WUNRN
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - UN WORKING
GROUP ON
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN LAW
& IN PRACTICE
The
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called for
nominations for the "Working Group on the issue of discrimination
against women in law and in practice" established by UN Human Rights
Council resolution 15/23 last month (more
information here). We would like to encourage you to suggest candidates for
this new mandate!
There are 5 vacancies for members to the Working Group, one from each
region from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Caribbean and Latin America, and
Western European and other States.
Entities that may nominate candidates as Special Procedures mandate holders
include:
Nominations for candidates, using the attached form, should be sent by December
3rd 2010, to hrcspecialprocedures@ohchr.org
, or:
HRC
Secretariat
c/o
Fei Xing
Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Room
PW 4-072
Palais
des Nations
8-14
avenue de la Paix
CH-1211
Geneva 10
Tel:
+41 (0)22 917 9604
Fax:
+41 (0)22 917 9008
Mandate holders will be appointed during the 16th session of the Human
Rights Council which takes place in March 2011.
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