A/HRC/15/56 Annex IV Enhancing cooperation between regional and international mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights International Workshop Geneva, Switzerland – 3 to 4 May 2010 Palais des Nations – Room XIX Programme Day 1 (3 May 2010) “Developments regarding the cooperation between the international human rights system and regional human rights mechanisms” Objective: Representatives of the existing regional human rights mechanisms in Africa, the Americas and Europe will share the results of the regional consultations, held in November – December 2009, and will discuss lessons learned and proposals for enhanced cooperation between the international human rights system and their respective mechanisms. Subsequently representatives from the new human rights bodies in ASEAN (AICHR) and LAS (Arab Human Rights Committee - TBC), and the emerging mechanism of the OIC will present contributions from their respective human rights mechanisms. Participants will discuss ways in which proposals made during the consultations could be implemented and to what extent they could be adapted to other regional human rights mechanisms. Background documents will be provided to the participants containing an overview of international and regional human rights mechanisms. 09:00 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:30 Opening session Ms. Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr. Carlos Portales, Vice- President of the Human Rights Council 10:30 – 12:00 Chair: Belgium Existing regional human rights mechanisms: lessons learned and proposals for enhanced cooperation between regional human rights mechanisms and the UN human rights system New and emerging human rights mechanisms: contributions from AICHR –ASEAN and LAS Panelists: Ms. Reine Alpini- Gansou (Chairperson African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights); Mr. Santiago Canton (Executive Secretary Inter-American Commission of Human Rights); Mr. Jean François Kammer (CoE SRSG in Geneva); Mr. Douglas Wake – (Deputy Director ODIHR); Mr. Rafendi Djamin (Indonesian Commissioner of the AICHR) and Mr. Frans Viljoen (expert on LAS mechanisms) 30 12:00 – 13:00 Discussion 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break