Special event of this afternoon : The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The convention was adopted by the General Assembly December 2006 and will be open to ratification on March 30th 2007 (next Friday). It requires 20 ratifications to enter into force, which will undoubtedly be the case quickly as numerous countries expressed their intention to sign the convention on Friday.
After this event, not much time was left for the report on the Promotion and Protection of HR and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism and the report on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Mr. Scheinin and Mr. Nowak therefore made a quick and rather general presention (the details of which you
can find on this links http://portal.ohchr.org/portal/page/portal/HRCExtranet/4thSession/OralStatements/260307/Tab16/Tab/Tab/Scheinin.pdf
http://portal.ohchr.org/portal/page/portal/HRCExtranet/4thSession/OralStatements/260307/Tab16/Tab/Tab/Nowak.pdf)
The interactive dialogue will take place tomorrow and the debate will probably be lively as many countries were named in the reports.
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