 1981 1981 1981 - 1971 1991 - - - 1992 - - - Chad 1995 1995 1995 - 1977 1995 - 1995 - 1990 2002 2002 - Chile 1972 1972 1992 - 1971* 1989 - 1988 - 1990 2003 2003 2005 China 2001 - - - 1981 1980 - 1988 - 1992 - 2002 - Colombia 1969 1969 1969 1997 1981 1982 2007 1987 - 1991 2005 2003 1995 Comoros - - - - 2004 1994 - - - 1993 - 2007 - Congo (Republic of the) 1983 1983 1983 - 1988 1982 - 2003 - 1993 - - - Congo (Democratic Republic - 1976 1976 1976 - 1976 1986 - 1996 1990 2001 2001 - of the) Cook Islands - - - - - 2006 - - - 1997 - - - Costa Rica 1968 1968 1968 1998 1967* 1986 2001 1993* 2005 1990 2003 2002 - Côte d’Ivoire 1992 1992 1997 - 1973 1995 - 1995 - 1991 - - - Croatia 1992 1992 1995 1995 1992 1992 2001 1992* 2005 1992 2002 2002 - Cuba - - - - 1972 1980 - 1995 - 1991 2007 2001 - Cyprus 1969 1969 1992 1999 1967* 1985 2002 1991* - 1991 - - - Czech Republic 1993 1993 1993 2004 1993* 1993 2001 1993* 2006 1993 2001 - - Denmark 1972 1972 1972 1994 1971* 1983 2000 1987* 2004 1991 2002 2003 - Djibouti 2002 2002 2002 2002 - 1998 - 2002 - 1990 - - - Dominica 1993 1993 - - - 1980 - - - 1991 2002 2002 - Dominican Republic 1978 1978 1978 - 1983 1982 2001 - - 1991 - - - Ecuador 1969 1969 1969 1993 1966* 1981 2002 1988* - 1990 2004 2004 2002 Egypt 1982 1982 - - 1967 1981 - 1986 - 1990 2007 2002 1993 El Salvador 1979 1979 1995 - 1979 1981 - 1996 - 1990 2002 2004 2003 Equatorial Guinea 1987 1987 1987 - 2002 1984 - 2002 - 1992 - 2003 - Eritrea 2001 2002 - - 2001 1995 - - - 1994 2005 2005 - Estonia 1991 1991 1991 2004 1991 1991 - 1991 - 1991 - 2004 - Ethiopia 1993 1993 - - 1976 1981 - 1994 - 1991 - - - Fiji - - - - 1973 1995 - - - 1993 - - - Finland 1975 1975 1975 1991 1970* 1986 2000 1989* - 1991 2002 - - France 1980 1980 1984 - 1971* 1983 2000 1986* - 1990 2003 2003 - Gabon 1983 1983 - - 1980 1983 2004 2000 - 1994 - - - Gambia 1978 1979 1988 - 1978 1993 - - - 1990 - - - Georgia 1994 1994 1994 1999 1999 1994 2002 1994 2005 1994 - 2005 - Germany 1973 1973 1993 1992 1969* 1985 2002 1990* - 1992 2004 - - Ghana 2000 2000 2000 - 1966 1986 - 2000 - 1990 - - 2000 Greece 1985 1997 1997 1997 1970 1983 2002 1988* - 1993 2003 - - Grenada 1991 1991 - - - 1990 - - - 1990 - - - Guatemala 1988 1992 2000 - 1983 1982 2002 1990 - 1990 2002 2002 2003 Guinea 1978 1978 1993 - 1977 1982 - 1989 - 1990 - - 2000 Guinea-Bissau 1992 - - - - 1985 - - - 1990 - - - Guyana 1977 1977 1993 - 1977 1980 - 1988 - 1991 - - - Haiti - 1991 - - 1972 1981 - - - 1995 - - - Holy See - - - - 1969 - - 2002 - 1990 2001 2001 - Honduras 1981 1997 2005 - 2002 1983 - 1996 2006 1990 2002 2002 2005 Hungary 1974 1974 1988 1994 1967* 1980 2000 1987* - 1991 - - - Iceland 1979 1979 1979 1991 1967* 1985 2001 1996* - 1992 2001 2001 - India 1979 1979 - - 1968 1993 - - - 1992 2005 2005 - Indonesia 2006 2006 - - 1999 1984 - 1998 - 1990 - - - Iran 1975 1975 - - 1968 - - - - 1994 - - - Iraq 1971 1971 - - 1970 1986 - - - 1994 - - - Ireland 1989 1989 1989 1993 2000* 1985 2000 2002* - 1992 2002 - - Israel 1991 1991 - - 1979 1991 - 1991 - 1991 2005 - - Italy 1978 1978 1978 1995 1976* 1985 2000 1989* - 1991 2002 2002 - Jamaica 1975 1975 1975 - 1971 1984 - - - 1991 2002 - - Japan 1979 1979 - - 1995 1985 - 1999* - 1994 2004 2005 - Jordan 1975 1975 - - 1974 1992 - 1991 - 1991 - - -

International Service for Human Rights 15 5 6 8 9 10 12 16 17 STATE ICESCR ICCPR OPT OPT2 CERD CEDAW OPT CAT CAT- CRC OPT OPT2 MWC 7 11 13 14 15 OP Kazakhstan 2006 2006 - - 1998 1998 2001 1998 - 1994 2003 2001 - Kenya 1972 1972 - - 2001 1984 - 1997 - 1990 2002 - - Kiribati - - - - - 2004 - - - 1995 - - - Korea (Democratic People’s - 1981 1981 - - - 2001 - - 1990 - - - Republic of) Korea (Republic of) 1990 1990 1990 - 1978* 1984 - 1995 - 1991 2004 2004 - Kuwait 1996 1996 - - 1968 1994 - 1996 - 1991 2004 2004 - Kyrgysztan 1994 1994 1994 - 1997 1997 2002 1997 - 1994 2003 2003 2003 Laos 2007 - - - 1974 1981 - - - 1991 - - - Latvia 1992 1992 1994 - 1992 1992 - 1992 - 1992 2005 - - Lebanon 1972 1972 - - 1971 1997 - 2000 - 1991 - 2004 - Lesotho 1992 1992 2000 - 1971 1995 2004 2001 - 1992 2003 2003 2005 Liberia 2004 2004 - 2005 1976 1984 - 2004 2004 1993 - - - Libya 1970 1970 1989 - 1968 1989 2004 1989 - 1993 2004 2004 2004 Liechtenstein 1998 1998 1998 1998 2000 1995 2001 1990* - 1995 2005 - - Lithuania 1991 1991 1991 2002 1998 1994 2004 1996 - 1992 2003 2004 - Luxembourg 1983 1983 1983 1992 1978* 1989 2003 1987* - 1994 2004 - - Macedonia (the Former - 1994 1994 1994 1995 1994* 1994 2003 1994 1993 2004 2003 - Yugoslav Republic of) Madagascar 1971 1971 1971 - 1969 1989 - 2005 - 1991 2004 2004 - Malawi 1993 1993 1996 - 1996 1987 - 1996 - 1991 - - - Malaysia - - - - - 1995 - - - 1995 - - - Maldives 2006 2006 2006 - 1984 1993 2006 2004 2006 1991 2004 2002 - Mali 1974 1974 2001 - 1974 1985 2000 1999 2005 1990 2002 2002 2003 Malta 1990 1990 1990 1994 1971* 1991 - 1990* 2003 1990 2002 - - Marshall Islands - - - - - 2006 - - - 1993 - - - Mauritania 2004 2004 - - 1988 2001 - 2004 - 1991 - - 2007 Mauritius 1973 1973 1973 - 1972 1984 - 1992 2005 1990 - - - Mexico 1981 1981 2002 - 1975 1981 2002 1986* 2005 1990 2002 2002 1999 Micronesia - - - - - 2004 - - - 1993 - - - Moldova 1993 1993 - - 1993 1994 2006 1995 2006 1993 2004 2007 - Monaco 1997 1997 - 2000 1995* 2005 - 1991* - 1993 2001 - - Mongolia 1974 1974 1991 - 1969 1981 2002 2002 - 1990 2004 2003 - Montenegro 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 - - - - - Morocco 1979 1979 - - 1970 1993 - 1993 - 1993 2002 2001 1993 Mozambique - 1993 - 1993 1983 1997 - 1999 - 1994 2004 2003 - Myanmar - - - - - 1997 - - - 1991 - - - Namibia 1994 1994 1994 1994 1982 1992 2000 1994 - 1990 2002 2002 - Nauru ------1994 - - - Nepal 1991 1991 1991 1998 1971 1991 2007 1991 - 1990 2007 2006 - Netherlands 1978 1978 1978 1991 1971* 1991 2002 1988* - 1995 - 2005 - New Zealand 1978 1978 1989 1990 1972 1985 2000 1989* 2007 1993 2001 - - Nicaragua 1980 1980 1980 - 1978 1981 - 2005 - 1990 2005 2004 2005 Niger 1986 1986 1986 - 1967 1999 2004 1998 - 1990 - 2004 - Nigeria 1993 1993 - - 1967 1985 2004 2001 - 1991 - - - Niue ------1995 - - - Norway 1972 1972 1972 1991 1970* 1981 2002 1986* - 1991 2003 2001 - Oman - - - - 2003 2006 - - - 1996 2004 2004 - Pakistan - - - - 1966 1996 - - - 1990 - - - Palau ------1995 - - - Panama 1977 1977 1977 1993 1967 1981 2001 1987 - 1990 2001 2001 - Papua New Guinea - - - - 1982 1995 - - - 1993 - - - Paraguay 1992 1992 1995 2003 2003 1987 2001 1990* 2005 1990 2002 2003 - Peru 1978 1978 1980 - 1971* 1982 2001 1988* 2006 1990 2002 2002 2005 Philippines 1974 1986 1989 - 1967 1981 2003 1986 - 1990 2003 2002 1995 Poland 1977 1977 1991 - 1968* 1980 2003 1989* 2005 1991 2005 2005 - Portugal 1978 1978 1983 1990 1982* 1980 2002 1989* - 1990 2003 2003 - Qatar - - - - 1976 - - 2000 - 1995 2002 2001 - Romania 1974 1974 1993 1991 1970* 1982 2003 1990 - 1990 2001 2001 - Russian Federation 1973 1973 1991 - 1969* 1981 2004 1987* - 1990 - - - Rwanda 1975 1975 - - 1975 1981 - - - 1991 2002 2002 - Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - - 2006* 1985 2006 - - 1990 - - - Saint Lucia - - - - 1990 1982 - - - 1993 - - - Saint Vincent & Grenadines 1981 1981 1981 - 1981 1981 - 2001 - 1993 - 2005 - Samoa - - - - - 1992 - - - 1994 - - - San Marino 1985 1985 1985 2004 2002 2003 2005 2006 - 1991 - - - Sao Tome and Principe - - - - - 2003 - - - 1991 - - -

International Service for Human Rights 16 5 6 8 9 10 12 16 17 STATE ICESCR ICCPR OPT OPT2 CERD CEDAW OPT CAT CAT- CRC OPT OPT2 MWC 7 11 13 14 15 OP Saudi Arabia - - - - 1997 2000 - 1997 - 1996 - - - Senegal 1978 1978 1978 - 1972* 1985 2000 1986* - 1990 2004 2003 1999 Serbia 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2003 2001* - 2001 2003 2002 - Seychelles 1992 1992 1992 1994 1978 1992 - 1992* - 1990 - - 1994 Sierra Leone 1996 1996 1996 - 1967 1988 - 2001 - 1990 2002 2001 - Singapore - - - - - 1995 - - - 1995 - - - Slovakia 1993 1993 1993 1999 1993* 1993 2000 1993* - 1993 - 2004 - Slovenia 1992 1992 1993 1994 1992 1992 2004 1993 2007 1992 2004 2004 - Solomon Islands 1982 - - - 1982 2002 2002 - - 1995 - - - Somalia 1990 1990 1990 - 1975 - - 1990 - - - - - South Africa - 1998 2002 2002 1998* 1995 2005 1998* -- 1995 - 2003 - Spain 1977 1977 1985 1991 1968* 1984 2001 1987* 2006 1990 2002 2001 - Sri Lanka 1980 1980 1997 - 1982 1981 2002 1994 - 1991 2000 - 1996 Sudan 1986 1986 - - 1977 - - - - 1990 2005 2004 - Suriname 1976 1976 1976 - 1984 1993 - - - 1993 - - - Swaziland 2004 2004 - - 1969 2004 - 2004 - 1995 - - - 2005 2007 Sweden 1971 1971 1971 1990 1971* 1980 2003 1986* 1990 2003 -

Switzerland 1992 1992 - 1994* 1994 1997 - 1986* - 1997 2002 - - Syria 1969 1969 - - 1969 2003 - 2004 - 1993 2003 2003 2005 Tajikistan 1999 1999 1999 - 1995 1993 - 1995 - 1993 2002 2002 2002

Tanzania 1976 1976 - - 1972 1985 2006 - 1991 2004 - - 2003 Thailand 1999 1996 - - 2003 1985 2000 - - 1992 - 2006 - Timor-Leste 2003 2003 2003 2003 * 2003 2003 2003 * 2003 2004 2003 2004 Togo 1984 1984 1988 - 1972 1983 - 1987* - 1990 2005 2004 - Tonga - - - - 1972 - - - - 1995 - - - Trinidad and Tobago 1978 1978 - - 1973 1990 - - - 1991 - - - Tunisia 1969 1969 - - 1967 1985 - 1988* - 1992 2003 2002 - Turkey 2003 2003 - 2006 2002 1985 2002 1988* - 1995 2004 2002 2004 Turkmenistan 1997 1997 1997 2000 1994 1997 - 1999 - 1993 2005 2005 - Tuvalu - - - - - 1999 - - - 1995 - - - Uganda 1987 1995 1995 - 1980 1985 - 1986 - 1990 2002 2001 1995 Ukraine 1973 1973 1991 - 1969* 1981 2003 1987 2006 1991 2005 2003 - United Arab Emirates - - - - 1974 2004 - - - 1997 - - - United Kingdom 1976 1976 - 1999 1969 1986 2004 1988* 2003 1991 2003 - - United States of America - 1992 1994 - - 1994 - - 2002 2002 Uruguay 1970 1970 1970 1993 1968* 1981 2001 1986* 2005 1990 2003 2003 2001 Uzbekistan 1995 1995 1995 - 1995 1995 - 1995 - 1994 - - - Vanuatu - - - - - 1995 2007 - - 1993 - - - Venezuela 1978 1978 1978 1993 1967 1983 2002 1991* - 1990 2003 2002 - Viet Nam 1982 1982 - - 1982 1982 - - - 1990 2001 2001 - Yemen 1987 1987 - - 1972 1984 - 1991 - 1991 2007 2004 - Zambia 1984 1984 1984 - 1972 1985 - 1998 - 1991 - - - Zimbabwe 1991 1991 - - 1991 1991 - - - 1990 - - - - Total number of States 152 155 105 56 170 180 76 141 16 192 105 103 34 parties:

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Information on the special procedures is available at the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) website at www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm

Please note that any requests for special procedures to issue communications to governments on human rights violations should be sent to [email protected] and not to individual addresses of assistants or others in the secretariat. For further information on what should be included in your request, please see the OHCHR website at www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/communications.htm

Thematic mandates

Information on each thematic special procedure mandate is available at www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/themes.htm

Adequate housing Special Rapporteur: Mr Miloon KOTHARI (India) Secretariat: Mr Bahram GHAZI Tel: (41 22) 917 9177, Fax (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms. Federica DONATI Tel: (41 22) 917 9496, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights Special Rapporteur: Mr Okechukwu IBEANU(Nigeria) Secretariat: Mr Eric MONGELARD Tel: (41 22) 917 9447, Fax: (41 22) 917 9014, E-mail: [email protected]

Arbitrary detention (Working Group) Chairperson-Rapporteur: Ms Leila ZERROUGUI (Algeria), Mr Tamás BÁN (Hungary), Ms Manuela Carmena CASTRILLO (Spain), Mr Seyyed Mohammad HASHEMI (Islamic Republic of Iran), Ms Soledad VILLAGRA DE BIEDERMANN (Paraguay) Secretariat: Mr Miguel DE LA LAMA Tel: (41 22) 917 9289, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Special Rapporteur: Mr Doudou DIÈNE (Senegal) Secretariat: Ms Gloria CARRERA Tel: (41 22) 917 9120, Fax: (41 22) 917 9013, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Mr Renato MARIANI Tel: (41 22) 917 9251, E-mail: [email protected]

Effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights Independent expert: Mr Bernards Andrew NYAMWAYA MUDHO (Kenya) Secretariat: Mr Jens-Uwe SCHUTZ

International Service for Human Rights 18 Tel: (41 22) 917 9657, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms. Melissa FERNANDEZ Tel: (41 22) 917 9856, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Enforced or involuntary disappearances (Working Group) Chairperson-Rapporteur: Mr Santiago CORCUERA CABEZUT (Mexico), Mr Joel ADEBAYO ADEKANYE (Nigeria), Mr Darko GÖTTLICHER (Croatia), Mr Saeed Rajaee KHORASANI (Islamic Republic of Iran), Mr Stephen J. TOOPE (Canada) Secretariat: Ms Tanya SMITH Tel: (41 22) 917 9176, Fax: (41 22) 917 9005, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Special Rapporteur: Mr Philip ALSTON (Australia) Secretariat: Mr Neal GILMORE Tel: (41 22) 917 9732, Fax: (41 22) 917 9039, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Mr Eric MONGELARD Tel: (41 22) 917 9447, Fax: (41 22) 917 9014, E-mailk: [email protected]

Freedom of religion or belief Special Rapporteur: Ms Asma JAHANGIR ( Pakistan ) Secretariat: Mr Neal GILMORE Tel: (41 22) 917 9732, Fax: (41 22) 917 9039, E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Mr Michael WIENER Tel: (41 22) 917 9159, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Human rights and extreme poverty Independent Expert: Mr Arjun SENGUPTA (India) Secretariat: Mr Jens-Uwe SCHUTZ Tel: (41 22) 917 9657, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Human rights defenders Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Ms Hina JILANI (Pakistan) Secretariat: Ms Melinda CHING SIMON, Ms Mara STECCAZZINI, Mr Guillaume PFEIFFLE Tel: (41 22) 917 9140 9151, 9384, Fax (41 22) 917 9006 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Human rights of internally displaced persons Representative of the Secretary-General: Mr Walter KÄLIN (Switzerland) Secretariat: Mr Moetsi DUCHATELLIER Tel: (41 22) 917 9369, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 19 Human rights and international solidarity Independent Expert: Mr Rudi MUHAMMAD RIZKI (Indonesia) Secretariat: To be appointed

Human rights of migrants Special Rapporteur: Mr Jorge A. BUSTAMANTE (Mexico) Secretariat: Ms Sepideh MOHADJER Tel: (41 22) 917 9687, Fax: (41 22) 917 9005, E-mail: [email protected]

Independence of judges and lawyers Special Rapporteur: Mr Leandro DESPOUY (Argentina) Secretariat: Ms Valentina MILANO Tel: (41 22) 917 9253, Fax (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Sandra DEL PINO Tel: (41 22) 917 9729, Fax (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Minority issues Independent Expert: Ms Gay MCDOUGALL (United States of America) Secretariat: Mr Graham FOX Tel: (41 22) 917 9640, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Mr Erik FRIBERG Tel: (41 22) 917 9645, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

People of African descent (Working Group) Chairperson-Rapporteur: Mr Peter Lesa KASANDA (Zambia), Mr Joe FRANS (Sweden), Mr George N. JABBOUR (Syrian Arab Republic), Ms Irina ZLATESCU (Romania) Secretariat: Ms Marie Dominique MORNET Tel: (41 22) 917 9221, Fax: (41 22) 917 9050, E-mail: [email protected]

Promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism Special Rapporteur: Mr Martin SCHEININ (Finland) Secretariat: Ms Sonia CRONIN Tel: (41 22) 917 9160, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Right to education Special Rapporteur: Mr Vernor MUÑOZ VILLALOBOS (Costa Rica) Secretariat: Ms Myriam TEBOURBI Tel: (41 22) 917 9330, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Vivian ALARCON LOZANO Tel: (41 22) 917 9377, Fax: (41 22) 917 9005, E-mail: [email protected]

Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Special Rapporteur: Mr Paul HUNT (New Zealand)

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Right to food Special Rapporteur: Mr Jean ZIEGLER (Switzerland) Secretariat: Ms Federica DONATI Tel: (41 22) 917 9496, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Vivian LOZANO Tel: (41 22) 917 9377, Fax: (41 22) 917 9005, E-mail: [email protected]

Right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur: Mr Ambeyi LIGABO (Kenya) Secretariat: Mr Luca LUPOLI Tel: (41 22) 917 9324, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Adriana ARVIZU ZARRALUQUI Tel: (41 22) 917 9198, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Special Rapporteur: Mr Juan Miguel PETIT (Uruguay) Secretariat: Mr Thierry DEL PRADO Tel: (41 22) 917 9232, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people Special Rapporteur: Mr Rodolfo STAVENHAGEN (Mexico) Secretariat: Mr Luis RODRIGUEZ-PINERO Tel: (41 22) 917 9134, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special Rapporteur: Mr Manfred NOWAK (Austria) Secretariat: Mr Safiruddin SYED Tel: (41 22) 917 9230, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Birgit KAINZ Tel: (41 22) 917 9704, Fax: (41 22) 917 9039, E-mail: [email protected]

Trafficking in persons, especially in women and children Special Rapporteur: Ms Sigma HUDA (Bangladesh) Secretariat: Ms Rachel RICO Tel: (41 22) 917 9392, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Halida NASIC Tel: (41 22) 917 9675, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Trans-national corporations and other business enterprises Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Mr John RUGGIE (United States of America) Secretariat: To be appointed

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Use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self- determination Chairperson: Ms Amada BENAVIDES DE PÉREZ (Colombia) Secretariat: Ms Audrey RINALDI Tel: (41 22) 917 9705, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Mr Erik FRIBERG Tel.: (41 22) 917 9645, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Violence against women, its causes and consequences Special Rapporteur: Ms Yakin ERTÜRK (Turkey) Secretariat: Mr Jan HESSBRUEGGE Tel: (41 22) 917 9192, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Laure-Anne COURDESSE Tel: (41 22) 917 9198, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Country mandates

Information on each country-specific special procedure mandate is available at www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/countries.htm

Belarus Special Rapporteur: Mr Adrian SEVERIN (Romania) Secretariat: Mr Dimiter CHALEV Tel: (41 22) 917 9135, Fax: (41 22) 917 9039, E-mail: [email protected]

Burundi Independent Expert: Mr Akich OKOLA (Kenya) Secretariat: Mr Rosevel Pierre LOUIS Tel: (41 22) 917 9667, Fax: (41 22) 917 9014, E-mail: [email protected]

Cambodia Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Mr Yash Ghai (Kenya) Secretariat: Mr Naresh PERINPANAYAGAM Tel: (41 22) 917 9822, Fax: (41 22) 917 9014, E-mail: [email protected]

Cuba Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ms Christine CHANET (France) Secretariat: Mr Norberto FRYDMAN Tel: (41 22) 917 9248, Fax: (41 22) 917 9013, E-mail: [email protected]

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Special Rapporteur: Mr Vitit MUNTARBHORN (Thailand)

International Service for Human Rights 22 Secretariat: Mr H. STENMAN Tel: (41 22) 917 9128, Fax: (41 22) 917 9018, E-mail: [email protected]

Democratic Republic of the Congo Independent Expert: Mr Titinga Frédéric PACÉRÉ (Burkina Faso) Secretariat: Mr Paul d'AUCHAMP Tel: (41 22) 917 9428, Fax: (41 22) 917 9039, E-mail: [email protected]

Haiti Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General: Mr Louis JOINET (France) Secretariat: Mr Norberto FRYDMAN Tel: (41 22) 917 9248, Fax: (41 22) 917 9013, E-mail: [email protected]

Liberia Independent Expert: Ms Charlotte ABAKA (Ghana) Secretariat: Ms Cathrine SCHEFU Tel: (41 22) 917 9284 Fax: (41 22) 917 9039, E-mail: [email protected]

Myanmar Special Rapporteur: Mr Paulo Sérgio PINHEIRO (Brazil) Secretariat: Ms A. RYAN Tel: (41 22) 917 9323, Fax: (41 22) 917 9018, E-mail: [email protected]

Occupied Palestinian Territories Special Rapporteur: Mr John DUGARD (South Africa) Secretariat: Ms Darka TOPALI Tel: (41 22) 917 9243, Fax: (41 22) 917 9018, E-mail: [email protected]

Somalia Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General: Mr Ghanim ALNAJJAR (Kuwait) Secretariat: Ms Gloria NWABUOGU Tel: (41 22) 917 9394, Fax (41 22) 917 9050, E-mail: [email protected]

Sudan Special Rapporteur: Ms Sima SAMAR (Afghanistan) Secretariat: Ms Christina Saunders Tel: (41 22) 917 9411, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected]

Uzbekistan Independent Expert: Ms Michèle PICARD (France) Secretariat: to be appointed

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Information on the Human Rights Council is available at the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) website at www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/

Oral statements, contributions by States and NGOs, and other useful documents related to the Human Rights Council are available on the OHCHR extranet at http://portal.ohchr.org/ (Fill out the form at www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/form.htm to obtain the username and password).

Membership of the Human Rights Council in 2008

Members Until AFRICAN STATES (13) Angola 2010 Cameroon 2009 Djibouti 2009 Egypt 2010 Gabon 2008 Ghana 2008 Madagascar 2010 Mali 2008 Mauritius 2009 Nigeria 2009 Senegal 2009 South Africa 2010 Zambia 2008 ASIA-PACIFIC STATES (13) Bangladesh 2009 China 2009 India 2010 Indonesia 2010 Japan 2008 Jordan 2009 Malaysia 2009 Pakistan 2008 Philippines 2010 Qatar 2010 Republic of Korea 2008 Saudi Arabia 2009 Sri Lanka 2008 EASTERN EUROPE STATES (6) Azerbaijan 2009 Boznia and Herzegovina 2010 Romania 2008 Russian Federation 2009 Slovenia 2010 Ukraine 2008

International Service for Human Rights 24 Members Until LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES (8) Bolivia 2010 Brazil 2008 Cuba 2009

Guatemala 2008 Mexico 2009 Nicaragua 2010 Peru 2008 Uruguay 2009 WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER STATES (7) Canada 2009 France 2008 Germany 2009 Italy 2010 Netherlands 2010 Switzerland 2009 United Kingdom 2008 The mandates expire on 31 December.

Secretariat of the Human Rights Council: Mr Eric TISTOUNET Tel: (41 22) 917 9319, Fax: (41 22) 917 9011, E-mail: [email protected] Ms Luciana CASTANON (Mr Tistounet’s assistant) Tel: (41 22) 917 9219, Fax: (41 22) 917 9011, E-mail: [email protected]

Thematic Working Groups of the Human Rights Council

Open-ended working group on an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Secretariat: Mr Ulrik HALSTEEN Tel: (41 22) 917 9124, E-mail: [email protected]

Open-ended working group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Secretariat: Ms Marie-Dominique PERRET Tel: (41 22) 917 92 21, Fax: (41 22) 917 9050, E-mail: [email protected]

Open-ended working group on the right to development Secretariat: Ms Susan MATHEWS Tel: (41 22) 917 9777, E-mail: [email protected]

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee replaces the former Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Comprehensive information is still not available.

Working groups of the Sub-Commission (as decided during its 58th session)

Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery (Pre-sessional, established in 1974, mandate indefinite) Mr Ibrahim SALAMA (Africa), Ms Halima Embarek WARZAZI (alternate) Mr Abdul SATTAR (Asia), Ms Chin Sung CHUNG (alternate) Ms Iulia-Antoanella MOTOC (Eastern Europe), Mr Gáspár BÍRO (alternate) Mr Paulo Sérgio PINHEIRO (Latin America), Ms Florizelle O’CONNOR (alternate) Mr Marc BOSSUYT (Western Europe and Other States), Mr Emmanuel DECAUX (alternate) Secretariat: Ms Moetsi DUCHATELLIER Tel: (41 22) 917 9369, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Cecilia MOLLER Tel: (41 22) 917 9265, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected]

Working Group on Communications (Post-sessional, confidential procedure, meets after the session of the Sub-Commission, reports to the Commission’s Working Group on Situations) Ms Halima Embarek WARZAZI (Africa) Mr Shiqiu CHEN (Asia) Mr Vladimir KARTASHKIN (Eastern Europe) Mr Miguel ALFONSO MARTÍNEZ (Latin America) Ms Françoise Jane HAMPSON (Western Europe and Other States) Secretariat: Ms Maria ECHAZU Tel: (41 22) 917 9169, Fax: (41 22) 917 9011, E-mail: [email protected]

Working Group on Indigenous Populations (Pre-sessional, established in 1982, mandate renewable annually) Ms Christy Ezim MBONU (Africa), Mr Ibrahim SALAMA (alternate) Mr Yozo YOKOTA (Asia), Ms Yoko HAYASHI (alternate) Mr Gáspár BÍRÓ (Eastern Europe), Ms Iulia-Antoanella MOTOC (alternate) Mr Miguel ALFONSO MARTÍNEZ (Latin America), Mr Janio Iván TUNÓN VEILLES (alternate) Ms Françoise Jane HAMPSON (Western Europe and Other States), Ms Kalliopi KOUFA (alternate) Secretariat: Ms Isabell KEMPF Tel: (41 22) 917 9343, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Working Group on Minorities (Sessional, established in 1995, mandate indefinite) Mr Mohamed Habib CHERIF (Africa), Ms Christy Ezim MBONU (alternate) Mr Soli Jehangir SORABJEE (Asia), Mr Abdul SATTAR (alternate)

International Service for Human Rights 26 Mr Vladimir KARTASHKIN (Eastern Europe), Ms Victoria SANDRU-POPESCU (alternate) Mr José BENGOA (Latin America), Ms Florizelle O’CONNOR (alternate) Mr Gudmundur ALFREDSSON (Western Europe and Other States), Ms Kalliopi KOUFA (alternate) Secretariat: Ms Fiona BLYTH-KUBOTA Tel: (41 22) 917 9204, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Mr Pablo ESPINIELLA Tel: (41 22) 917 9413, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected]

Social Forum (Pre-sessional) Ms Christy Ezim MBONU, Mr Ibrahim SALAMA (Africa) Ms Chin Sung CHUNG, Mr Abdul SATTAR (Asia) Mr Gáspár BÍRÓ, Ms Iulia-Antoanella MOTOC (Eastern Europe) Mr José BENGOA, Ms Florizelle O’CONNOR (Latin America), Mr Paulo Sérgio PINHEIRO, Mr TUNÓN VEILLES (alternates) Mr Gudmundur ALFREDSSON, Mr Marc BOSSUYT (Western Europe and Other States) Secretariat: Mr Mohammad Shervin MAJLESSI Tel: (41 22) 917 9617, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010. E-mail: [email protected]

Working Group on the Administration of Justice (Sessional, 2005)18 Ms Lalaina RAKOTOARISOA (Africa) Mr Yozo YOKOTA (Asia) Ms Iulia-Antoanella MOTOC (Eastern Europe) Mr Janio Iván TUNÓN VEILLES (Latin America and the Caribbean) Ms Françoise Jane HAMPSON (Western Europe and Other States) Secretariat: Mr Robert HUSBANDS Tel: (41 22) 917 9290, Fax: (41 22) 917 9050, E-mail: [email protected]

Working Group on Transnational Corporations (Sessional, 2005)19 Mr El-Hadji GUISSÉ (Africa) Ms Chin Sung CHUNG (Asia) Mr Gáspár BÍRÓ (Eastern Europe) Mr Miguel ALFONSO MARTINEZ (Latin America and the Carribean) Mr Gudmundur ALFREDSSON (Western Europe and Other States) Secretariat: Ms Lene WENDLAND Tel: (41 22) 917 9299, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected]

Working Group on Combating Terrorism (Sessional, 2005)20 Mr Ibrahim SALAMA (Africa) Mr Shiqiu CHEN (Asia) Mr Gáspár BÍRÓ (Eastern Europe)

18 See Decision 2005/101. 19 See Decision 2005/102. 20 See Decision 2005/103.

International Service for Human Rights 27 Ms Marília SANDENBERG ZELNER GONÇALVES (Latin America and the Caribbean) (alternate member of the Sub-Commission) Ms Kalliopi KOUFA (Western Europe and Other States) Secretariat: Mr Robert HUSBANDS Tel: (41 22) 917 9290, Fax: (41 22) 917 9050, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Lisa OLDRING Tel: (41 22) 917 9406, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected]

Secretariat of the Working Groups Mr Guennadi LEBAKINE Tel: (41 22) 917 9328, Fax: (41 22) 917 9011, E-mail: [email protected]

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC)

Informaiton on the ECOSOC is available at www.un.org/docs/ecosoc/

Membership of the Economic and Social Council in 2008

Members Until AFRICAN STATES (14) Algeria 2009 Angola 2008 Benin 2008 Cape Verde 2009 Cameroon 2010 Democratic Republic of Congo 2010 Guinea-Bissau 2008 Madagascar 2008 Malawi 2009 Mauritania 2008 Mozambique 2010 Niger 2010 Somalia 2009 Sudan 2009 ASIA-PACIFIC STATES (11) Belarus 2009 China 2010 Indonesia 2009 Iraq 2009 Japan 2008 Malaysia 2010 Pakistan 2010 Philippines 2009 Republic of Korea 2010 Saudi Arabia 2008 Sri Lanka 2008 EASTERN EUROPE STATES (6) Czech Republic 2008 Kazakhstan 2009 Moldova 2010 Poland 2010 Russian Federation 2010 Romania 2009 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES (10) Barbados 2009 Bolivia 2009 Brazil 2010 Cuba 2008 El Salvador 2009

International Service for Human Rights 29 Members Until Guyana 2008 Haiti 2008 Paraguay 2008 Saint Lucia 2010 Uruguay 2010 WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER STATES (13) Austria 2008 Canada 2009 France 2008 Greece 2008 Iceland 2010 Leichtenstein 2008 Luxembourg 2009 Netherlands 2009 New Zealand 2010 Portugal 2008 Sweden 2010 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2010 United States of America 2009 The mandates expire on 31 December.

President of the Economic and Social Council The President for 2008 is H. E . Ambassador Léo Mérorès (Haiti). The Vice presidents are the Ambassadors of Belarus, Cape Verde, Luxembourg, and Republic of Korea.

Secretariat of the Economic and Social Council Mr Nikhil SETH, Director Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, Department for Economic and Social Affairs 1, UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (1 212) 963-1811 Fax: (1 212) 963-1712

Composition of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2008

Indigenous experts State-nominated experts Mr Mickael DODSON (Australia) Mr Simeon Adewale ADEKANYE (Nigeria)

Mr Hassan Id-BALKASSM (Morocco) Mr Bartolomé Clavero SALVADOR (Spain)

Ms. Margaret LOKAWUA (Uganda) Ms Paimaneh HASTEH (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Ms. Elisa Canqui MOLLO (Bolivia) Mr Carlos Mamani CONDORI (Bolivia)

Mr. Lars-Anders BAER (Sweden) Ms Liliane Muzangi MBELA (Democratic Republic of Congo)

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Ms Victoria TAULI-CORPUZ, Chairperson Mr A A NIKIFOROV (Russian Federation) (Igorot/Phillippines)

Mr Pavel SULYANDZIGA (Udege/Russian Mr Carsten SMITH (Norway) Federation) Ms. Tonya Gonella FRISCHNER (United Ms Xiaomei Qin, (China)) States of America)

Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Ms Elsa STAMATOPOULOU, Chief 2, UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, United States of America Tel: (1 917) 367 5100, Fax: (1 917) 367 5102 E-mail: [email protected], or www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii

Mr Yao N'GORAN, Chief NGO Unit Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development, 2, UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, United States of America Tel: (1 212) 963 3175, Fax: (1 212) 963 3062, E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 31 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Information on the General Assembly is available at www.un.org/ga/

As the main body of the UN, the General Assembly consists of all the member States of the UN. In addition to these member States, the Holy See has Observer status.

The General Assembly has six main committees that correspond to the major fields of the work of the Organisation:

• First Committee : Disarmament and International Security issues; • Second Committee : Economic and Financial issues; • Third Committee : Social, Humanitarian and Cultural issues; • Fourth Committee : Special Political and Decolonisation issues; • Fifth Committee : Administrative and Budgetary issues; • Sixth Committee : Legal issues.

President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly (September 2008) To be appointed May 2008

International Service for Human Rights 32 SECURITY COUNCIL

Information on the Security Council is available at www.un.org/Docs/sc/

Membership of the Security Council in 2008

Permanent members Non-permanent members Until (Mandate expires on 31 December) China Belgium 2008 France Burkina Faso 2009 Russian Federation Costa Rica 2009 United Kingdom Croatia 2009 United States of America Indonesia 2008 Italy 2008 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2009 Panama 2008 South Africa 2008 Viet Nam 2009

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OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (OHCHR)

Information on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is available at www.ohchr.org

OHCHR in Geneva

High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Louise ARBOUR Tel: (41 22) 917 9130, Fax: (41 22) 917 9012, E-mail: [email protected]

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Kyung-wha KANG Tel: (41 22) 917 9296, E-mail: [email protected]

Human Rights Procedures Division Mr Bacre NDIAYE Tel: (41 22) 917 9670, E-mail: [email protected]

Treaties and Council Branch Dr. Ibrahim Salama, Chief Office of the Hugh Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson 52 Rue des Paquis 1201 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: (41 22) 917 9750, Fax: (41 22) 917 9034, E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected], Website: www.unhchr.ch

Special Procedures Branch Chief of Branch: Ms Soussan RAADI-AZARAKHCHI Tel: (41 22) 917 9252, Fax: (41 22) 917 9006, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Research and Right to Development Branch Chief of Branch: Mr Ibrahim WANI Tel: (41 22) 917 9137, Fax: (41 22) 917 9010, E-mail: [email protected]

Capacity Building and Field Operations Branch Chief of Branch: Mr Fabrizio HOCHSCHILD Tel: (41 22) 917 9385, Fax: (41 22) 917 9014, E-mail: [email protected]

Civil Society Unit Ms June RAY E-mail: [email protected] Ms Laura DOLCI-KANAAN Tel: (41 22) 917-9656, Fax. (41 22) 917 9004 E-mail: [email protected]

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Visiting address OHCHR Palais Wilson Rue des Pâquis 52 1201 Geneva Tel: (41 22) 917 9000, Fax: (41 22) 917 9008

Mailing address OHCHR Avenue de la Paix 8-14 Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva 10

Co-ordinators in the OHCHR for country mandates

Co-ordinator of the Africa Team Mr Scott CAMPBELL Tel: (41 22) 918 9682, Fax: (41 22) 928 9039, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Irene ISICHEI Tel: (41 22) 918 9702, Fax: (41 22) 928 9039, E-mail: [email protected]

Co-ordinator of the Asia Pacific Team Mr Rory MUNGOVEN Tel: (41 22) 918 9782, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms C. BERSET Tel: (41 22) 918 9659, Fax: (41 22) 928 9018, E-mail: [email protected] Ms Neda GEHL Tel: (41 22) 918 9650, Fax: (41 22) 928 9024, E-mail: [email protected]

Officer in charge of the Latin America and Caribbean Team Mr Elio TAMBURI Tel: (41 22) 918 9122, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Ana CEVALLOS Tel: (41 22) 918 9167, Fax: (41 22) 928 9013, E-mail: [email protected] Ms Monica ALBAN Tel: (41 22) 918 9333, Fax: (41 22) 928 9013, E-mail: [email protected]

Co-ordinator of Europe, North America, and Central Asia Team Ms Margaret NICHOLSON Tel: (41 22) 918 9291, Fax: (41 22) 928 9005, E-mail: [email protected] Secretariat: Ms Azra BEHNKE Tel: (41 22) 918 9767, Fax: (41 22) 918 9005, E-mail: [email protected] Mr Darko KLEUT

International Service for Human Rights 35 Tel: (41 22) 918 9279, Fax: (41 22) 928 9005, E-mail: [email protected]

Co-ordinator of the Arab Region Team Ms Karin LUCKE Tel: (41 22) 917 9427, Fax (41 22) 917 9022, E-mail: [email protected], Secretariat: Ms Indriani CRUTCHLEY Tel: (41 22) 917 9275, Fax: (41 22) 917 9018, E-mail: [email protected]

Human Rights Officers: Ms Agnes PICOD Tel: (41 22) 918 9459, Fax: (41 22) 928 9010, E-mail: [email protected] Ms Anne-Helene MARSOE Tel: (41 22) 918 9145, Fax: (41 22) 928 9014, E-mail: [email protected]

OHCHR in New York

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York Mr Craig G. Mokhiber, Officer-in-Charge Tel: (1 212) 267 5208, Fax: (1 212) 963 4097 E-mail: [email protected], www.ohchr.org

OHCHR Field Offices

Africa region

Angola Mr Vegard BYE Complexo Residencial no Miramar Rua Ndunduma 7/9 Postal address: c/o UNDP P.O. Box 5185 Luanda, Angola Tel: (244) 222 447 551, Fax: (244) 222 449 720, E-mail: [email protected]

Burundi Mr Ismael A. DIALLO UN Integrated Office in Burundi(OHCHR) Immeuble Old East, Place de l’Indépendence B.P. 1490 Bujumbura, Burundi Tel: (2257) 22 21 4882, Fax: (257) 22 21 6430 E-mail: [email protected] Marie-Amelie Ndayisenga [[email protected]]

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Central Africa - UN Sub-regional Center for Human Rights and Democracy Ms Evelyn PETRUS-BARRY Nouvelle route Bastos Rue 1705, Numéro 606 B.P. 836 Yaoundé, Cameroun Tél : +237 22 21 24 74 Fax : +237 22 21 24 75

Central African Republic Ms Angèle KINOUANI BONUCA B.P. 2732 Bangui, CAR Tel: (1) 212 963 9718 Ext. 6127 Direct: 963 4279, Ext. 6421 (236) 617 082/098, Fax: (1) 212 963 4279/ 7475 or (236) 619 705, E-mail: [email protected]

Côte d'Ivoire Mr Simon MUNZU ONUCI Ancein Hotel Sebroko Boulevard da la Paix-Attecoube 19 08 B.P. 5805 Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Tel: (225) 06 20 32 81, Mobile: (225) 0599 0334, Fax: (225) 06 20 33 69, E-mail: [email protected]

Democratic Republic of Congo Mr Ahowanou AGBESSI Immeuble Losania Bd.du 30 juin en face de la Régideso 1er /2ème étage Kinshasa/Gombe Tel: (243) 81 880 3847, Mobile: 81 880 1826, Fax: (243) 81 880 1826 E-mail: [email protected]

DR Congo Goma Sub-office (Vacant) Bureau du Haut Commissariat aux Droits de l'Homme Enceinte de l'UNICEF Avenue Mont Goma Katindo-Gauche Ville de Goma Telephone: (243-81) 880 3846, (243) 880 3847, Sat: 00 871 761 243 230, Fax: (243) 880 1826

Mr Fernando CASTANON MONUC

International Service for Human Rights 37 Human Rights Section 12, Av. de l'Aviateur 1st Floor Kinshasa-Gombe Tel: (1) 212 963 0103 or (243) 818 90 6112, Mobile: (243) 810 36 5503 Ms Joana ALEXANDRU, Secretary Fax: (243) 818 90 6932, E-mail: [email protected]

East Africa – Regional Office Frej Fenniche Regional Representative OHCHR-Regional Office - Addis Ababa Telephone: (+ 251) 115 44 3547 mobile: (+251)911508456 Fax: (+251) 115 51 6078 E-mail: [email protected]

Eritrea-Ethiopia Mr Mamadi DIAKITE UNMEE - HRO Green Building Sembel Complex P.O. Box 5805 Asmara, Eritrea Tel: (291) 11 51 989 Fax: 291 11 51 989, [email protected]

Guinea Bissau Mr Beya Mbokolo UNOGBIS UN Building Rua Rui Djassi Case Postale 179 Bissau, Guinea Bissau Tel: (245) 20 36 19, Fax (245) 203 613, E-mail: mbokolo at un.org

Liberia Ms Dorota Gierycz UNMIL Human Rights Protection Section Pan African Plaza- Room 502H Tel: (231) 6 566566, Fax: 212 963 99 24, E-mail: [email protected]

Sierra Leone Mr Benedict SANNOH (O-i-C) UNOSIL Mammy Yoko Hotel,

International Service for Human Rights 38 Freetown, Sierra Leone Tel: (232) 22 295 000 Fax: (232) 22 227 612, E-mail: [email protected]

Somalia Ms Miriam GHALMI UN Political Office for Somalia/UNPOS Nairobi, Kenya Mobile: (254) 20 76 22 131 E-mail: [email protected]

Southern Africa Regional Office Ms Sihaka TSEMO Metropark Building 351 Schoeman Street P.O. Box 6541 Pretoria 0001, South Africa Tel: (27) 12 354 8682/80, Fax: (27) 12 354 8681, E-mail: [email protected]

Sudan Mr Daniel RAVINDRAN UNMIS PLOT 110 Garden City, P.O.BOX 69 Khartoum, 11111 Sudan Tel : (249) 187 086 180 Mobile: (249) 912 174 108 ; Fax : (249) 187 086 200, E-mail: [email protected]

Uganda Ms Maarit KOHONEN Plot 12A Baskerville Avenue Kololo PO Box. 7184 Kampala, Uganda Tel: (256) 41 236 272 Mobile: (256) 77 775 782, Fax: (256) 41 346 130, E-mail: [email protected]

West Africa UNOWA Ms Marie-Thérèse KEITA-BOCOUM Almadies Ouest Lot 14 BP 23851 Dakar, Sénégal Tel: (221) 869 8585, Mobile: (221) 569 1881, (221) 820 4638, E-mail: [email protected]

Middle East

International Service for Human Rights 39 Afghanistan Mr Raymundo ROQUE UNAMA Compound B Building 5 – Annex Kabul, Afghanistan Tel: (39) 083 124 6147 or (1) 212 963 2668 (ext.6147) , Mobile: (93) 70 253 469 or (93) 79 9175 346, Fax: (39) 083 124 6296 or (1) 212 963 2669, E-mail:[email protected]

Lebanon Mr Fateh AZZAM ESCWA UN House P.O. Box 11-8575 Riad el Solh Square Beirut, Lebanon Tel: (961) 978 438, Fax: (961) 1 981 526 E-mail: [email protected]

Iraq Ms Hania MUFTI UNAMI Baghdad, Iraq Tel: 964 7901 931 278, Fax: (962) 6 550 04705 E-mail: [email protected]

Occupied Palestinian Territories (GAZA and the West Bank) UN House, 2nd Floor Tokyo Street Ramallah or

475/55 Halabi St. Al-Bayed Building Al-Rimal, Gaza City Mailing address: c/o UNDP/PAPP P.O.Box 51359 Jerusalem 95912 Tel: (972) 2 296 55 34 (Ramallah), (972) 8 282 7021 (Gaza), Mobile: (972) 54 517 4002 or (972) 599 416 025 or (972) 2 298 9470 (Ramallah), (972) 8 282 7321 (Gaza), E-mail: [email protected]

Asia-Pacific

Cambodia Mr Christophe PESCHOUX No.10, Street 302, P.O.Box 108

International Service for Human Rights 40 Phnom Penh Tel: (855) 23 987 671/2, or (855) 23 213 587 E-mail: [email protected],

ESCAP - Bangkok, Thailand Mr Homayoun ALIZADEH UNESCAP UN Secretariat Building, 6th Fl Rajdamnern Nok Av. Bangkok 10200, Thailand Tel: (66) 2 288 1496 or (66) 2 288 3009 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] , http://www.un.or.th/ohchr

Fiji Ms Tanya SMITH c/o UNDP Fiji Officer 2nd Floor, YWCA Building (JJ's on the Park) Ratu Sukuna Park, Private Mail Bag SUVA, Fiji Tel: (+ 679) 331 0465 or (+ 679) 330 1976, E-mail: [email protected]

Nepal Mr Richard BENNETT United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal Chauni Museum Road P.O. Box 107 Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: (977) 1 428 0164 Ext. 400, Mobile: (977) 98 510 72936 For after hours urgent human rights matters contact the Human Rights Duty Officer Telephone after hours: Mobile 98510 00804 (in Nepali: 98510 0089) or (977) 1 467 0712/13

Kieran DWYER, Public Information and Outreach E-mail: [email protected], http://www.ohchr.org/english/countries/np/index.htm

Pakistan Ms Cynthia VELIKO Office of the UN Resident Coordinator 9th Floor, 61-A, Jinnah Av. Saudi Pak Tower Islamabad Tel: (92) 51 2800 133-42 Ext. 2848, Mobile: (92) 301 856 9805 or (92) 51 2800 031/34 E-mail: [email protected]

Sri Lanka Mrs Jyoti SANGHERA c/o UNDP

International Service for Human Rights 41 202-204 Bauddhaloka Mawatha P.O. Box 1505 Colombo 7 Tel: (94) 11 258 0691, Mobile: 77 307 0229 or (94) 11 258 1116, E-mail: [email protected]

Timor-Leste Mr Wilbert VAN HOVELL Human Rights Unit UNOTIL Dili, East Timor Postal address: P.O. Box 2436 Darwin, NT 0801, Australia Postal address: P.O. Box 2436 Darwin, NT 0801, Australia Tel: 1-618 8946 3900 E-mail: [email protected]

Europe, North America and Central Asia region

Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Jasminka DZUMHUR National Legal Officer / Officer in Charge OHCHR- Sarajevo Tel: 00 387 33 660 108 or 00 387 33 660 109, E-mail: [email protected]

Central Asia UN Office 67 Tole Be Street 480091 Almaty Kazakhstan Tel: (73) 272 582 643 or (73) 332 160 625, Fax: (73) 272 582 645, www.un.kz

Georgia-Abkhazia Mr Vladlen STEFANOV UNOMIG HQ Sukhumi, PO Box 4712 Grand Central St. New York, NY, 10163-4712 USA or c/o UNOMIG, PO Box 50, Branch # 60, Main Post Office, Krtsanisi St. 38 Tbilisi, 380060

International Service for Human Rights 42 Tel: (1) 212 963 9562/63, Ext. 6134 or 6924 or (39) 0831 231 000, Ext. 6134 or 6924 or (1) 212 963 9491, Fax: (39) 0831 231 146, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ms Silva PESIC OHCHR Skopje Zeleznicka, 53 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Tel: (389) 2 3216 850, Mobile: (389) 70 383 008, Fax: (389) 2 3131 040, E-mail: [email protected]

Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo) Ms Caroline HARVEY Omladinskih Brigada 86 11070 Belgrade Tel: (381) 11 318 5837, Fax: (381) 11 318 5872, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Tajikistan Ms Lilia ZAHARIEVA UNTOP 7 Gorky Street Dushanbe Tajikistan Mailing address: Grand Central Station, PO Box 4853 New York, NY 10163-4853 USA Tel: (992) 372 2101 10/27/47 or (1) 212 963 4652, Fax: (992) 372 21 01 59 or (1) 212 963 4097 E-mail: [email protected]

Latin America and the Caribbean

Colombia Mr Juan Pablo CORLAZZOLI Calle 114, No 9-45, Torre B Oficina 1101, Teleport Business Park Bogotá, Colombia Tel: (571) 658 3300, Fax: (571) 658 3301, E-mail: [email protected], www.hchr.org.co/

ECLAC -Santiago de Chile Ms Carmen Rosa VILLA Edificio CEPAL Avenida Dag Hammarskjöld 3477 Vitacura, Santiago, Chile Tel: 56 2 210 2533, Fax: 56 2 422 7025, E-mail: [email protected], www.eclac.org

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Guatemala Mr Anders KOMPASS 13 Calle, 3-40 Ed. Atlantis Of. 803, Zona 10 Guatemala City , 01010 Tel: (502) 2367 2149 / 2150 / 2152, Mobile: (502) 708 9927, (502) 2367 2153 E-mail: [email protected]

Guyana UNDP 42 Brickdam, United Nations Place, Box 10960, Georgetown, Stabroek Tel: (592) 226 4040 Ext. 236, Fax: (592) 612 5046, (592) 226 2942

Haiti Mr Thierry FAGART MINUSTAH c/o UNDP 385, Ave. John Brown Bourdon Boîte Postale 557 Port-au-Prince Tel: (1) 917 367 9075/ 9076 Mobile: (509) 403 4012 or 525 5274 or 427 4021, Fax: (509) 244 9366/7, E-mail: [email protected]

Mexico Mr Amerigo INCALCATERRA Alejandro Dumas No. 165 Col. Polanco, C. P. 11560 Mexico, D. F. Tel: (52 55) 5282 1735/5281 2409, Fax: (52 55) 5282 1716, http://hchr.org.mx

International Service for Human Rights 44 OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND SPECIALISED AGENCIES

United Nations departments and bodies

Commission for Social Development (CSD) Mr Johan SCHOLVINCK, NGO Unit, Division for Social Policy and Development Tel: (1 212) 963 3175, Fax: (1 212) 963 3062, E-mail: unknown; www.un.org/esa/socdev

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Ms Carolyn HANNAN, Division for the Advancement of Women Tel: (1 212) 963 8370, Fax: (1 212) 963 3463, E-mail: [email protected], www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw

Commission on Sustainable Development Ms Federica PIETRACCI, Major Groups Program Coordinator, Division for Sustainable Development Tel: (1 212) 963 8497, Fax: (1 917) 367 2341, E-mail: [email protected], www.un.org/esa/sustdev/

Distribution of Documents Mr Paul KAZAROV, Chief, Publishing section Tel: (1 212) 963 8044, Fax: (1 212) 963 1281, E-mail: [email protected]

ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Tel: (1 212) 963 1811, Fax: (1 212) 963 5935, www.un.org/esa/

NGO Section in New York Ms Hanifa MEZOUI, NGO Section/DESA Tel: (1 212) 963 8652, Fax: (1 212) 963 9248, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected], www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Ms Phyllis LEE Advocacy and External Relations Unit Tel: (1 212) 963-4832, Fax: (1 212) 963-9489/1312, E-mail: [email protected], http://ochaonline.un.org/

United Nations Department of Political Affairs Tel: (1 212) 963 4049, Fax: (1 212) 963 1323, www.un.org/Depts/dpa/

International Service for Human Rights 45 UN-NGLS (Non-Governmental Liaison Service) Ms Elisa PETER, Deputy Coordinator and Chief of New York office of UN-NGLS Tel: (1 212) 963 3125, Fax: (1 212) 963 8712, E-mail: [email protected], www.un-ngls.org

United Nations Specialised Agencies and Organisations

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Rome Ms Nora MC KEON, Office for External Relations Tel: (39) 06 570 53852, Fax: (39) 06 570 55175, E-mail: [email protected], www.fao.org

ILO (International Labour Organisation) Geneva Ms Maria DUCCI, Office for inter-organisation relations Tel: (41 22) 799 6111/7148, Fax: (41 22) 798 8685/7289, www.ilo.org

Freedom of association Ms Karen CURTIS Tel: (41 22) 799 7090, E-mail: [email protected]

IMF (International Monetary Fund) Washington D.C. Mr Thomas C. DAWSON, Director, External Relations Department Tel: (202) 623-7200, Fax: (202) 623-4661, E-mail: [email protected], www.imf.org

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) Geneva Civil Society Outreach Unit Tel: (41 22) 917 5809, Fax: (41 22) 917 0051, E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected], www.unctad.org

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) New York Tel: (1 212) 906-6890, Fax: (1 212) 906-6814, E-mail: [email protected] (democratic governance group), www.undp.org

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) Paris Mr Michael MILLWARD, Section of NGOs Tel: (33 1) 45 68 10 00 / 45 68 17 31, Fax: (33 1) 45 67 16 90, E-mail: [email protected], www.unesco.org

UNESCO Liaison Office in Geneva E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 46 UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Geneva Mr Ngonlardje K. MBAIDJOL, Deputy Director Department of International Protection Tel: (41 22) 739 8630, Fax: (41 22) 739 7354, E-mail: [email protected], www.unhcr.ch

UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) UNHCR Library and Visitors Centre, Geneva Tel: (41 22) 739 8319 (info desk for library), Fax: (41 22) 739 7316 E-mail: [email protected], www.unhcr.ch

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) New York Mr Peter Crowley Director of Public Partnerships, Program Division Tel: (1 212) 326 7303, Fax: (1 212) 303 7992, E-mail: [email protected], www.unicef.org

UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) New York Ms Barbra Adams Strategic Partnerships and Communication (SPC) Tel: (1 212) 906 6639, Fax: (1 212) 906 6705, E-mail: [email protected], www.unifem.org

WHO (World Health Organisation) Geneva Ms Josephine MATSUMOTO, External Relations Officer Tel: (41 22) 791 2970, Fax: (41 22) 791 1380, E-mail: [email protected], www.who.int

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) Geneva Mr Edward KWAKWA, Acting Legal Counsel Tel: (41 22) 338 9676, Fax: (41 22) 338 8444, E-mail: [email protected], www.wipo.int

World Bank Group Washington Ms Carolyn REYNOLDS, Senior Civil Society Specialist Tel: (1 202) 473 1000 / 473 1840, Fax: (1 202) 477 6391 / 522 7131 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected], www.worldbank.org

WTO (World Trade Organisation) Geneva Mr W. ALFARO, Director of External Relations Tel: (41 22) 739 5111, Fax: (41 22) 731 4206, E-mail: [email protected], www.wto.org

International Service for Human Rights 47 Other intergovernmental organisations

Commonwealth Secretariat London Tel: (44 20) 7747 6500, Fax: (44 20) 7930 0827 E-mail: [email protected], www.thecommonwealth.org

ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) Geneva Mr Olivier COUTAU, NGO contact Tel: (41 22) 734 6001, Fax: (41 22) 733 2057, E-mail: [email protected], www.icrc.org

IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) (Special Committee on cases of national (including former) parliamentarians whose human rights have been violated) Geneva Ms Ingeborg SCHWARTZ, Human Rights Programme Officer Tel: (41 22) 9194150, Fax: (41 22) 9194160 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected], www.ipu.org

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie Paris Tel: (33) 1 44 11 12 50, Fax: (33) 1 44 11 12 76, E-mail: [email protected], www.francophonie.org

OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe) Regional security organisation Secretariat, Vienna Tel: (43 1) 514 360. Fax: (43 1) 514 3696, E-mail: [email protected], www.osce.org

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Warsaw Tel: (48 22) 520 0600, Fax: (48 22) 520 0605, E-mail: [email protected]

European Commission Brussels Tel: (32) (2) 2953844, http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

Delegation of the European Commission to the USA Washington DC Tel:(202) 862-9500 Fax: (202) 429-1766, http://ec.europa.eu/world/where/united_states_america/index_en.htm

African Union (AU) Addis Ababa Tel: (251) 11 551 77 00, Fax:(251) 11 551 78 44, E-mail:[email protected], www.africa- union.org

International Service for Human Rights 48 Council of Europe Strasbourg Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 20 33 Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 45 Email: [email protected], www.coe.int/

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta Tel : (6221) 7262991, 7243372, Fax : (6221) 7398234, 7243504, Email : [email protected], www.aseansec.org/6620.htm

International Service for Human Rights 49 REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEMS

The African Regional Human Rights System

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

ACHPR is composed of eleven members elected by the Assembly of Heads of States party to the Charter for a renewable period of six years. The members serve in their personal and individual capacity. The ACHPR’s ordinary sessions, which are held twice yearly, take place in April/ May and October/November. Extraordinary sessions are held to discuss urgent matters, for example in 1995, such a session was held after the Nigerian government’s execution of writer and activist, Ken Sarowiwa.

Contact Details

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 48 Kairaba Avenue P.O. Box 673, Banjul The Gambia Tel (220) 4392 962, 4372 070, 4377721-23 Fax: (220) 4390 764 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.achpr.org

Special Rapporteurs and other procedures of the ACHPR:

Ms. Sanji Mmasenono MONAGENG (Botswana) Chairperson of the ACHPR Law Court Complex de la CADHP Independence Drive, Banjul, The Gambia Tel.: (220) 422 4287 (Office) Fax: (220) 422 4286 (Office) E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Angela MELO (Mozambique) Vice Chairperson and Chairperson of the Working on Specific Issues relating to the work of the ACHPR 700, Kim Il Sung Avenue Vladmir Lenine 3117, Maputo, Mozambique P.O. Box 2125 Maputo, Mozambique Tel. : (258-21) 490 450 (home) Tel. : (258-21)415 364 (office) Fax : (258-21) 41 5364 (office) E-mail : [email protected]

Mr. Bahame Tom Mukirya NYANDUGA (Tanzania) Special Rapporteur on Refugees and Diplaced Persons in Africa 5th Floor, NIC Life House, Wing C, Comer Suite Sokoine Drive / Ohio Street

International Service for Human Rights 50 P. O. Box 7239, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: 255 22 2127750 Fax: 255 22 213 7576 E-mail: [email protected]

Madame Reine ALAPINI-GANSOU (Benin) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders 04 B.P. 0608, Cotonou, Bénin Tel. : (229) 2130 1986 / 2135 4282 (h) Cellular: (229) 9092 6515 / 9798 3788 E-mail : [email protected]

Mr. Musa Ngary BITAYE (Gambia) Chairperson of the Working Group on Indigenous Communities P. O. Box 1247, Banjul, The Gambia Tel.: (220-4) 22 9691 Fax: (220-4) 22 7790 Mobile: (220) 9911785 E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]

Mr. Mumba MALILA (Zambia) Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa and Member of the Working Group on Death Penalty 9th Floor, Premium House, Independence Avenue P. O. Box 34302, Lusaka, Zambia Tel.: (260-21) 1 2504 38 Fax: (260-21) 1 2536 95 E-mail: [email protected]

Adv. Faith Pansy TLAKULA (Ms) (South Africa) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Election House 260, Walker Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria P. O. Box 7943, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Tel.: (27) 12 428 5516 Fax: (27) 12 428 5592 Mobile: (27) 836 565 031 E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs. Zainabo Sylvie KAYITESI (Rwanda) Chairperson of the Working Group on the Death Penalty Rwanda National Human Rights Commission P. O. Box 269, Kigali, Rwanda Mobile.: (250) 0830 1658 Tel. Office: (250) 5042 71 Fax: (250) 504 270 E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs. Catherine Dupe ATOKI (Nigeria) Chairperson of the Committee on the Robben Island Guidelines Gbenga Atoki Chambers 3rd Floor, City Plaza, 596 Ahmadu Bello Way, Area 11

International Service for Human Rights 51 P. O. Box 12075, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria Tel.: (234) 8033 002021 E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs. Soyata MAIGA (Mali) Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa B. P. 238, Bamako, Mali Tel.: (223) 221 0146 /2210324 / 673 8989 / 523 6702 Fax: (223) 221 7808 E-mail: [email protected]

Mr. Yeung KAM JOHN YEUNG SIK YUEN (Mauritius) Chairperson: Focal Point on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Port Louis, Mauritius Tel.: +(230) 212 1905 / (230) 212 1907 Cellular : (230) 251 6290 Fax: (230) 210 0679 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Mary MABOREKE Secretary to the Commission P.O Box 673, Banjul The Gambia Tel. : (220) 4392 962/ 4370 916 Fax : (220) 4390 764 E-mail : [email protected]

H.E. Amb. Kamel REZAG-BARA (Algeria) Chairperson of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in Africa

Communications to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, the Commission is empowered to receive and consider inter-State complaints (Articles 48-49) and complaints from individuals and organisations (Article 55). Anybody can submit a communication to the Commission denouncing a violation of human rights. The complainant or author of the communication must be identified but need not be related to the victim of the abuse. The victim may request anonymity. All communications must be written, and addressed to the Secretary or the Chairman of the African Commission. There is no form or special format that must be followed in writing the communication. Article 56 of the African Charter outlines seven conditions that must be met before the Commission can consider a communication. These are as follows:

(i) The communication must include the author's name, even if the author wants to remain anonymous; (ii) The communication must be compatible with the Charter of the AU and with the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; (iii) The communication must not be written in insulting language directed against the State or the AU; (iv) The communication must not be based exclusively on news from the media; (v) The complainant must have exhausted all available domestic legal remedies;

International Service for Human Rights 52 (vi) The communication must be submitted within a reasonable time from the date of exhaustion of domestic remedies; (vii) The communication must not deal with a matter that has already been settled by some other international human rights body.

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Mr Jean-Baptiste ZOUNGRANA (Burkina Faso), Mme Nakpa POLO (Togo), Member Chairperson Mrs Mamosebi T. PHOLO (Lesotho), 1st Vice- Prof. Peter Onyekwere EBIGBO (Nigeria), Chairperson Member Mrs Marie Chantal Koffi APPOH (Cote d’Ivoire), Dr. Assefa BEQUELE (Ethiopia), Member 2nd Vice-Chairperson Hon. Justice Martha KOOME (Kenya), 3rd Vice- Mrs Seynabou Ndiaye DIAKHATE (Senegal), Chairperson Member Mr Moussa SISSOKO (Mali), Rapporteur Mrs Dawlat Ibrahim HASSAN (Egypt), Member

Ms Boipelo Lucia SEITLHAMO (Botswana), Deputy Rapporteur

The Committee, which convenes twice each year, held its first ordinary session in July 2001. It may resort to any appropriate method of investigation in respect of any issue covered by the Charter. It is composed of 11 members elected by the assembly of Heads of States of the OAU. However, like the Commissioners of the African Commission, they serve only in their individual capacities. They are elected for a term of five years and, unlike the African Commission, they may not be re-elected.

The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights

Present Members

Dr Fatsah OUGUERGOUZ (President) Algeria

Mr Jean Emile SOMDA Burkina Faso

Dr Gerard NIYUNGEKO Burundi

Ms Sophia A.B. AKUFFO Ghana

Ms Kellelo Justina MASAFO-GUNI Lesotho

Mr Hamdi Faraj FANOUSH Libya

Mr Mobido Tounty GUINDO Mali

Mr Jean MUTSINZI Rwanda

Mr El Hadji GUISSÉ Senegal

Mr Bernard NGOEPE South Africa

Mr George W. KANYEIHAMBA Uganda

International Service for Human Rights 53 The European Regional Human Rights System

Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Thomas Hammarberg. E-mail: [email protected]

European Court of Human Rights

Judges

Mr Jean-Paul COSTA, President (French) Mr Christos ROZAKIS, Vice-President (Greek) Sir Nicolas BRATZA, Section President (British) Mr Boštjan ZUPANČIČ, Section President (Slovenian) Mr Peer LORENZEN, Section President (Danish) Mrs Françoise TULKENS, Section President (Belgian) Mr Giovanni BONELLO (Maltese) Mr Loukis LOUCAIDES (Cypriot) Mr Ireneu CABRAL BARRETO (Portuguese) Mr Riza TÜRMEN (Turkish) Mr Corneliu BÎRSAN (Romanian) Mr Karel JUNGWIERT (Czech) Mr Volodymyr BUTKEVYCH (Ukrainian) Mr Josep CASADEVALL (Andorran) Mrs Nina VAJIĆ (Croatian) Mr John HEDIGAN (Irish) Mr Matti PELLONPÄÄ (Finnish) Mrs Margarita TSATSA-NIKOLOVSKA (citizen of “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”) Mr András BAKA (Hungarian) Mr Rait MARUSTE (Estonian) Mr Kristaq TRAJA (Albanian) Mrs Snejana BOTOUCHAROVA (Bulgarian) Mr Mindia UGREKHELIDZE (Georgian) Mr Anatoly KOVLER (Russian) Mr Vladimiro ZAGREBELSKY (Italian) Mrs Antonella MULARONI (San Marinese) Mrs Elisabeth STEINER (Austrian) Mr Stanislav PAVLOVSCHI (Moldovan) Mr Lech GARLICKI (Polish) Mr Javier BORREGO BORREGO (Spanish) Mrs Elisabet FURA-SANDSTRÖM (Swedish) Mrs Alvina GYULUMYAN (Armenian) Mr Khanlar HAJIYEV (Azerbaijani) Mrs Ljiljana MIJOVIĆ (citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mr Dean SPIELMANN (Luxemburger) Mrs Renate JAEGER (German) Mr Egbert MYJER (Dutch) Mr Sverre Erik JEBENS (Norwegian) Mr David Thór BJÖRGVINSSON (Icelandic) Mrs Danutė JOČIENĖ (Lithuanian)

International Service for Human Rights 54 Mr Ján ŠIKUTA (Slovakian) Mr Dragoljub POPOVIĆ (Serbian) Mrs Ineta ZIEMELE (Latvian) Mr Mark VILLIGER (Swiss) Mrs Isabelle BERRO-LEFEVRE (Monegasque) Ms Päivi HIRVELÄ (Finnish) Mr Giorgio MALINVERNI (Swiss) Mr Erik FRIBERGH, Registrar (Swedish) Mr Michael O’BOYLE, Deputy Registrar (Irish)

The seats of judges in respect of Ireland and Montenegro are currently vacant.

ECHR website www.echr.coe.int Department for the execution of judgments of the ECtHR Directorate General II – Human Rights Council of Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 20 18 Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 30 E-mail: [email protected]

European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) E-mail: [email protected] European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Anti-Torture Committee) E-mail: [email protected]

Secretariat of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) Human Rights Building Council of Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex France Tel: +33 3 88 41 23 36 Fax: +33 3 88 41 27 72 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.cpt.coe.int

Protection of National Minorities Council of Europe Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs (DG-HL) Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities F - 67075 Strasbourg Cedex Tel +33 (0) 3 90 21 44 33 Fax +33 (0) 3 90 21 49 18 E-mail: [email protected] Web address: http://www.coe.int/T/E/human_rights/minorities/

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) Visit www.coe.int/ecri for more information. E-mail: [email protected]

Human Rights Co-operation and Awareness Division (HRCAD) Web address: http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Awareness/

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The Inter-american Regional Human Rights System

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1889 F Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20006 USA Phone: (1 202) 458 6002 Web address: www.cidh.org

Present Commissioners Name Country Period Felipe GONZALEZ Chile 2008-2011

Paulo Sérgio PINHEIRO Brazil 2004–2011 Rapporteur for the rights of children

Florentín MELÉNDEZ El Salvador 2004–2011 President

Clare KAMAU ROBERTS Antigua & Barbuda 2002–2009 Rapporteur for Afro-descendants and racial discrimination

Present Commissioners Name Country Period Luz Patricia Mejía GUERRERO Venezuela 2008-2011 XXX Víctor E. ABRAMOVICH Argentina 2006–2009 COSARÍN Second Vice-President; Rapporteur for the rights of women

Paolo CAROZZA United States 2006–2009 First Vice-President; Rapporteur for indigenous peoples

Inter-American Human Rights Court Avenue 10, Street 45 – 47 Los Yoses, San Pedro P.O. Box 6906-1000, San José, Costa Rica. Web address: www.corteidh.or.cr Tel: (506) 234 0581 Fax: (506) 234 0584 E-mail: [email protected] -1000, San J

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Present Commissioners Name Country Ms Cecilia Medina QUIROGA, President Chile

Mr Diego GARCÍA-SAYÁN, Vice-President Peru

Mr Pablo SAAVEDRA-ALESSANDRI, Secretary Chile

Ms Emilia SEGARES-RODRÍGUEZ, Deputy Costa Rica Secretary

Ms Rhadys ABREU-BLONDET, Judge Dominican Republic

Mr Leonardo A. FRANCO, Judge Argentina

Ms Margarette May MACAULAY, Judge Jamaica

Mr Manuel E. Ventura ROBLES, Judge Costa Rica

Mr Sergio Garcίa RAMIREZ, Judge Mexico

International Service for Human Rights 57 CIVIL SOCIETY: NHRIS AND NGOS

National Human Rights Institutions International Coordinations

International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights www.nhri.net/

Ms Jennifer LYNCH, Chairperson Canadian Human Rights Commission 344 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.chrc.ccdp.ca

Mr Kyong-Whan AHN, Vice-Chairperson National Human Rights Commission of Korea Gumsegi Building, No. 16, Ulgiro 1-ga. Jung-gu Seoul, Korea, 100-842 Tel : 82-2-2125-9700 Fax : 82-2-2125-9812 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.humanrights.go.kr

OHCHR National Institutions Unit

Head of Unit: Mr Gianni MAGAZZENI, Coordinator Palais Wilson 2-070 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: (41 22) 928 9283 Fax: (41 22) 917 9014 E-mail: [email protected]

Regional Desks

Africa Ms Marianne HAUGAARD, Human Rights Officer Palais Wilson 3-035 Genava, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 928 9682 Fax: (41 22) 917 9011 E-mail: [email protected]

Europe and North America Mr Thomas HUNECKE, Human Rights Officer Palais Wilson 3-080 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 928 9291 Fax: (41 22) 917 9018 E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 58 E-mail of unit: [email protected]

Asia Pacific Palais Wilson DEP-204 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 928 9782 Fax: (41 22) 917 9018 E-mail of unit: [email protected] Subunits: Southeast Asia: Ms. Francesca Albanese Northeast Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia: Mr. Jeroen Klok

Latin America and Caribbean Mr Santiago MARTINEZ DE ORENSE, Human Rights Officer Palais Wilson DEP-215 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 928 9122 Fax: (41) 22 917 9014 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail of unit: [email protected]

Middle East and Northern Africa Region Tel: +41 22 928 9153 E-mail of unit: [email protected]

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)

Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Secretariat: Mr Kieren FITZPATRICK, Director Tel: (61) 2 9284 9673 Fax: (61) 2 9284 9825 E-mail: [email protected] Street address: Level 8, Piccadilly Tower 133 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000, Australia Postal Address: GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 1042, Australia Tel: (61) 2 9284 9845, Fax: (61) 2 9284 9825 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.asiapacificforum.net

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Afghanistan Albania

Afghan Independent Human Rights Albanian People's Advocate Institution Commission Mr Ermir DOBJANI, People’s Advocate Ms Sima SAMAR Chairperson, Avokati i Popullit, Bulevardi “Zhan D'Ark”, No. 2, Pul-e-Surkh Karte-3 Kabul, Afghanistan Tirana, ALBANIA Tel: (93 20) 250 0676/ 250 0677/ 2500197 Tel: (355) 4 380 300 / 380 333 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (355) 4 379 826 Website: www.aihrc.org.af E-mail: [email protected] No ICC Accreditation Ms Anila SHYTI, Director of International Relations E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.avokatipopullit.gov.al Accreditation: A

Algeria Antigua and Barbuda

National Human Rights Commission of Algeria Office of the Ombudsman Mr Mustapha Farouk KSENTINI, President Dr Hayden THOMAS, Ombudsman Palais du Peuple Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 16000 Deanery Place & Dickenson Bay Street Alger, Algeria P. O. Box 2049 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Tel: (213) 21 23 03 11/23 03 14 Tel: (1 268) 462 9364, Fax: (1 268) 462 9355 Fax : (213) 21 23 90 05 / 23 90 37 E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A [email protected] Accreditation: C

Argentina Armenia

Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación Argentina Human Rights Commission Mr Eduardo René MONDINO, Defensor Vahe Stepanyan, Head of Staff Montevideo 1244 (C1018ACB) Pushkin st. 56a, Yerevan, 375002, Republic of Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Armenia Tel: +54 11 4819 1607, Fax: +54 11 4819 1608 Tel: ( 37410 ) 537651, Fax: (374) 10 262 695 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.defensor.gov.ar Webiste: http://www.ombuds.am/ Accreditation: A Accreditation: A

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Australia Austria

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Volksanwaltschaft (The Austrian Ombudsman Commission Board) Hon. John VON DOUSSA QC, President Dr Peter KOSTELKA, Ombudsperson Level 8, Piccadilly Tower, 133 Castlereagh Street Singerstrasse 17, A-1015 Vienna 1, Postfach 20, GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001, Australia Austria Tel: (61 2) 9284 9600, Fax: (61 2) 9284 9611 Tel: (43) 1 515 05 0; Fax: (43) 1 515 05 150 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: http://www.volksanw.gv.at/i_english.htm [email protected] Accreditation: B Website: www.humanrights.gov.au Accreditation: A

Azerbaijan Barbados

Human Rights Commission Office of the Ombudsman Prof. Ms Elmira SULEYMANOVA, Ombudsman Mr Cyril CLARKE, Ombudsman of the Republic of Azerbaijan Trident House, Lower Broad Street, Bridgetown, 1000 Baku, Azerbaijan Barbados Azerbaijan Tel: (1 246) 436 8179, Fax: (1 246) 426 4444 Tel: (99) 412 498 2365, Fax: (99) 412 498 8574 Accreditation: C E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://ombudsman.gov.az

Accreditation: A

Belgium Belize

Center for Equal Opportunities and Opposition Office of the Ombudsman to Racism Mr Paul RODRIGUEZ, Ombudsman Rue Royale 138, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium 56 Regent Street, Belize City, Belize Tel: (32) 2 212 30 00, Fax: (32) 2 212 30 30 Tel: (501) 270985, Fax: (501) 270967 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.diversite.be/ No ICC Accreditation Accreditation: B

Benin Bermuda

Benin Human Rights Commission Bermuda Ombudsman Mr Dominique ADJAHOUINOM, President Ms Arlene BROCK, Ombudsman 04 B.P. 607 Suite 102, 14 Dundonald Street West, Church Cadjoun, Cotonou, Benin Street, Hamilton Hm9, Bermuda Tel: (229) 93 36 72, Fax : (229) 30 52 71 Tel: (1 441) 296 6541, Fax: (1 441) 296 7734 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: C Website: www.omudsman.bm No ICC Accreditation

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Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina

Defensor del Pueblo The Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Mr Waldo ALBARRACIN, Defensor Herzegovina Calle Colombia No. 440, entre Gral. González y Marsala Tita 7, 771000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Héroes del Acre, Herzegovina Zona San Pedro (frente a la puerta lateral de la Tel: (387 33) 666 005/6, Fax: (387 33) 666 004/7 Iglesia de San Pedro), La Paz, Bolivia E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (591) (2) 211 3600/ 211 2600 Website: www.ohro.ba (under construction) Fax: (591) (2) 211 3538 Accreditation: A E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.defensor.gov.bo Accreditation: A

Burkina Faso Canada

National Human Rights Commission of Canadian Human Rights Commission Burkina Faso Ms Jennifer LYNCH, Chief Commissioner Mr François DE SALES BADO, President 344 Slater Street, 8th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A Rue Gandaogo, Porte 502 1E1, Canada 01 BP 6460, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso Tel: (1 613) 995 1151 Tel: (226) 50 36 36 70, Fax : (226) 50 21 64 20 Fax: (1 613) 996 9661 E-mail : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: B Website: www.chrc-ccdp.ca Accreditation: A

Cameroon Chad

National Commission on Human Rights and Chad National Human Rights Commission Freedoms Mr Domaye NODJIGOTO, President Dr Chemuta Divine BANDA, Chairperson B.P. 1522 N'Djamena, Chad SGBC Building, 2nd Floor, Opposite Chamber of Tel: (235) 522484 Agriculture, B.P. 20317 Fax: (235) 522089 Yaoundé, Cameroon E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (237) 2 22 61 17, Fax: (237) 2 22 60 82 Accreditation: A(R) E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: B

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Colombia Costa Rica

Defensor del Pueblo de la Republica de Defensoría de los Habitantes Colombia Dra Lisbeth Quesada TRISTÁN, Defensora Mr Volmar Antonio PEREZ ORTIZ, Defensor del Apdo. Postal 686-1005 Pueblo Barrio México, San José, Costa Rica Calle 55 No 10-32/46 , Santa Fe de Bogota, Tel: (506) 258 8585 (ext. 1101) Colombia Fax: (506) 248 2371 Tel: (57 1) 691 5388 ext. 2315 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Fax: (57 1) 691 5500 Website: www.dhr.go.cr E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.defensoria.org.co Accreditation: A

Croatia Czech Republic

Office of the Croatian Ombudsman Public Defender of Rights, Ombudsman Mr Jurica MALČIĆ, Ombudsman Judr. Otakar MOTEJL Opaticka 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Údolní 39, 620 00 Brno, PSČ 602 000, Czech Tel: (385) 1 485 18 55, Fax: (385) 1 6303 014 Republic E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (420) 542542777, Fax: (420) 542542772 Website: www.ombudsman.hr E-mail: [email protected] No ICC Accreditation Website: http://www.ochrance.cz/ No ICC Accreditation

Denmark Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

The Danish Institute for Human Rights National Human Rights Observatory Mr Morten KJAERUM, Executive Director, Mr Michel Innocent MPINGA TSHIBASU Management Avenue Sendwe No. 5058, Residence du Cardinal Strandgade 56, 1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark Malula, Commune de Calamu Tel: (45 32) 698860 / 698888 Ville de Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Fax: (45 32) 69 88 00 Congo E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (243) 98 31 37 40 Website: www.humanrights.dk Fax: +1 408 869 59 75 Accreditation: A E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ondh-rdc.org Accreditation: A(R)

International Service for Human Rights 63 Ecuador El Salvador

Defensor del Pueblo de la Republica de Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Ecuador Humanos Dr Claudio MUECKAY ARCOS, Defensor Mr Oscar Humberto LUNA, Procurador Ave. 12 de octubre, Nº 16, 114 y 5a, Calle Poniente y 9a Avenida Norte, Edificio Pasaje Nicolas Jiménez AMSA No. 535, San Salvador, El Salvador Edificio Tribunal Constitucional Tel: 2222-0826; 2222-0011 2º Piso, Quito, Ecuador Fax: (503) 2222 0655 Tel: (593 2) 256 2200 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Fax: (593 2) 330 1124 Website: www.pddh.gob.sv E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.dlh.lahora.com.ec/ Accreditation: A

Egypt Fiji

National Council for Human Rights Fiji Human Rights Commission Mr Boutros BOUTROS GHALI, President Dr Shaista SHAMEEM, Director 1113 Corniche of the Nil- Midane Al Tahrir- Private mail Bag, G.P.O, Suva Specialized National Councils Building - 11th Level 2, Civic Tower, Victoria Parade floor Suva, Fiji Islands Cairo, Egypt Tel: (679) 330 8577 Tel: (202) 5748517, Fax: (202) 574749714 Fax: (679) 330 8661 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.humanrights.org.fj No ICC Accreditation

Finland France

The Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de Ms Riitta-Leena PAUNIO, Ombudsman l’Homme Arkadiankatu 3, Mr Joel THORAVAL, President F1-00102 Helsinki, Finland Ms Nicole Ameline and Mr Francis Szpiner, Vice- Tel: (358) 9 4321 / (358) 9 432 3335 Presidents Fax: (358) 9 432 2268 Mr Michel Forst, Secretary General E-mail: [email protected]; eaa- 35, Rue Saint-Dominique [email protected] 75700 Paris, France Website: http://www.ombudsman.fi/english Tel: (33) 1 42 75 77 06/77 13 No ICC Accreditation Fax: (33 ) 1 42 75 77 14 E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Website: www.commission-droits-homme.fr Accreditation: A

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Gabon Germany

Gabon National Human Rights Commission German Institute for Human Rights (Deutsches Professor Guillaume PAMBOU TCHIVOUNDA Institut für Menschenrechte) BP 546 Libreville, Gabon Dr. Heiner BIELEFELDT, Director Tel: (241) 727857; Fax: (241) 702096 Zimmerstraße 26/27 No ICC Accreditation 10969 Berlin, Germany Tel: (49 03) 0259 359-0, Fax: (49 03) 0259 359-59 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: http://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de Accreditation: A Greece Ghana

Greek National Commission for Human Rights Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Ms Alice Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos, Justice Commissioner Ms Anna BOSSMAN, Acting Chief Commissioner Neofytu Vamva 6 National Headquarters, Old Parliament House 10674 Athens, Greece High Street, Accra , Ghana Tel: (30) 210 72 33 221, Fax: (30) 210 72 33 217 Tel: (233) 21 668 839 /664 561 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (233) 21 660 020 Website: www.nchr.gr E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.chrajghana.org Accreditation: A

Guatemala Guyana Procurador de los Derechos Humanos/Human Rights Ombudsman Office of the Ombudsman Dr. Sergio Fernando MORALES ALVARADO, Justice Shayk Y. MOHAMED, Ombudsman Procurador 39 Brickdam, Stabroek 12 Avenida 12-72 zona 1 Georgetown,, Guyana Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Tel: (592) 226 2294/ 226-1211/ 227-2475 Tel: (502) 2230 08 74/ 2230 0877/ 2230 0878 Fax: (592) 226-2294/ 223-7190 Fax: (502) 24241714 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] No ICC Accreditation Website: www.pdh.org.gt No ICC Accreditation

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Haiti Honduras

Office de la Protection du Citoyen Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos Mr Necker DESSABLES, Protecteur de Citoyen Mr Ramón Custodio LOPEZ, Ombudsman 80 rue Bois Patate Colonia Florencia, Avenida La Paz, contiguo a Canapé Vent Galería La Paz, frente a Vía Platero, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Casa No. 222 Tel: (509) 244 3594 / 245-5117 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Fax: (509) 245 9471 Tel: (504) 231-0204, Fax: (504) 235-7697 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] or No ICC Accreditation [email protected] Website: www.conadeh.hn Accreditation: A

Hungary India

Parliamentary Commissioner on the Rights of National Human Rights Commission National and Ethnic Minorities Dr Justice Shri Rajendra Babu, Chairperson Mr Jeno KALTENBACH, Commissioner Faridkot House, Tüköry utca 3, 1051 Budapest, Hungary Copernicus Marg Tel: (36 1) 269 35 00 New Delhi 110001, India Fax: (36 1) 269 3529 Tel: (91 11) 2338 4012 E-mail: [email protected] Fax (91 11) 23384863 Website: www.obh.hu E-mail: [email protected] No ICC Accreditation Website: www.nhrc.nic.in Accreditation: A Indonesia Iran

Indonesian National Commission for Human Islamic Human Rights Commission Rights (Komnas HAM) Mr Mohamed Hassan ZIAIFAR, Chairperson Mr Abdul Hakim Garuda NUSANTARA, North Sohrevardi Street, Gharghavol Alley Chairperson Number 6 Latuharhary No 4B Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran Menteng,10310 Tel: (98 21) 204 5853, Fax: (98 21) 204 0541 Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (62 21) 392 5230; Fax: (62 21) 392 5227 Accreditation: C E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.komnasham.go.id Accreditation: A

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Ireland Jamaica

Irish Human Rights Commission Office of the Public Defender Dr Maurice MANNING, President Mr Howard HAMILTON, Public Defender 4th Floor, Jervis House 78 Harbour St. Jervis Street Kingston, Jamaica Dublin 1, Ireland Tel: (1) 876 922 7089/ 922 7090/ 922 7109 Tel: (35 3) 1 858 9601, Fax: (35 3) 1 858 9609 Fax: (1) 876 922 9830 E-mail: Mr Gavin MCSPADDEN: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ihrc.ie Website: www.opd.gov.jm Accreditation: A No ICC Accreditation

Jordan Kazakhstan

Jordan National Centre for Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic Mr Shaher BAK, Chairman of Kazakhstan (Ombudsman of the Republic of Between the 4th and 5th Circle Kazakhstan) Palace for Gues Mr Bolat BAIKADAMOV, Ombudsman Amman 11183, Jordan Address: 4, Beibitshilik Avenue, Tel: (962) 659 31256/ 659 32257/ 659 3107 Astana 010000, Kazakhstan Fax: (962) 659 30072 Tel: (73 172) 15 29 70, Fax: (73 172) 32 17 67 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nchr.org.jo Website: www.ombudsman-kz.org No ICC Accreditataion No ICC Accreditation

Kenya Kosovo

National Human Rights Commission Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo Mr Maina KIAI, Chairperson Mr Hilmi JASHARI, Acting Ombudsperson CVS Building, Lenana Road Str. Agim Ramadani n.n Nairobi, Kenya 10000 Pristina, Kosovo Tel: (254) 20 271 7928, Fax: (254) 20 271 6160 Tel: (381) 038 501 401/ 38 540 44 E-mail: [email protected] or (Hotline) 38 548 087, Fax: (381) 38 545 302 [email protected] E-mail: Accreditation: A [email protected] Website: www.ombudspersonkosovo.org No ICC Accreditaton

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Latvia Luxembourg

Latvian National Human Rights Office Ombudsman Ms. Diana Šmite, Director Mr Jean-Paul LEHNERS, President, 16, Rue de Notre Elisabetes Iela 65 –12, Dame 1050 Riga, Latvia L-2240 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tel: (371) 728 72 10, Fax: (371) 724 40 74 Tel: (352) 26 20 28 52 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.vcb.lv Website: No ICC Accreditation www.gouvernement.lu/dossiers/justice/droitshom/ Accreditation: A

Madagascar Malaysia

National Human Rights Commission Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Ms Honorine RAHANTANIRINA, Secretary- (SUHAKAM) General Mr Tan Sri Abu Talib BIN OTHMAN, Chairman Lot II N 184 EB Tingkat 29 Analamahitsy Menara Tun Razak Antananarivo 101, Madagascar Jalan Raja Laut Tel: (261) 320492903, Fax: (261) 3202260764 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (603) 2612 5600, Fax: (603) 2612 5620 Accreditation: A(R) E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Website: www.suhakam.org.my Accreditation: A

Malawi Maldives

Human Rights Commission Human Rights Commission of the Maldives Ms Dorothy NYASULU, Chairperson Mr Ahmed Saleem, Chairperson HB House, Off Chilambula Road, ADK Tower, 8th Floor, Opposite ADMARC Depot, Ameeru Ahmed Magu, Lilongwe Old Town Male, Maldives Private Bag 378 Tel: (960) 33 6539, Fax: (960) 33 8658 Lilongwe 3, Malawi E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (265) 1 750 900, Fax: (265) 1 750 943 Webiste: http://www.hrcm.org.mv E-mail: [email protected] No ICC Accreditation Website: www.malawihumanrightscommission.org Accreditation: A

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Mexico Moldova

National Human Rights Commission Centre for Human Rights of Moldova Dr José Luis SOBERANES, President Mr Alexei POTINGA, Director Avenida Periférico Sur 3469, 5to. Piso 16, Sfatul Tarii Street Col. San Jerónimo Lídice. Delegación Magdalena Chisinau Md-2012, Moldova Contreras Tel: (37 32) 234 800, Fax: (37 32) 225 442 CP 10200 México D.F., Mexico E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (0052) 513506600-0613 Website: www.iatp.md/cpdom Fax: 0052 5135 0595 No ICC Accreditation ext. 163, 164 y 165 Fax: (5255) 56 81 71 99 / 13 50 59 5 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cndh.org.mx Accreditation: A

