GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Committee is set to hold its upcoming session from 2 to 19 March, during which it will review Andorra, Canada, Slovakia, Chad, and the Republic of Moldova.
The five countries are among the 175 State parties to 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 respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the five delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:
Andorra
2 March 15:00 - 18:00
3 March 10:00 - 13:00
Canada
3 March 15:00 - 18:00
4 March 10:00 - 13:00
Slovakia
4 March 15:00 - 18:00
5 March 10:00 - 13:00
Chad
5 March 15:00 - 18:00
6 March 10:00 - 13:00
Republic of Moldova
9 March 15:00 - 18:00
10 March 10:00 - 13:00
The above dialogues will take place in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the accredited press and livecast on UN Web TV
