A/HRC/31/74 50 Annex II Programme of work 10:00 – 13:00 1st week Monday 13.07 Tuesday 14.07 Wednesday 15.07 Thursday 16.07 Item 1 Item 5 Item 7 Item 8 Opening of the Session Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the ICERD Convention Presentation by OHCHR: comparison of relevant procedures of other treaties Yury Boychenko, Chief of the Anti-Racial Discrimination Section Item 2 Election of the Chair Item 3 [Presentations by individual States of the regional/other groups: Norway, United States of America ] Adoption of the Agenda and Programme of Work 15:00 – 18:00 General statements Further elaboration of the views of the CERD on key elements with regard to procedural gaps and best ways to address them UN Holiday [Simon Walker, (follow-up to the 2007 Chief of the Civil, study and the different Political, Economic, presentations given and Social and Cultural Rights proposals made to the Ad Section, OHCHR] Hoc Committee in accordance with its mandate) Item 4 Item 6 Item 5 continued Item 5 continued Assessment of the use of the complaint mechanism under article 14 Purpose of general recommendations by the CERD and the process leading to their issuance in the context of the effective implementation of the Convention, and possible shortcomings Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the ICERD Convention Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the ICERD Convention [Presentations by individual States of the regional/other groups: South Africa] [Presentations by individual States of the regional/other groups: Pakistan, Guatemala, Ecuador, Belgium, Mexico] [Marc Bossuyt, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination] [Anastasia Crickley, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination] Friday 17.07 UN Holiday