Mongolia Morocco

National Human Rights Commission of Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l’Homme Mongolia Dr Mahjoub El HAIBA Secretary General Mrs D. SOLONGO, Chief Commissioner Place Ach-houhada, Floor 5, Government Building 11 B.P. 1341 Liberty Square 10000 Rabat, Morocco Ulaanbaatar 38, Mongolia Tel: (212) 37 72 22 18 /72 22 07 Tel: (976 11) 266506, Fax: (976 11) 320284 Fax: (212) 37 72 68 56 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nhrc-mn.org/ Website: www.ccdh.org.ma Accreditation: A Accreditation: A

Namibia Nepal

Office of the Ombudsman National Human Rights Commission Mr John WALTERS, Ombudsman Mr Kdar Nath UPADHAYA, Chairperson 2 Roger Street Harihar Bhawan, Pulchwock, Lalitpur Private bag 13211 P.O. Box: 3802 Windhoek, Namibia Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: (264) 61 20 73 111 Tel: (977 1) 547 975, Fax: (977 1) 547 973 Fax: (264) 61 22 68 38/ 61 22 05 50 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nhrc-nepal.org/ Website: www.ombudsman.org.na Accreditation: A Accreditation: A(R)

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Netherlands New Zealand

Equal Treatment Commission New Zealand Human Rights Commission Mr A.G. CASTERMANS, President Ms Rosslyn NOONAN, Chief Commissioner Commissie Gelijke Behandeling Level 10, Tower Centre, Kleinesingel 1-3 45, Queen Street, Auckland 3572 CG Utrecht PO Box 6751, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New P.O. Box 16001 Zealand NL-3500 DA Utrecht, Netherlands Tel: (64 9) 309 0874, Fax: (64 9) 377 3593 Tel: (31) 30 888 38 88, Fax: (31) 30 888 38 83 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hrc.co.nz Website: www.cgb.nl Accreditation: A Accreditation: B

Nicaragua Niger

Procurador para la Defensa de los Derechos Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme et Humanos de Nicaragua des Libertés Fondamentales (CNDHLF) Mr Omar CABEZAS, Procurador Mr Garba LOMPO, President Avenida Monumental, de la Central de bomberos, 1 rue du Plateau una cuadra abajo (frente al restaurante Rincón Place des Nations Unies Español) PO Box 13334 Managua, Nicaragua Niamey, Niger Tel: (505) 266 3257/ 266-3258/ 268-2789 Tel: (227) 72 55 64, (227) 72 51 06 Fax: (505) 266 8972 Fax: (227) 72 26 54 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.procuraduria.gob.ni Accreditation: A No ICC Accreditation

Nigeria Northern Ireland

National Human Rights Commission Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Mrs Kehinide AJONI, Executive Secretary, (NIHRC) 19 Gidan Aisha, Maitama Professor Monica MCWILLIAMS, Chief PMB 444 Commissioner Wuse 11, Temple Court, 39 North Street, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria Belfast Tel: (234) 9 523 8656, Fax: (234) 9 523 8657 BT1 1NA, Northern Ireland E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (44) 28 9024 3987, 28 9024 9066 Website: www.nigeriarights.gov.ng Textphone: (44) 289 024 90 66 Fax: (44) 28 9024 7844 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nihrc.org Accreditation: B

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Norway Palestinian Territories

Norwegian Centre for Human Rights Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens’ Mr Geir ULFSTEIN, Director Rights Universitetsgaten 22 – 24, Postboks 6706 Mr Mamdouh ACKER, General Commissioner St. Olavs plass, Behind the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) 0130 Oslo, Norway In front of Thalasemia Center Tel: (47 22) 84 2001; Fax: (47 22) 84 2002 P.O. Box 2264 E-mail: [email protected] Ramallah, Palestine Website: www.humanrights.uio.no Tel: (972 2) 298 6958 / 298 7536 / 296 0241; Fax: Accreditation: A(R) (972 2) 298 7211 Accreditation: A E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.piccr.org No ICC Accreditation Member of the Asia Pacific Forum

Panama Paraguay

Defensor del Pueblo de la Republica del Defensoría del Pueblo de la Republica del Panama Paraguay Mr Ricardo VARGAS, Defensor del Pueblo Mr Manuel María PAEZ MONGES, Defensor Avienda Nicanor de Obarrio (Calle 50), Ygatimi esquima O'Leary - Edificio Robledo Edificio Don Camilo, planta baja Asunción, Paraguay Apartado Postal 0832-1695 Tel: (595) 21 452 602/ 21 452 605 Ciudad Panamá, Panama Fax: (595) 21 452 216 Tel: (507) 500-9813 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (507) 500 9809 Website: www.defensoriadelpueblo.gov.py E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.defensoriadelpueblo.gob.pa Accreditation: A

Peru Philippines

Defensor del Pueblo del Perú Philippines Commission on Human Rights Ms Beatriz MERINO, Defensora Dr Purificacion VALERA-QUISUMBING, Jr. Ucayali No 388 Chairperson Lima 1, Peru SAAC Building, Commonwealth Avenue Tel: (511) 426 7800/426 6657 UP Complex Fax: (511) 426 7997 Dilman 1104 E-mail: [email protected] or Quezon City , Philippines [email protected] Tel: (63 2) 927 0172 Website: www.ombudsman.gob.pe Fax: (63 2) 929 01 02 Accreditation: A E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.chr.gov.ph Accreditation: A

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Poland Portugal

Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection Ombudsman Office Dr Janusz Bogumil KOCHANOWSKI Mr Henrique Nascimento RODRIGUES Aleja Solidarności 77 Rua Pau de Bandeira, 9 00-090 Warsaw, Poland 1249-088 Lisboa, Portugal Tel: (48 22) 551 77 00, Fax: (48 22) 827 64 53 Tel: (351) 21 392 6600, Fax: (351) 21 396 1243 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ombudsman.gov.pl or Website: www.provedor-jus.pt www.brpo.gov.pl Accreditation: A Accreditation: A

Puerto Rico Republic of Korea

Oficina del Procurador del Ciudadano National Human Rights Commission of the Mr Carlos LOPEZ NIEVES, Defensor Republic of Korea Apartado 41.088, Estación Minillas Mr Kyong-Whan AHN, Chairperson 00940 San Juan de Puerto Rico Gumsegi Building, No. 16, Ulgiro 1-ga. Jung-gu, Tel: (1) 787 724 7373, Fax: (1) 787 724 7386 Seoul, Korea, 100-842 E-mail: [email protected] or Tel : 82-2-2125-9700, Fax : 82-2-2125-9812, [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.ombudsmanpr.com/ Website: http://www.humanrights.go.kr/eng/index.jsp Accreditation: C Accreditation: A

Romania Russian Federation

Advocate of the People Commissioner on Human Rights in the Russian Dr Ioan MURARU, Advocate federation Strada Augeniu Carada Nr. 3 Mr Vladimir LUKIN, Commissioner Sector 3 Myasnitskaya Ul. 47 Bucuresti, Romania 103084 Moscow, Russian Federation Tel: (40) 21 312 9462, Fax: (40) 21 211 05 95 Tel: (7) 95 207 5511, Fax: (7) 95 207 6946 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.avp.ro Accreditation: B No ICC Accreditation

Rwanda Saint Lucia

National Commission for Human Rights Office of the Parlimentary Commissioner Mrs Zainabo Sylvie KAYITESI, Chairperson Ms Lawrence LAURENT, Former Parliamentary District Kaccyyiru Commissioner and Secretary of CAROA Mairie de la ville de Kigali 14 Micoud St. P.O. Box 269 P.O. Box 1139 Kigali, Rwanda Castries, Saint Lucia Tel: (250) 504 273/4, Fax: (250) 504 270 Tel: (1 758) 452 5588 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 758) 452 3997 Website: www.rhrc-rw.org No ICC Accreditation Accreditation: A

International Service for Human Rights 72 Senegal Slovakia

Senegalese Committee for Human Rights Slovak National Centre for Human Rights Mr Youssoupha NDIAYE, President Ms Anna ZACHOVA, Executive Director Immeuble Pasteur, 3eme Etage Nevadzova 5, Avenue Pasteur 811 05 Bratislava, Slovakia Postale 615 Tel: (421) 2 208 501 11 Dakar Etoile, Senegal Fax: (421) 2 208 501 35 Tel: (221) 823 44 27, Fax: (221) 821 44 94 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.snslp.sk Accreditation: A No ICC Accreditation

Slovenia South Africa Human Rights Ombudsman Dr Zdenka CEBASEK-TRAVNIK, Ombudsman South African Human Rights Commission Dunajska cesta 56 Mr Jody KOLLAPEN, Chairperson 1109 Ljubljana, Slovenia 29, Princess of Wales Terrace Tel: (386) 1 475 0050, Fax: (386) 1 475 0040 Corner of York and St. Andrews Street, E-mail: [email protected] Parktown, Website: www.varuh-rs.si Private Bag 2700 Houghton 2041 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: (27 11) 484 83 00, Fax: (27 11) 484 8403 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sahrc.org.za Accreditation: A

Spain Sri Lanka

The Office of the Ombudsman Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Mr Enrique Mugica HERZOG Mrs Radhika COOMARASWAMY, Chairperson Eduardo Dato 31 No. 36 Kynsey Road 28010 Madrid, Spain Colombo 08, Sri Lanka Tel: (34) 914 32 7900, Fax: (34) 91 308 1158 Tel: (94 1) 12 68 53 39, Fax: (94 1) 12694924 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.defensordelpueblo.es/ Website: www.hrcsl.org Accreditation: A Accreditation: A

International Service for Human Rights 73 Sweden Switzerland

Swedish Ombudsman against Ethnic Federal Commission against Racism (FCR) Discrimination (DO)/Ombudsmannen mot Mr George KREIZ, President etnisk diskriminering EKR, GS EDI Ms Katri LINNA, (ap 2005) Inselgasse 1 P.O. Box 3045 CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland Drottninggatan 89 Tel: (41) 31 324 12 93; Fax: (41) 31 322 44 37 SE-10364 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (46) 8 508 887 00; Fax: (46) 8 508 887 50 Website: www.ekr-cfr.ch E-mail: [email protected] No ICC Accreditation Website: www.do.se Accreditation: A

Swedish Disability Ombudsman Mr Torbjorn ANDERSSON Office of the Disability Ombudsman St. Eriksgatan 44, 3rd floor Box 49132 SE-10029 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: (46) 8 20 17 70; Fax: (46) 8 20 43 53 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ho.se Accreditation: A

Tanzania Thailand

Commission for Human Rights and Good National Human Rights Commission of Thailand Governance Justice Prof. Saneh CHAMARIK, Chairperson Justice Robert KISANGA, President 422 Phya Thai Road Haki House, 8th Luthuli Street Pathum wan District P.O. Box 2643 Bangkok 10330, Thailand Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Tel: (66) 2 2219 2980; Fax: (66) 2 2219 2940 Tel: (255) 22 213 57 47/8; Fax: (255) 22 211 15 E-mail: [email protected] 33 Website: www.nhrc.or.th E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.chragg.org Accreditation: A

International Service for Human Rights 74 Togo Trinidad and Tobago

National Human Rights Commission Office of the Ombudsman of Trinidad and Tobago Mr M Koffi KOUNTE, President Mr Justice George EDOO 37, Rue 74 Tokoin Doumasséssé Trinidad Office BP 3222 Lomé, Togo No. 132, Henry St., Tel: (228) 221 7879/1070 Port of Spain,Trinidad W.I. Fax: (228) 221 2436 Tel: (1 868) 624 3121 / 624 3122 / 624 3123 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 868) 625 0717 Website: www.cndh-togo.org E-mail:[email protected] Accreditation: A Website: www.ombudsman.gov.tt Tobago Office Tateco Building, Wilson Road, Scarborough, Tobago Tel: (1 868) 639 1302, Fax: (1 868) 639 1303 No ICC Accreditation

Tunisia Uganda

Comité Supérieur des Droits de l'Homme et des Uganda Human Rights Commission Libertés Fondamentales Ms Margaret SEKAGGYA, Chairperson Mr Zakaria Ben MUSTAPHA, President Plot 20/22/24 85 Avenue de la Liberté Buganda Road 1002 Tunis Belvédère, Tunisia P.O. Box 4929 Tel: (216) 71 783 858, Fax: (216) 71 784 037 Kampala, Uganda E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (256) 41 348 006/8, Fax: (256) 41 255 261 No ICC Accreditation E-mail: [email protected] Accreditation: A

Ukraine United Kingdom

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Equal Opportunities Commission Human Rights 36 Broadway Ms Nina KARPACHOVA, Commissioner London 21/8, Instytutska Str., SW1H OBH, United Kingdom Kyiv, 01008, Ukraine Tel: (44) 207 222 1110, Fax: (44) 207 222 2771 Tel: (38) 44 253 2203 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eoc.org.uk Website: www.ombudsman.kiev.ua No ICC Accreditation No ICC Accreditation Commission for Racial Equality St. Dunstan’s House 201-211 Borough High Street London SE1 1GZ, United Kingdom Tel: (44) 207 939 0000, Fax: (44) 0207 939 0004 E-mail: Wesley Etan, Information Services, [email protected] Website: www.cre.gov.uk No ICC Accreditation

International Service for Human Rights 75 Zambia Venezuela

Permanent Human Rights Commission Defensoría del Pueblo Mr Mumba MALILA, Chairperson Mr Germán MUNDARIAN, Defensor Human Rights House Ave. México Independence Avenue, Plaza Morelos P.O. Box 33812 Edificio Defensoría del Pueblo, piso 8 Opposite US Embassy Caracas, Venezuela Lusaka, Zambia Tel: (58) 212 578 3795 / 505 5103; Fax: (58) 212 575 Tel: (260 1) 251 327/ 251 357 4467 Fax: (260 1) 251 342 E-mail: [email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.defensoria.gov.ve Accreditation: A(R) Accreditation: Ass

International Service for Human Rights 76 Human Rights NGOs

African region

African Centre for Democracy and Human Regional Coordination Office East and Horn Rights Studies (ACDHRS) of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project Ms Hannah FORSTER, Executive Director (EHAHRDP) P.O. Box 2728 Hassan Shire SHEIKH , Head of the Secretariat Serrekunda Human Rights House Zoe Tembo Building, Kerr Sereign K.S.M.D. Plot 1853 Lulume Rd The Gambia NSABYA P.O. Box 11027, Kampala (Uganda) Tel: (220) 446 23 41 /446 23 42 Tel: (+256) (41) 510263 Fax: (220) 446 23 38 / 446 23 39 Tel: (+256) (41) 267118 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (+256) (41) 267117 Website: www.acdhrs.org E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.yorku.ca/crs/ahrdp/index/html

West Africa Human Rights Defenders Network Central Africa Human Rights Defenders (WAHRDN) Network Abdoul Gadiry, Chairperson Baudouin Kipaka, Chairperson B.P: 20013 Lomé- Togo Tel: (+243) 813201942 Tel: (+224) 60341771 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (+228) 222 58 20 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.westafricadefenders.org

Coalition Togolaise des Défenseurs des Droits Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) humains- CTDDH Mr Titus MANN, President Me Kofimessa Devotsou, Chairperson 13, Soji Adepagba Close, Off Allen Ave. Tel: (+228) 222 98 00 P.O. Box 11862 Ikeja General Post Office Tel: (+228) 904 20 35 Ikeja, Lagos E-mail: [email protected] Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (2341) 774 6694 / 493 9324 / 496 7076 Mobile: 803 653 9411 Fax: (2341) 493 9325 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.clo-ng.org

Comité des Observateurs des Droits de l'Homme Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (CODHO) (FHRI) Mr N'Sii Luanda SHANDWE, Director Mr Livingstone SEWANYANA, Executive B.P. 185 Director Kinshasa 11 Human Rights House Immeuble Veve Center, 1er Etage, L. 4 Plot 1853, Lulume Road, Nsambya 2, Rue Bongandanga, P.O. Box 11027 Q/Anciens Combattants Kampala C/Kasa-Vubu, Uganda

International Service for Human Rights 77 V. Kinshasa Tel: (256 41) 510 263 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mobile: (256) (0) 75 791963 Tel: (243) 815089970 Fax: (256 41) 510 498 Fax: 00 1 831 850 3959 Website: www.fhri.or.ug E-mail : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Human Rights Network-Uganda (HURINET (U)) The Institute for Human Rights and Mr Ndifuna MOHAMMED,National Coordinator Development in Africa Plot 94 Old Kiira Road, Ntinda Ms Sheila KEETHARUTH, Executive Director P.O. Box 21265, Kampala Brusubi Layout 949 Coastal Highway, Uganda P.O. Box 1896, Banjul Tel: (256) 41 286923 / 285362 The Gambia Fax : (256) 41 286881 Tel: (220) 7751200 / 7751201 / 9962280 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (220) 449 4178 Website: http://www.hurinet.or.ug E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.africaninstitute.org/

Kenya Human Rights Commission Lawyers for Human Rights L. Muthoni WANYEKI, Executive Director Mr Rudolph JANSEN, National Director Gitanga Road opp. Valley Arcade Shopping Center Kutlwanong Democracy Centre P.O. Box 41079 – 00100 357, Visagie Street, Nairobi 0002 Pretoria Kenya South Africa Tel: (254) 20 387 4998/9 or 387 6065/6 Tel: (27 12) 320 2943 Fax: (254) 20 387 4997 Fax: (27 12) 320 2949 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.khrc.or.ke Website: www.lhr.org.za

Legal Assistance Centre Legal Resources Centre 4 Körner Street Ms. Janet LOVE, National Director P.O. Box 604 7th Floor Bram Fisher House Windhoek 25 Rissik Street Namibia Johannesburg 2001 Tel: (264) 61 22 3356 P O Box 9495 Mobile: (264) 81 260 4816 / 81 122 3356 Marshalltown 2017 Fax: (264) 61 23 4953 South Africa E-mail: [email protected] Tel: ( 27 11) 836-9831, 838-6601, 403-0902 Website: http://www.lac.org.na/ Fax: (27 11) 834-4273 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lrc.co.za

Ligue des Droits de la Personne dans la Region Ligue Iteka (Ligue burundaise des droits de des Grands Lacs (LDGL) l'homme) Burundi, Republique Democratique du Congo, Ms Jean-Marie Vianne KAVUMBAGU, Rwanda President Pascal NYILIBAKWE Avenue de la Mission N.29 Coord.CSE BP 177 Bujumbura Responsable du Centre de documentation régional et Burundi du renforcement organisationnel et institutionnel Tel: (257) 22 86 36 / 21 16 23

International Service for Human Rights 78 Tél : + 250 08541251 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (250) 852 1694 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ldgl.org Website: http://www.ligue-iteka.africa-web.org/

Observatoire Congolais des Droits de l’Homme Association pour les droits de l'homme et (OCDH) l'univers carceral (ADHUC) Mr Roger BOUKA OWOKO, Executive Director Congo Brazzavile, Avenue des 3 martyrs 32 Mr. LOAMBA MOKE, Président Immeuble Ntiétié, 1ère étage 32 Avenue de Trois (3) Martyrs, immeuble Place de la station de bus de Jane Vialle NTIETIE Moungali 2eme étage, MOUNGALI P.O. Box 4021 Arrêt de bus Jane Vialle, P.O. Box 2161 Brazzaville Brazzaville, République du Congo Republic of Congo Tel: (00242) 521 5407/ 651 7073/ 665 0403/ Tel: (242) 56 15 718 634 8743/ 559 8296/ 556 1463 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://www.fidh.org/spip.php?rubrique149 La Rencontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits La Voix des Sans-Voix pour les Droits de de l’Homme (RADDHO) l’Homme (VSV) Ben Sikina TOGUEBAYE, President Mr Floribet CHEBEYA BAHIZIRE Villa 4024 Amitie 2 Allées Seydou Nourou Tall Avenue des Ecuries 3858 BP 15246 (Entre Kintambo Magasin et séminaire Dakar Fann catholique Jean 23) Senegal Commune de Ngaliema Tel: (221) 865 00 30 B.P. 11445 Fax: (221) 824 60 52 Kinshasa I E-mail: [email protected] Democratic Republic of Congo Website: www.raddho.africa-web.org/ Tel: (243 88) 40394, (243 12) 50832, (243 12) 50514 Fax: 243-12-34441, 243-88.01.826 E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://www.congonline.com/vsv/ Zimbabwe Human Rights Association Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZIMRIGHTS) Mr Arnold TSUNGA, Executive Director Mr Dzikamai MACHINGURA, National Director 6th floor Beverly Court ZimRights House Corner Nelson Mandela Avenue and 4th str. Alveston Court Box CY 1393, Causeway Cnr 4th St/Baines Ave Harare (Zimbabwe) P.O. Box 3951 Tel: (+263 4) 251 468 Harare Tel: (+263 4) 70 5370 Zimbabwe Tel: (+263 4) 70 8118 Tel: (263 4) 70 7278 / 70 5898 Fax: (+263 4) 251 468 Fax: (263 4) 70 7277 Fax: (+263 4) 723 879 E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: (+263 91) 257 247 Website: Email: [email protected] http://www.hrforumzim.com/members/zimrights/zim Website: http://www.zlhr.org.zw/ rightstext.htm

International Service for Human Rights 79

Asia and the Pacific region

Asian Center for the Progress of Peoples Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) (ACPP) Mr Basil FERNANDO, Executive Director 1/F, 52 Princess Margaret Road 19th Floor, Go-Up Commercial Building Kowloon 998 Canton Road, Kowloon Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR Tel: (852) 2712 3989 / 2714 5123 China Fax: (852) 2712 0152 Tel: (852) 2698- 6339 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (852) 2698- 6367 Website: www.acpp.org E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Websites: www.alrc.net and www.article2.org

Asia-Pacific Human Rights Network (APHRN) Australian Council for International Mr Ravi NAIR, Coordinator Development (ACFID) B-6/6, Safdarjung Enclave Extension Mr Paul O'CALLAGHAN, Executive Director New Delhi 110029 Mr Alex MAROYA, Human Rights Coordinator India 14 Napier Close Tel: (91 11) 2619 1120 / 2717 / 2706 Deakin, Canberra, ACT 2600 Fax: (91 11) 2619 1120 Australia E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (61 2) 6285 1816 / 6281 9219 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (61 2) 6285 1720

Website: www.aphrn.org E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Contact form: http://www.acfid.asn.au/contact-info Website: www.acfid.asn.au

Citizens’ Constitutional Forum Dignity International – Asia Rev. Akuila YABAKI, Chief Executive Officer Mr Boonthan VERAWONGSE, Director of the 25 Berry Road Peace and Human Rights Resource Center PO Box 12584 P.O. Box 55, Bungthonglang Suva Bangkok 10242 Fiji Islands Thailand Tel: (679) 330 8379 Tel: (6629 377 5151 Fax: (679) 330 8380 Fax: (662) 375 6702 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.ccf.org.fj Website: www.dignityinternational.org

Asian Forum for Human Rights and HRWG Indonesia’s NGO Coalition for Development (FORUM-ASIA) International Human Rights Advocacy Mr Anselmo LEE, Executive Director Mr Rafendi DJAMIN, Coordinator Baan Vichien, Apartment 3B, 220 BOR Building 3rd Floor Sukhumvit 49/12 Jl. Pegangsaan Timur No. 21 Klongton Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Jakarta 10320 Thailand Indonesia Tel: (66) 2391 8801 Tel/Fax: (62 21) 3150137 / 3150137 Fax: (66) 2391 8764 Mobile: (62813)11442159 Website: www.forum-asia.org E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 80 Hurights Osaka Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC) Mr Osamu SHIRAISHI, Director Ms Tupou VERE, Director Mr Toshihiro OHASHI, Secretary-General 83 Amy Street Asia- Pacific Human Rights Information Center Toorak 1-2-1-1500, Benten, Minato-Ku, Osaka-shi Private mail bag Osaka 552-0007 Suva Japan Fiji Islands Tel: (81 6) 6577 3578 Tel: (679) 330 4649 Fax: (81 6) 6577 3583 Fax: (679) 330 4755 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hurights.or.jp Website: www.pcrc.org.fj

Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO Peace and Human Rights Resource Center Secretariat) (PHRC) Ms Cema BOLABOLA, Executive Director Mr Bantorn ONDAM, Chairperson 30 Ratu Sukuna Road, Nasese Mr Boonthan VERAWONGSE, Secretary P.O. Box 17780 P.O. Box 55, Bungthonglang Suva Bangkok 10242 Fiji Thailand Tel: (679) 330 2963 / 331 7048 Tel: (66) 2 377 5151 Fax: (679) 331 7046 Fax: (66) 2 375 6702 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.piango.org

Sarangbang Group for Human Rights South Asia Human Rights Documentation Ms Jooyoung LEE Centre (SAHRDC) 4th Fl., 8-29, Myunglyun-dong 2-ga Mr Ravi NAIR, Executive Director Jongno-gu B-6/6, Safdarjung Enclave Extension P.O. Box 110-522 New Delhi 110029 Seoul India Republic of Korea Tel & Fax: (91 11) 2619 1120/2717/2706 Tel: (82 2) 741 5363 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (82 2) 741 5364 Website: www.hrdc.net/sahrdc E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sarangbang.or.kr

Suaram-Malaysia International Women’s Rights Action Watch – Mr. Yap Swee Seng, Executive Director Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP) 433 A Jalan 5/46 80-B Jalan Bangsar 46000 Petaling Jaya 59200 Kuala Lumpur Selangor Malaysia Malaysia Tel: (603) 2282 2255 Tel: (603) 7784 3525 Fax: (603) 2283 2552 Fax: (603) 7784 3526 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.iwraw-ap.org/ Website: www.suaram.net

International Service for Human Rights 81

European region

ACAT – France (Action des Chrétiens pour Amnesty International l’abolition de la torture et des exécutions Ms Irene KHAN, Secretary-General capitales) International Secretariat Mr Marc ZARROUATI, President 1 Easton Street Mr Jean-Etienne de LINARES, Délégué général London WC1X ODW 7, Rue Georges Lardennois United Kingdom 75019 Paris Tel: (44) 20 7413 5500 France Fax: (44) 20 7956 1157 Tel: (33) 1 40 40 42 43 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (33) 1 40 40 42 44 Website: www.amnesty.org E-mail: [email protected] E-mail : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.acat.asso.fr

Anti-Slavery International ARC International Mr Aidan McQuade Director Kim VANCE, Co-Director Thomas Clarkson House 214 Bayers Mill Road The Stableyard Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, B0J 2L0, Broomgrove Road Canada London SW9 9TL Tel : 1-902-442-3630, 1-416-238-7981 or 1-613- United Kingdom 288-8416 Tel: (44) 20 7501 8920 Mobile: 1-902-488-6404 Fax: (44) 20 7738 4110 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.arc-international.net Website: www.antislavery.org

Article 19 (Global Campaign for Free Asociación pro Derechos Humanos de España Expression) Mr Manuel OLLE, President International Centre on Censorship C/ José Ortega y Gasset 77, 2ºA Dr Agnes CALLAMARD, Director 28006 Madrid 6-8 Amwell Street Spain London EC1R1UQ Tel: (34) 91 402 2312 / 402 3204 / 402 8562 United Kingdom Fax: (34) 91 402 8499 Tel: (44) 20 7278 9292 E-mail: [email protected]

Fax: (44) 20 7278 7660 Website: http://www.eurosur.org/apdhe/ E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.article19.org

Commissie Justitia et Pax Nederland Diakonisches Werk / Brot Fuer die Welt Mr Victor SCHEFFERS, Secretary-General Stafflenbergstraße 76 Anne Van Dalen, Secretary Assistant D-70184 Stuttgart Visiting address: Lutherse Burgwal 10 Germany Postal address: P.O. Box 16334 Tel: 0049/711/2159-323 2500 BH The Hague Fax: 0049/711/2159-288 The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (31) 70 313 6800 Website: www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de

International Service for Human Rights 82 Fax: (31) 70 313 6801 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.justitiaetpax.nl

FIACAT Fédération Internationale des Ligues de Droits Ms Sylvie BUKHARI-DE-PONTUAL, President de l’Homme (FIDH) Marie-Jo COCHER, Secrétaire Exécutive Mr Antoine BERNARD, Executive Director 27, rue de Maubeuge 17, Passage de la Main d’Or 75009 Paris 75011 Paris France France Tel: (33) 1 42 80 01 60 Tel: (33) 1 43 55 2518 Fax: (33) 1 42 80 20 89 Fax: (33) 1 43 55 1880 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.fidh.org Website: www.fiacat.org

Food First Information and Action Network France Libertés (Fondation Danielle (FIAN) Mitterrand) Flavio VALENTE, Secretary General Danielle MITTERRAND, President Sigrun SKOGLY, President 22, Rue de Milan Mr Rolf KUINNIMANN, Human Rights Director 75009 Paris Willy-Brandt-Platz 5 France 69115 Heidelberg Tel: (33) 1 53 25 10 40 Germany Fax: (33) 1 48 74 01 26 Tel: (49) 6221 653 0030 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (49) 6221 830 545 Website: www.france-libertes.fr E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fian.org

Human Rights Association of Turkey IDEAL International (Initiative d’entraide aux President: Hüsnü Öndül libertés) Tunalihilmi Cad. 104/4 Mr Stéphane MICHOT, President Kavaklidere France Ankara Tel: (33) 6 60 25 00 05 Turkey E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (90) 312 466 49 13 Website: www.ideal-international.org Fax: (90) 312 466 49 14 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ihd.org.tr http://www.ihd.org.tr/eindex.html (English) Interights International Lesbian and Gay Association, Mr David GEER, executive director Administrative Office (ILGA) Lancaster House Ms Rosanna FLAMER-CALDERA, co-secretary 33 Islington High Street general London N1 9LH Mr Philipp BRAUN, co-secretary general United Kingdom 17, rue de la Charité Tel: (44) 20 7278 3230 1210 Brussels Fax: (44) 20 7278 4334 Belgium E-mail: [email protected] - Receptionist Tel: (32) 2 502 2471 [email protected] Fax: (32) 2 502 2471

International Service for Human Rights 83 Website: www.interights.org E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ilga.org

International Lesbian and Gay Association, International Save the Children Alliance Europe (ILGA-Europe) 2nd Floor Cambridge House Ms Patricia PRENDIVILLE, Executive Director 100 Cambridge Grove rue de la Charité 17 London, W6 0LE Brussels B-1210 United Kingdom Belgium Tel: (44) 20 8748 2554 Tel: (32) 2 609 5410 Fax: (44) 20 8237 8000 Fax: (32) 2 609 5419 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ilga-europe.org Website: www.savethechildren.net

Misereor Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) Mozartstrasse 9 Prof. Dr Cees FLINTERMAN, Director P.O. Box 101545 Drift 15, 3512 BR (Feb. 2008) 52064 Aachen Utrecht Germany Netherlands Tel: +(49) 241 442 125 Tel: (31) 30 253 8033 Fax: +(49) 241 442 188 Fax: (31) 30 253 7168 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.misereor.de E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.law.uu.nl/sim

Novib – Netherlands Oxfam OXFAM GB Ms Sylvia BORREN, Director Oxfam House Mauritskade 9 John Smith Drive Postbus 30919 Cowley 2500 GX Den Haag Oxford OX4 2JY Netherlands United Kingdom Tel: (31) 70 342 1777 Tel: (44) 1865 473 727 Fax: (31) 70 361 4461 Fax: (44) 1865 472 600 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.novib.nl Website: www.oxfam.org.uk

PROGRESSIO (ex-CIIR) Save The Children Fund Ms Christine ALLEN, Executive Director Ms Jasmin WHITBREAD, Director-General Unit 3 Canonbury Yard Save the Children UK 190A New North Road 1 St. John’s Lane London N1 7BJ London United Kingdom EC1M 4 AR Tel: (44) 20 7354 0883 United Kingdom Fax: (44) 20 7359 0017 Tel: (44) 20 7012 6400 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (44) 20 7012 6963 Website: www.progressio.org.uk E-mail: Ms Clare DONACHIE, [email protected] Website: www.savethechildren.org.uk

International Service for Human Rights 84 Trócaire – Catholic Agency for World University of Essex – Human Rights Centre Development Professor John Packer, Director Bishop John KIRBY, Chairman Wivenhoe Park 1 St Patrick’s College Colchester CO4 3SQ Ireland United Kingdom Tel: (353) 1 505 32 56 Tel: (44) 1206 872 558 Fax: (353) 1 629 0661 Fax: (44) 1206 873 627 E-mail: Ms Emer MULLINS, [email protected] E-mail: Ms Carol SMITH, [email protected]

Website: www.trocaire.org Website: www2.essex.ac.uk/human_rights_centre/

University of Lund- Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Mr Gudmundur ALFREDSSON, Director Stora Grabrodersg. 17B P.O. Box 1155 Lund S- 22105 Sweden Tel: (46) 222 1200 Fax: (46) 222 1222 E-mail : [email protected]

Website: www.rwi.lu.se

Latin American region

CALDH (Centro de Accion Legal en Derechos Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé Humanos) de las Casas, A.C (CDHFBC) Ms Edda GAVIOLA, Executive Director Barrio Mexicanos 6ª. Avenida 1-71 zona 1 Calle Brasil 14 Ciudad de Guatemala Apartado Postal 178 Guatemala San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas Tel: (502) 2251 0555 Mexico 29240 Fax: (502) 2230 3470 Tel: (52) 967 678 7396/ 678 3548/ 678 7395 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (52) 967 678 3551 Website: www.caldh.org E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.frayba.org.mx

Conectas Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Ms. Anamaria Schindler, Intenrational President Pro Juárez, A.C., PRO-DH Rua Pamplona, 1197 casa 04 Maestro Luis Arturo MACIAS, Director São Paulo – SP 01405-030 Serapio Rendón 57-B Brasil Col San Rafael CP 06470 Tel: (5511) 3884-7440 México D.F. Fax: (5511) 3884-1122 Mexico Email: [email protected] Tel: (52) 55 66 7854 or 55 35 6872 Website: www.conectas.org Fax: (55) 35 6892 E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.centroprodh.org.mx

International Service for Human Rights 85 Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) Mr Gastón CHILLIER, Executive Director Piedras 547 piso 1 C 1070AAK Buenos Aires Argentina Tel: (54) 11 4334 4200 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cels.org.ar

COFAVIC (Organización no gubernamental Comisión Andina de Juristas para la promoción y protección de los Mr Enrique BERNALES, Executive Director derechos humanos) Mr Diego GARCÍA-SAYÁN, Director General Ms Zoralys ROJAS LAREZ, Executive Director Los Sauces 285, Lima 27, Peru Avenida Urdaneta, Esquina Candilito, Edificio El Tel: (511) 440 7907/ 442 8094 Candil, piso 1, oficina 1-A Fax: (511) 442 6468 La Candelaria, Caracas, E-mail: [email protected]; apartado postal 16150 [email protected] Venezuela Website: www.cajpe.org.pe Tel: (58) 212 5729631 / 5729912 Fax: (58) 212 5729908 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cofavic.org.ve

Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos Mr Gustavo GALLON, Executive Director del Perú Calle 72 #12-65 piso 6 Mr Francisco SOBERÓN GARRIDO, Executive Apartado Aéreo 58533 Secretary Bogotá Calle Pezet y Monel 2467 Colombia Lince, Lima 14 Tel: (57) 1 376 82 00 Peru Fax: (57) 1 376 82 30 Tel: (51) 1 702 2500 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (51) 1 702 2507 Website: www.coljuristas.org E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dhperu.org

Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones Global Justice Center de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos Ms Andressa CALDAS, Legal Director (FEDEFAM) Av. Beira Mar 406/1207 Fedefam 2444 Rio de Janeiro Carmelitas 1010-A RJ 20021-900 Caracas Brazil Venezuela Tel: (55) 21 2544 2320 Tel: (58) 2 564 0503 Fax: (55) 21 2524 2485 Fax: (58) 2 564 2746 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.desaparecidos.org/fedefam Website: www.global.org.br

International Service for Human Rights 86 Inter-American Institute of Human Rights Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos Mr Roberto CUÉLLAR, Executive Director Rosiana PEREIRA QUEIROZ, Directora P.O. Box 10081 SEPN Quadra 506, Sala 34 1000 San José 70770-530 Brasília – DF Costa Rica Brazil Tel: (506) 234 0404 Tel/Fax: (55 61) 3273 7320 Fax: (506) 234 0955 E-mail:[email protected] or E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mndh.org.br Website: www.iidh.ed.cr

La Asociación Internacional de Lesbianas y Movimiento Ecuménico por los Derechos Gays América Latina y Caribe (ILGALAC) Humanos Chile Arturo BLATEZKY, Director E-mail: [email protected] Mariana Moreno 1785, 1º Piso Website: www.ilga.org C1093 Buenos Aires Argentina Tel/Fax: (011) 4382 5957 Tel/Fax: (011) 4382 5589 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.derechos.net/medh

Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Programa Venezolano de Educación Acción en Arzobispado de Guatemala Derechos Humanos (PROVEA) Mr Nery RODENAS, Executive Director Mr Marino ALVARADO, General Coordinator Monseñor Gonzalo DE VILLA, General Apdo. Postal 5156 Coordinator Parroquia Altagracia 1010-A 6ª calle 7-70 zona 1, 01001 Caracas Ciudad de Guatemala, Boulevard Panteón, de Puente Trinidad a Tienda Guatemala Honda Tel: (502) 22850456 Edificio Centro Plaza Las Mercedes Fax: (502) 22328384 Planta baja, local 06 E-mail: [email protected] Municipio Libertador

Website: www.odhag.org.gt Caracas Venezuela Tel: (58) 212 860 66 99/ 862 10 11 Fax: (58) 2 860 6669 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.derechos.org.ve

International Service for Human Rights 87 Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de SERPAJ- Ecuador Derechos Humanos Carlos Ibarra 176 y 10 de agosto Mr Edgar CORTEZ, Executive Secretary Oficina 804 Patricio Sanz 449 Edificio Yuraj Pirka Colonia Del Valle Casilla Postal: 17-03-1567 03100 México, D.F. Quito Mexico Ecuador Tel/fax: (52 55)5523-9992 Tel: (593) 2571 521 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (593) 2571 636 Website: www.redtdt.org.mx E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.serpaj.org.ec/

SERPAJ / FEDEFAM – Uruguay TIERRAVIVA a los Pueblos Indígenas del Mr Guillermo PAYSSE, Coordinator Chaco Joaquín Requena 1642 Oscar AYALA, Coordinator Esquina Colonia Calle Manuel Dominguez,N`1073 entre Brasil y P.O. Box 11 200 EEUU, Asunción, Montevideo Paraguay Uruguay Tel: (595) 21 209 092 / 202 039 Tel: (598) 2 408 5301 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (598) 2 408 5701 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tierraviva.org.py/enxet.htm

Website: www.serpaj.org.uy

Middle East and Northern African region

Al-Haq Amman Center for Human Rights Studies Main Street (ACHRS) P.O. Box 1413 Mr Nizam ASSAT, General Director Ramallah P.O. Box 212524 West Bank Amman J-11121 Palestine Jordan Tel: (972) (0)2 2956421 Tel: (962) 64 65 50 43/ 79 51 51 590 Fax: (972) (0)2 2954903 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.achrs.org Website: www.alhaq.org

Arab Institute for Human Rights / Institut Association Marocaine des Droits Humains Arabe des Droits de l’Homme (AMDH) Mr Basset BEN BASSET Appt 1, Imm 6, Rue Aguensous, Av.Hassan II, Rue El Jahedh 14 Les Orangers El-Menzah 1004 Tunis Rabat, B.P.1740 RP Tunisia Morocco Tel: (216) 71 767 003 Tel: (212 037) 73 09 61 Tel: (216) 71 767 889 Fax: (212 037) 73 88 51 Fax: (216) 71 750 911 E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 88 Website: www.aihr.org.tn E-mail: www.amdh_site

Website: [email protected]

B'Tselem Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights Ms Jessica MONTELL, Executive Director 8/10 Mathaf El-Manyal Street 8 HaTa'asiya Street, 4th Floor 10th Floor P.O. Box 53132 Manyal El-Roda Jerusalem 91531 Cairo Israel Egypt Tel: (972) 2 673 55 99 Tel: (202) 362 0467 / 363 6811 Fax: (972) 2 674 91 11 Fax: (202) 362 1613 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.btselem.org E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eohr.org

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Mossawa Center 9 Ruston St. Garden City Mr Jafar FARAH, director Cairo 5 Saint Luke's St., Egypt P.O. Box 4471, Tel : (202) 27945341/27951112 Haifa 31043 E-mail: [email protected] Israel www.cihrs.org Tel: (972) 4 855 5901 Fax: (972) 4 855 2772 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mossawacenter.org

Organization for Defending Victims of Organisation Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme Violence (OMDH) P.O. Box 16765-911 8, rue Ouargha, Résidence Volubilis Tehran Appt no. 1 Iran Agdal, Rabat 10000 Tel: (9821)88954928 Morocco Fax: (9821)88963091 Tel: (212 37) 77 0060 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (212 37) 77 4615

Website: www.odvv.org E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Website: www.omdh.org

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Mr Raji SOURANI, Director 29 Omar Al-Mukhtar Street El Remal P.O. Box 1328 Gaza City Gaza Strip via Israel Tel/fax: (972) 8282 4776 / 8282 5893 / 8282 3725 E-mail: [email protected]

International Service for Human Rights 89 Website: www.pchrgaza.org

North American region

Amnesty International (UN) ARC International Ms Yvonne TERLINGEN, UN Representative John Fisher E-mail: [email protected] Co-Director, ARC International 62, rue de Vermont, # 44 5 Penn Plaza Geneva 1202 New York Tel : +41 22 733 4705 NY 10001 Fax :+41 22 734 4761 U.S.A. Kim Vance Tel: (1 212) 807 8400 Co-Director, ARC International Fax: (1 212) 627 1451 214 Bayers Mill Road Website: www.amnestyusa.org Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, B0J 2L0, Canada Tel. : 1-902-442-3630, 1-416-238-7981 E-mail: [email protected] Website : http://www.arc-international.net

Franciscans International François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Fr. John Celichowski, President Human Rights Mr Jim Yong Kim, Center Director FI New York Office Harvard School of Public Health 211 East 43rd St. 651 Huntington Avenue, 7th floor Room 1100 Boston, MA 02115 USA New York, NY 10017-4707 U.S.A USA Tel: (1 617) 432 0656, Fax: (1 617) 432 4310 Tel: +1 212.490.4624 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +1 866.283.0134 Website: www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/ E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.franciscansinternational.org

Global Rights Harvard Law School – Human Rights Program Mr Salih Booker, Executive Director Mr Ryan GOODMAN, Director 1200 18th Street, N.W. Human Rights Program Suite 602 Harvard Law School Washington, DC 20036 Pound Hall 401 U.S.A. Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (1 202) 822 4600 U.S.A. Fax: (1 202) 822 4606 Tel: (1 617) 495 9362 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 617) 495 9393 Website: www.globalrights.org E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.law.harvard.edu/programs/HRP/

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International Service for Human Rights 90 Ms Maureen BYRNES, Executive Director Ms Sharon HOM, Executive Director 333 7th Avenue, 13th Floor 350 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001- 5108 Suite 3311 U.S.A. New York, NY 10118 Tel: (1 212) 845 5200 U.S.A. Fax: (1 212) 845 5299 Tel: (1 212) 239 4495, Fax: (1 212) 239 2561 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.humanrightsfirst.org Website: www.hrichina.org

Human Rights Internet Human Rights Watch One Nicholas Street Mr Kenneth ROTH, Executive Director Suite 301 Ms Peggy HICKS, Global Advocacy Director Ottawa K1N 7B7 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor Canada New York, NY 10118-3299 Tel: (1 613) 789 7407 U.S.A. Fax: (1 613) 789 7414 Tel: (1 212) 290 4700 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 212) 736 1300 Website: www.hri.ca E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hrw.org

International Center for Transitional Justice International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights (ICTJ) Commission Mr Juan MÉNDEZ, President Ms Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director 5 Hanover Square, Floor 24 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 1505 New York, NY 10004 New York, NY 10038 U.S.A. USA Tel: (1 917) 637 3800 Tel: (1 212) 268.8040 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 212) 430.6060 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ictj.org/

International Service for Human Rights International Women's Rights Action Watch Representation at the UN – New York Ms Marsha FREEMAN, Director Ms Michelle Evans, Representative Human Rights Center 777 UN Plaza, Suite 6B University of Minnesota New York, NY 10017 229-19th Avenue South U.S.A. Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel: (1 212) 490 2199 USA Fax: (1 212) 490 1396 Tel: (1 612) 625 4985 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 612) 625 2011

Website: www.ishr.ch E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.igc.org/iwraw

Kairos – Canadian Ecumenical Justice Lutheran Office for World Community Initiatives Mr Dennis FRADO, Director Ms Mary CORKERY, Executive Director 777 UN Plaza, Suite 10 B 129 St. Clair Avenue West New York, NY 10017 Toronto ON, M4V 1N5 U.S.A. Canada Tel: (1 212) 808 5360 Tel: (1 416) 463 5312 ext. 244 Fax: (1 212) 808 5480 Fax: (1 416) 463 5569 E-mail: [email protected]

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Oxfam International Advocacy The People's Movement for Human Rights Raymond Offenheiser, Director Education (PDHRE) 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA Ms Shulamith KOENIG, Director 02114-2206 USA 526 West 111th St. Suite 4E Tel: +1 617 482 1211 New York, NY 10025, USA Fax: +1 617 728 2594 Tel: (1 212) 749 3156 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (1 212) 666 6325 Website: www.oxfam.org E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.pdhre.org

Physicians for Human Rights Quaker UN Office New York Ms Cathy FITZPATRICK, UN Consultant Ms Sarah Clarke, UN Representative Two Arrow Street 777 UN Plaza Suite 301 New York, NY 10017 Cambridge, MA 02138 USA U.S.A. U.S.A. Tel: (1 212) 682 2745 Tel: (617) 301-4200 Fax: (1 212) 983 0034 Fax: (1 617) 301-4250 E-mail: [email protected]

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.quno.org Website: http://www.phrusa.org/

Rights & Democracy Refugees International Mr Jean-Paul Hubert, Interim President Ken Bacon, President 1001, boul. de Maisonneuve East, Suite 1100 1705 N Street, NW Montréal, Québec Washington, DC 20009 H2L 4P9 U.S.A. Canada Tel: (1 202) 828 0110 Tel: (1 514) 283 6073 Fax: (1 202) 828 0819 Fax: (1 514) 283 3792 E-mail: [email protected]

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.refugeesinternational.org

Website: www.dd-rd.ca University of Minnesota-Twin Cities-Law School Prof. David WEISSBRODT – International Human Rights Law Instr-Faculty, Office 434 Walter F. Mondale Hall N-120 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 U.S.A. Tel: (1 612) 625 5027 Fax: (1 612) 625 2011 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/

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Amnesty International ARC International (HQ: London, United Kingdom) John FISHER, Co-Director Mr Peter SPLINTER, Representative to the UN 62, rue de Vermont, # 44 Rue du Cendrier 22 Geneva 1202 1201 Geneva Tel: (41) 22 733 4705 Tel: (41 22) 906 9480 Fax: (41) 22 734 4761 Fax: (41 22) 731 7457 Mobile: (41) 79 508 3968 E-mail : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.amnesty.ch

ARIS Anti Racism Information Service Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Ms Anki FLORES, Secretary-General Mr Mark THOMSON, Secretary-General Avenue Trembley 14 Marina NARVAEZ, Programme Officer for the UN 1209 Geneva and legal programmes Tel: (41 22) 740 3530 Route de Ferney 10 Fax: (41 22) 740 3565 P.O. Box 2267 E-mail: [email protected] 1211 Geneva 2 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (41 22) 919 2170

Website: www.antiracism-info.org Fax: (41 22) 919 2180 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.apt.ch

Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions Commission of the Churches on International (COHRE) Affairs of the World Council of Churches Mr Claude Cahn, Head of the Advocacy Unit (CCIA-WCC) Rue De Montbrillant 83 Mr Clement JOHN, Programme Executive for 1202 Geneva Human Rights and Religious Freedom Tel: (41 22) 734 1028 Route de Ferney 150 Fax: (41 22) 733 8336 P.O. Box 2100 E-mail: [email protected] 1211 Geneva 2 Website: www.cohre.org Tel: (41 22) 791 6317 Fax: (41 22) 791 6406 E-mail: [email protected] Websit

e: www.wcc-coe.org The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Defence for Children International Relationship with the United Nations Ms Rebecca MORTON (CONGO) Executive Director Mr. Liberato BAUTISTA, President Rue de Varembé 1 Avenue de la Paix 11, 1st Floor P.O. Box 88 1202 Geneva 20 1211 Geneva 20 Tel: (41 22) 301 1000 Tel: (41 22) 734 0558 Fax: (41 22) 301 20000 Fax: (41 22) 740 1145

International Service for Human Rights 93 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website. www.ngocongo.org Website: www.dci-is.org

Fédération Internationale des Ligues de Droits Franciscans International and Dominicans for de l’Homme (FIDH) Justice and Peace (FI/OP) (HQ: Paris, France) Rev. John CELICHOWSKI, President Ms Simia AHMADI, UN Permanent Mr. Yao Agbetse, Advocacy Representative Rue de Vermont 37-39 Rue des Savoises 15 P.O. Box 104 1205 Geneva 1211 Geneva 20 Tel: (41 22) 700 1288 Tel: (41 22) 919 4010 Fax: (41 22) 735 5488 Fax: (41 22) 740 2433 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.fidh.org Website: www.franciscansinternational.org Geneva for Human Rights (NGO) Group for the CRC Mr Adrian Claude ZOLLER Ms Laura THEYTAZ-BERGMAN Avenue du Mail 14 Rue de Varembè 1 1205 Geneva 1202 Geneva Tel: (41 22) 320 27 27 Tel: (41 22) 740 4730 Mobile: (41 79) 345 82 00 Fax: (41 22) 740 1145 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.gdh-ghr.org Website: www.crin.org/NGOGroupforCRC Human Rights Watch HURIDOCS Secretariat Juliette de Rivero, Geneva Advocacy Director Mr Bert VERSTAPPEN, Information officer Rue Cornavin 9 Chemin du Grand- Montfleury 48 1201 Geneva 1290 Versoix Tel: (41 22) 738 0481 Tel: (41 22) 755 5252 Fax: (41 22) 738 1791 Fax: (41 22) 755 5260 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.huridocs.org Website: www.hrw.org Website: www.hurisearch.org

Inter-African Committee International Center for Transitional Justice Ms Berhane RAS WORK, President (ICTJ) Rue de Lausanne 145 Rue de Varembé 1 1202 Geneva 1211 Geneva 20 Tel: (41 22) 732 0821 Tel: (41 22) 332 2550 Fax: (41 22) 738 1823 Fax: (41 22) 332 2559 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.iac-ciaf.org Website: www.ictj.org

International Commission of Jurists International Council on Human Rights Policy Mr Nicholas HOWEN, Secretary-General Mr Robert ARCHER, Executive Director Rue des Bains 33 Chemin du Grand-Montfleury 48 P.O. Box 91 1290 Versoix 1211 Geneva 8 Tel: (41 22) 775 3300 Tel: (41 22) 979 3800 Fax: (41 22) 775 3303 Fax: (41 22) 979 3801 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.international-council.org E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.icj.org

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International Confederation of Free Trade International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Unions (ICFTU) Mr Musa Gassama, Acting Director (HQ: Brussels, Belgium) Rue de Varembé 1 Ms Anna BIONDI, Director P.O. Box 16 Avenue Blanc 46 1211 Geneva 20 1202 Geneva Tel: (41 22) 919 7100 Tel: (41 22) 738 4202 / 738 4203 Fax: (41 22) 919 7125 Fax: (41 22) 738 1082 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ishr.ch Website: www.icftu.org

Mandat International Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Mr Sebastian ZIEGLER, Director Mr Peter N. PROVE, Assistant to the General- Route de Ferney 106 Secretary for International Affairs and Human 1202 Geneva Rights Tel: (41 22) 919 0520 Route de Ferney 150 Fax: (41 22) 919 0530 P.O. Box 2100 E-Mail: [email protected] 1211 Geneva 2 Website: www.mandint.org Tel: (41 22) 791 6111 (general number) Fax: (41 22) 791 6630 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lutheranworld.org

Pax Romana–ICMICA Oxfam International Advocacy Mr Paul ORTEGA, Permanent Representative to Ms Celine CHARVERIAT, Head of Office the UN Rue de Savoises 15 Mr Budi Tjahjone, Programme Coordinator 1205 Geneva Rue du Grand-Bureau 15 Tel: (41 22) 321 2371 P.O. Box 374 Fax: (41 22) 321 2753 1211 Geneva 4 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (41 22) 823 0707 Website: www.oxfam.org Fax: (41 22) 823 0708 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.paxromana.org

The Tibet Bureau Quaker UN Office–Geneva Mr Kelsang GYALTSEN, Representative of His (HQ: London, United Kingdom) Holliness The Dalai Lama Ms Rachel BRETT, Representative for Human Place de la Navigation 10 Rights and Refugees 1201 Geneva Avenue du Mervelet 13 Tel: (41 22) 738 7940 1209 Geneva Fax: (41 22) 738 7941 Tel: (41 22) 748 4800 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (41 22) 748 4819

Website: www.tibet.net E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.quno.org

International Service for Human Rights 95 World Alliance of Reformed Churches Women's International League for Peace and (WARC) Freedom (WILPF) Dr Seong-Wong PARK, Covenanting for Justice Ms Susi SNYDER, Secretary General Program Secretary Rue de Varembé 1 Route de Ferney 150 P.O. Box 28 P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 20 1211 Geneva 2 Tel: (41 22) 919 7080 Tel: (41 22) 791 6240 (general) Fax: (41 22) 919 70 81 Fax: (41 22) 791 6505 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.wilpf.int.ch E-mail: [email protected] (Ms Marie Therese DIMANOW, Assistant-Secretary) Website: www.warc.ch

World YWCA World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Dr Musimbi KANYORO, Secretary-General Mr Eric SOTTAS, Director Ancienne Route 16 Rue du Vieux–Billard 8 1218 Grand-Saconnex P.O. Box 21 Tel: (41 22) 929 6040 1211 Geneva 8 Fax: (41 22) 929 6044 Tel: (41 22) 809 4939 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (41 22) 809 4929

Website: www.worldywca.org E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.omct.org

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