VOLUNTARY FUND FOR INDIGENOUS
POPULATIONS
Call
for Applications
October
– December 2013
Dear all,
Please note that the deadline to submit applications to attend the 17th session of the Universal Periodic Review and all
sessions of treaty bodies taking place
in Geneva between October and December
2013 is: 22 July 2013.
Below are the States that will be examined by the treaty bodies for
the said period:
Human Rights Committee (CCPR) – 109th session (Geneva, 14 October to 1 November 2013)
Bolivia, Djibouti, Mauritania, Mozambique, United States of America, Uruguay
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) – 51st session (Geneva, 4-29 November 2013)
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Kuwait, Norway
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) – 5th session (Geneva, 4-15 November 2013)
Argentina, Spain
Human Rights Committee (CCPR) – 109th session (Geneva, 14 October to 1 November 2013)
Bolivia, Djibouti, Mauritania, Mozambique, United States of America, Uruguay
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) – 51st session (Geneva, 4-29 November 2013)
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Kuwait, Norway
Adoption of list of Issues:
- Armenia
- Czech Republic
- El Salvador
- Finland
- Indonesia
- Monaco
- Nepal
- Portugal
- Serbia
- Ukraine
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) – 56th session (Geneva, 30 September to 18 October 2013)
Andorra, Benin, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of Moldova, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (in the absence of a report)
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – 66th pre-sessional working group (Geneva, 7-11 October 2013)
India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, St. Lucia, OPSC: India, OPSC: Jordan, OPSC: United Kingdom, OPAC: Cuba, OPAC: India, OPAC: Jordan
Committee against Torture (CAT) – 51st session (Geneva, 28 October to 22 November 2013)
Andorra, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Mozambique, Poland, Portugal, Uzbekistan
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) – 56th session (Geneva, 30 September to 18 October 2013)
Andorra, Benin, Cambodia, Colombia, Republic of Moldova, Seychelles, Tajikistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (in the absence of a report)
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – 66th pre-sessional working group (Geneva, 7-11 October 2013)
India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, St. Lucia, OPSC: India, OPSC: Jordan, OPSC: United Kingdom, OPAC: Cuba, OPAC: India, OPAC: Jordan
Committee against Torture (CAT) – 51st session (Geneva, 28 October to 22 November 2013)
Andorra, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Mozambique, Poland, Portugal, Uzbekistan
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) – 5th session (Geneva, 4-15 November 2013)
Argentina, Spain
The following
States will be reviewed during the 17th session of the Universal Periodic Review:
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Belize
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Central Africa
Republic
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Chad
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China
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Congo
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Jordan
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Malaysia
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Malta
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Monaco
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Nigeria
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Saudi Arabia
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Senegal
This information might be
subject to changes. Therefore, we would strongly advise that you check the OHCHR
webpage on a regular basis to have updated information:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/HRCIndex.aspx
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/HRCIndex.aspx
The application forms for these meetings
are available on the following web link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/ApplicationsForms.aspx
Applications need to be
signed, dated and sent with all the supporting documents to the following email: indigenousfunds@ohchr.org
Please mention the mechanism
you wish to attend in the subject header of your e-mail
Please also verify the new criteria for selection established by
the members of the Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund to make sure that you
are eligible to apply to attend the sessions you are interested in. The new criteria
are available on the following web link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/criteria.aspx
For any other additional information, you can consult our website:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/IPeoplesFund/Pages/IPeoplesFundIndex.aspx
Best wishes,
The Secretariat of the Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations