A/HRC/2/2
A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36
page 134
VIII. SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES:
(a)
Women and human rights;
(b)
Contemporary forms of slavery;
(c)
Terrorism and counter-terrorism;
(d)
New priorities
121. The Sub-Commission considered agenda item 6 at its 10th meeting, on 16 August, at
its 12th meeting, on 17 August, at its 13th meeting, on 18 August, at its 16th meeting,
on 21 August, and at its 21st meeting, and at the public part of its 22nd meeting, on 24 August.
122. At the 10th meeting, on 16 August, Mr. Sattar, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working
Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, introduced the report of the Working Group on its
thirty-first session (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/25).28 In the interactive dialogue that followed at the
12th meeting, on 17 August, statements were made by Mr. Chen Shiqiu, Mr. Decaux,
Mr. Kartashkin, Ms. Koufa, Ms. Motoc and Ms. O’Connor. At the same meeting, Mr. Sattar
made his concluding remarks.
123. At the 12th meeting, on 17 August, Ms. Koufa presented her working paper containing an
updated framework draft of principles and guidelines concerning human rights and terrorism
(A/HRC/Sub.1/58/30).29 In the interactive dialogue that followed, statements were made by
Mr. Chen Shiqiu, Mr. Cherif, Mr. Decaux, Mr. Guissé, Mr. Kartashkin, Ms. Mbonu,
Ms. O’Connor, Mr. Sattar and Mr. Sorabjee, as well as by the observers for the following
non-governmental organizations: International Educational Development and Pax Romana. At
the same meeting, Ms. Koufa presented her concluding remarks.
124. At the 16th meeting, on 21 August, Ms. Barbara Frey, Special Rapporteur on the
prevention of human rights violations committed with small arms and light weapons, introduced
her final report (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/27 and Add.1).30 In the interactive dialogue that followed,
statements were made by Mr. Decaux, Ms. Hampson, Ms. O’Connor, Mr. Sattar and Mr. Yokota.
At the same meeting, Ms. Frey made her concluding remarks.
28
Originally scheduled to be submitted as document E/CN.4/Sub.2/2006/25 in the annotations
to the provisional agenda (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/1/Add.1).
29
Originally scheduled to be submitted as document E/CN.4/Sub.2/2006/30 in the annotations
to the provisional agenda (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/1/Add.1).
30
Originally scheduled to be submitted as document E/CN.4/Sub.2/2006/27 in the annotations
to the provisional agenda (A/HRC/Sub.1/58/1/Add.1).
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents