A/HRC/42/2
(c)
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;
(d)
Observer for a national human rights institution: Global Alliance of National
Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI);
(e)
Observers for non-governmental organizations: Alsalam Foundation, Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation,
Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, Human Rights
House Foundation, Human Rights Watch, International Service for Human Rights, Right
Livelihood Award Foundation.
315. At the 23rd meeting, on the same day, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human
Rights answered questions and made his concluding remarks.
316. At the 24th meeting, on 19 September 2019, the representatives of Brazil, India and
Pakistan made statements in exercise of the right of reply.
C.
Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
317. At the 20th meeting, on 18 September 2019, the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Kristen Carpenter, presented the reports of the Expert
Mechanism (A/HRC/42/55, A/HRC/42/56 and A/HRC/42/57).
318. At the 20th and 21st meetings, on the same day, and at the 22nd meeting, on 19
September 2019, the Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue on the human rights
of indigenous peoples under agenda items 3 and 5 (see chapter III, section B).
D.
Complaint procedure
319. At the 27th meeting, on 20 September 2019, the Human Rights Council held a closed
meeting of the complaint procedure.
320. At the same meeting, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Situations, Sally
Mansfield, presented the report of the Working Group on Situations on its twenty-third and
twenty-fourth sessions, held in closed meetings from 28 January to 1 February 2019 and from
17 to 21 June 2019.
321. At the 28th meeting, on 23 September 2019, the President made a statement on the
outcome of the meeting, stating that the Human Rights Council had examined, in its closed
meeting, the reports of the Working Group on Situations on its twenty-third and twentyfourth sessions under the Complaint Procedure established pursuant to Human Rights
Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007. The President added that no case had been referred
by the Working Group on Situations to the Human Rights Council for action at the fortysecond session.
E.
General debate on agenda item 5
322. At the 23rd meeting, on 19 September 2019, at the 27th meeting, on 20 September,
and at the 28th meeting, on 23 September, the Human Rights Council held a general debate
on agenda item 5, during which the following made statements:
(a)
Representatives of States members of the Human Rights Council: Cameroon,
China, Cuba, Finland 35 (on behalf of the European Union, Albania, Armenia, Georgia,
35
Observer of the Human Rights Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States.
55
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