Annex I

 

Calendar for the review of thematic mandates

 

September 2007 Session

 

Mandates to be extended until the end of the September 2007 session of the Human Rights Council, in order to proceed to the review during that session.

 

 

1.         Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

 

2.         Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders

 

3.         Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

 

4.         Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living

 

5.         Special Rapporteur on the right to food

 

6.         Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people

 

7.         Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

 

8.         Independent expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights

 

November-December 2007 Session

 

Mandates to be extended until the end of the November-December 2007 session of the Human Rights Council, in order to proceed to the review during that session.

 

 

1.         Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights

 

2.         Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty

 

3.         Special Rapporteur on the right to education

 

4.         Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

 

5.         Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

 

6.         Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children

 

7.         Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons

 

8.         Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

 

9.         Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers

 

10.        Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

 

 

March-April 2008 Session

 

 

Mandates to be extended until the end of the March-April 2008 session of the Human Rights Council, in order to proceed to the review during that session.

 

 

1          Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

 

2          Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

 

3          Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

 

4          Working Group on people of African descent

 

5          Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity

 

6          Independent Expert on minority issues

 

7          Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

 

8          Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism

 

9          Special Representative of the SG on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

 

10         Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination