A/HRC/30/69 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 August 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Methods of work of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention* I. Introduction 1. The methods of work take account of the specific features of the terms of reference of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention under Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1991/42, 1992/28, 1993/36, 1994/32, 1995/59, 1996/28, 1997/50, 1998/41, 1999/37, 2000/36, 2001/40, 2002/42, 2003/31 and 2004/39, as well as Human Rights Council resolutions 6/4, 10/9, 15/18 and 24/7. In resolution 1997/50, the Commission gave the Working Group not only the task of informing the Commission by means of a comprehensive report, but also of “investigating cases of deprivation of liberty imposed arbitrarily” (para. 15). II. Functioning of the Working Group 2. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was set up under Commission on Human Rights resolution 1991/42. The initial mandate of the Working Group was renewed by the Commission and the Human Rights Council. The Council undertook the mandate of the Working Group in accordance with decision 2006/102 and renewed the mandate by resolutions 6/4, 15/18 and 24/7. The Working Group’s mandate is considered for renewal every three years. 3. The Working Group is organized internally as follows: (a) The Working Group shall elect, at its spring session, a Chair-Rapporteur, a First Vice-Chair and a Second Vice-Chair, for a term of one year, taking due account of the need for rotation among the geographical regions and the gender balance, among other * The present methods of work supersede those contained in the report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (A/HRC/16/47 and Corr.1, annex). GE.15-13146(E) *1513146*