The UN Human Rights Committee will hold its upcoming session from 27 February to 24 March, during which it will review Egypt, Turkmenistan, Zambia, Peru, Sri Lanka and Panama.
The six parties are among the 173 members of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Covenant as well as the Committee's previous recommendations.
The Human Rights Committee, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the six delegations through public dialogues on the following dates:
Egypt
28 February 15:00 - 18:00 (Geneva time)
1 March 10:00 - 13:00
Turkmenistan
1 March 15:00 - 18:00
2 March 10:00 - 13:00
Zambia
2 March 15:00 - 18:00
3 March 10:00 - 13:00
Peru*
3 March 15:00 - 17:00
6 March 15:00 - 17:00
7 March 15:00 - 17:00
Sri Lanka*
8 March 10:00 - 12:00
8 March 15:00 - 17:00
9 March 10:00 - 12:00
Panama*
9 March 15:00 - 17:00
10 March 15:00 - 17:00
13 March 15:00 - 17:00
The above dialogues will be held in the ground floor conference room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the accredited press and livecast on UN Web TV
