A/HRC/14/37
X. Technical assistance and capacity-building
A.
Follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution S-13/1
741. At the 33rd meeting, on 16 June 2010, the United Nations Deputy High
Commissioner for Human Rights introduced the statement of the High Commission on the
support of OHCHR for the recovery and reconstruction process in Haiti
(A/HRC/14/CRP.3), in accordance with Council resolution S-13/1.
742. At the same meeting, the Special Rapporteur on the contemporary forms of slavery,
including its cause and consequences, Gulanara Shahinian, delivered a statement on the
situation of human rights in Haiti on behalf of special procedures mandate holders.
B.
Interactive dialogue with special procedures
Independent expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti
743. At the 33rd meeting, on 16 June 2010, the independent expert on the situation of
human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, presented his report (A/HRC/14/44 and Add.1).
744. At the same meeting, the representative of Haiti made a statement as the concerned
country.
745. During the ensuing interactive dialogue at the same meeting the following made
statements and asked the independent expert questions:
(a)
Representatives of States Members of the Council: Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
China, Cuba, France, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, Senegal, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay;
(b)
Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Australia, Canada,
Costa Rica, Peru, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of);
(c)
Observer for an intergovernmental organization: European Union;
(d)
Observer for a national human rights institution: International Coordinating
Committee of national human rights institutions;
(e)
Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: European
Disability Forum, Human Rights Watch, Interfaith International (also on behalf of the AlHakim Foundation and Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme),
International Federation for Human Rights Leagues, International Save the Children
Alliance, Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice delle Salesiane di Don Bosco.
746. At the same meeting, the independent expert answered questions and made his
concluding remarks.
Independent expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi
747. At the 31st meeting, on 15 June 2010, the President informed the States Members of
the Council, observer States and other observers that the independent expert on the situation
of human rights in Burundi, Akich Okola, was not in a position to make his presentation to
the Council at the present session. The President also stated that the independent expert had
suggested handing over to his successor a report covering the period of his activities and
findings since the renewal of his mandate in 2008, and that the delegation of Burundi had
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