Independent expert on the situation of human rights in Guatemala

OHCHR continues to support the work of this expert in implementing the mandate of the Commission.

To further increase the overall technical cooperation programme on NHRIs, OHCHR continued to expand its roster of consultants and experts practitioners on NHRIs.

Participants from several specialized agencies and specialists in human rights and sexual and reproductive rights attended.

Items which the Committee has decided to consider together.

Expert at the Norwegian Resource Bank for Democracy and Human Rights (NORDEM).

The expert from the World Bank expressed the view that developments in the field of human rights were encouraging, such as the promised increase in the budget for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations human rights programme, and the endorsement of the OHCHR plan of action.

Round tables of national human rights institutions and thematic issues

OHCHR activities at the country level

Mr. Adama Dieng Independent expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti

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HCHR High Commissioner for Human Rights

OHCHR also supports the strengthening of their regional networks.

Ms. Mona Rishmawi Independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia

Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti

The task force comprises five experts nominated by the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Right to Development and appointed by the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights.

The site, which is linked to all existing NHRI websites and the OHCHR web page, includes information on country and thematic issues of interest to NHRIs.

An expert from OHCHR addressed participants on the international framework for the promotion and protection of the human rights of indigenous peoples.

The act was jointly drafted by the Human Rights Section and civil society in Sierra Leone with expert assistance from OHCHR.

Funds under consultants and experts should be used only for expertise which is not available within OHCHR.

1(c). Privileges immunities of attendees at meetings and experts

C. Technical briefings for experts of human rights treaty bodies

Note the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions, Professional Training Series No. 12

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In consultation with OHCHR Kathmandu, an expert mission was undertaken in July 2005 by the NI Unit to assess the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal.

Centre for Human Rights, expert group meeting on the human right to adequate housing, Geneva, January 1996

88. The Independent Expert, therefore, recommends that the Commission on Human Rights strengthen the examination of the human rights situation in Somalia.

16. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) offers assistance to countries in transition to democracy through monitoring relevant human rights developments at national and local levels.

The experts also stressed the importance of holding periodic consultations with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as the Commission on Human Rights had mandated them to assist the High Commissioner in preparing her annual progress report to the Commission and to the General Assembly.

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II. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON THE HUMAN RIGHT TO ADEQUATE

Paragraph 9 (d) of the LEG terms of reference also mandates the LEG to promote regional synergy.

Independent expert on the right to development

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

For High Commissioner Centre for Human Rights read Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The panel, composed of representatives of NHRIs from Denmark, France and Northern Ireland, provided an opportunity for participants to engage with national experts on the role of NHRIs in promoting and protecting human rights while countering terrorism.

OHCHR also offered training to the National Centre for Human Rights in Jordan in the area of complaints handling and human rights education through the New Zealand Human Rights Commission.

Independent expert of the Commission on Human Rights in connection with the preparation of a report on individual and collective property, 1991.

The independent expert was informed that human rights violations had decreased in August.

The role of an independent expert body within the reform of the United Nations human rights machinery

Role of an independent expert body within the reform of the United Nations human rights machinery

The independent expert has sought to create linkages with regional human rights bodies.

28. The Expert Group then considered human rights issues in the context of extradition.

by the Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights,