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E/CN.4/2004/WG.23/CRP.36 February 2004

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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTSOpen-ended working group on anOptional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsGeneva, 23 February to 5 March 2004

Information provided by Non-Governmental Organisations

Joint Submission by Non-Governmental Organisations, Human Rights Institutions and Civil Society Groups Pertaining to the Deliberations of the Commission on Human Rights, Inter-Sessional Working Group Established to C onsider Options

Regarding the Elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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I. INTRODUCTION

The fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights established an inter-sessional open-ended working group mandated to consider options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (hereinafter ICESCR or the Covenant). Motivated by a widespread concern for the protection and promotion of economic, social and cultural rights, the undersigned, in representation of non-governmental organisations, human rights institutions and civil society, submit the following views concerning the deliberations of the working group that will meet for its inaugural session in February 2004.

II. CONTEXT

Guided by principles enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is clear that undivided State party adherence to the Covenant is of considerable importance in protecting and promoting economic, social and cultural rights. It is recognised that, through their ratification of the Covenant, States parties bear responsibility to ensure that economic, social and cultural rights are protected and promoted. The ensuing need to assist in the realisation of these rights, through the provision of a comprehensive international remedial mechanism to intervene during and/or adjudicate over ICESCR rights violations, is thus of paramount importance.

III. MINIMUM CORE CONTENT OF AN OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ICESCR

The undersigned non-governmental organisations, human rights institutions and civil society representatives assert that the following minimum core elements are essential for an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR to fulfil its potential as an effective mechanism through which economic, social and cultural rights may be protected and promoted:

(a) Comprehensive Scope

Gathering together representatives from over 170 States, the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights was unequivocal in confirming the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and interrelatedness of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. Given that the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, (hereinafter ICCPR), relates in a comprehensive manner to all of the rights embodied in that Covenant, not to adopt a similar approach in drafting an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR would be to directly

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challenge the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and interrelatedness of all human rights.1 For this reason, an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR should clearly address all of the rights and State obligations enshrined in the Covenant.

(b) State Obligations to Respect, Protect and Fulfil Covenant Rights

As with the first Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR should address both negative and positive State obligations associated with the realisation of Covenant rights. In particular, an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR should entertain complaints and empower an inquiry procedure where States parties violate their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil-facilitate/fulfil-provide Covenant rights.

The obligation to respect requires States parties to refrain from interfering with the enjoyment of Covenant enshrined economic, social and cultural rights. This is a negative obligation that mandates States parties to act in a way that does not violate economic, social and cultural rights and/or infringe on an individual’s freedom to access these rights. Within this context, States parties must “respect the freedom of the individuals to take the necessary actions and use the necessary resources – alone or in association with others.”2

The obligation to protect requires States parties to prevent ICESCR rights abuses by third parties. In this, States parties must take “measures necessary to prevent other individuals or groups from violating the integrity, freedom of action, or other human rights of the individual – including the infringement of his material resources.”3

The obligation to fulfil encompasses State party obligations to facilitate access to and/or provide for the full realisation of economic, social and cultural rights. This is a positive obligation. The obligation to facilitate requires States parties to pro-actively engage in activities that strengthen access to and the utilisation of resources and means to ensure the realisation of Covenant rights. The obligation to provide requires States to take measures necessary to ensure that each person within its jurisdiction may obtain basic economic, social and cultural rights satisfaction

1 Arambulo, K., Strengthening the Supervision of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Theoretical and Procedural Aspects, Intersentia, Antwerpen: 1999 at 235. See also van Hoof, F., "Discussion on the Draft Optional Protocols" in van Hoof, F. and Coomans, F., eds., The Right to Complain About Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht: 1995 at 212. See also See United Nations reference document E/C.12/1992/WP.9, paragraph 37. Following a comprehensive approach in drafting an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR would not preclude the institution of procedural safeguards that would ensure that the instrument is not abused. By way of example, while a comprehensive approach was utilised in drafting the first Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, in interpreting Article 1 of this Covenant, the United Nations Human Rights Committee instituted procedural safeguards so as to prevent the right to self-determination from being the subject of communications. See Ominayak v. Canada, Communication No. 167/1984, Official Records of the General Assembly, forty-fifth session, Supplement No. 40 (A/45/40), vol. II, annex IX, section A at 1-30.2 Asbjørn Eide, "Realisation of Social and Economic Rights. The Minimum Threshold Approach", International Commission of Jurists The Review 1989, Issue 43, 40, 1989, p. 43. See also Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic Social and Cultural Rights, January 1997, para. 6.3 Ibid., (Eide) at 42.

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whenever they, for reasons beyond their control, are unable to realise these rights through the means at their disposal.4

State obligations under the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR must encompass both negative and positive obligations, thereby reinforcing the universality interrelatedness and indivisibility of all human rights. Such an approach would also serve as a reminder to the international community, through the ICESCR/Optional Protocol working group, of the importance it attaches to economic, social and cultural rights issues and seriousness with which it now responds to violations.

(c) An Optional Protocol Complaint's and Inquiry Procedure

Conceptualised as a complaint's mechanism and an inquiry procedure, an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR would possess the potential to significantly contribute towards the realisation of Covenant enshrined economic, social and cultural rights.

An Optional Protocol complaint's mechanism would provide individuals and groups with access to an international adjudicative procedure. Under this procedure, individuals and/or groups could communicate directly with the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (hereinafter CESCR or the Committee), to seek and obtain remedies for specific violations of rights contained in the Covenant.

An Optional Protocol’s inquiry procedure would empower the Committee to initiate an investigation into particularly grave or systematic abuses of Covenant rights. An inquiry procedure would reinforce an Optional Protocol’s complaints procedure as it would: (i) Open an avenue to address situations where individual/group communications could not adequately reflect the gravity or the systemic nature of violations of Covenant provisions; (ii) Allow grave and/or systematic Covenant violations to be investigated where individuals or groups were unable to utilise the complaint's mechanism for reasons including fear of reprisals; and (iii) Enable a more-timely response to grave and/or systematic violations of the provisions of the Covenant, and to continuing violations in particular.5

(d) Standing to Lodge an Optional Protocol Complaint

At a minimum, parties who possess the ability to initiate a complaint, (standing), under an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, should include:

4 The Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, para. 6. See also Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 12, United Nations document reference, E/C.12/1999/5, para. 15.5 Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, Optional Protocol, Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, Costa Rica: 2000 at 71-72. An Optional Protocol to the ICESCR inquiry procedure could be modelled after either Article 20 of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or Article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, both of which authorise inquiry procedures in prescribed situations.

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(i) Individuals and group of individuals6 who have been victims of violations of Covenant rights by State parties;

(ii) Representatives of individuals or groups of individuals empowered to initiate complaints on behalf of individual and collective victims.

The importance of expressly acknowledging the competence of representatives, particularly non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions to launch complaints on behalf of individual and groups victims of ICESCR violations cannot be underestimated. Under existing instruments, complaints on behalf of individual and group victims have either been specifically included7 or such representative standing has been provided through adjudicative interpretation.8 The significance of allocating standing to such representatives is rooted in the fact that these types of communications play an essential role in initiating international complaint's procedures, particularly where victims face the risk of ill-treatment or other retaliation for directly engaging in the process.9

(e) State Party Reservations Under an Optional Protocol

Precluding reservations to the Optional Protocol10 to the ICESCR would represent a significant commitment by States parties which ratify the Protocol, to uphold the integrity of internationally recognised economic, social and cultural rights. Excluding the use of reservations would be appropriate as:

(i) The raison d’etre of an Optional Protocol would be to assist people in realising their economic, social and cultural rights as enshrined in the ICESCR. As a tool to both complement and strengthen the Covenant, to allow State party reservations to an Optional Protocol would be to undermine its potential as a tool for the full realisation of economic, social and cultural rights;

6 Nowak, M., "The Need for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" in International Commission of Jurists, The Review: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Role of Lawyers, France: 1995 at 160. Limiting standing/ability to initiate complaints under an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR to individuals would be to prevent to deprive all groups and legal entities including trade unions, educative associations, social groups and cultural minorities from the benefits associated with this instrument. 7 Providing standing to individuals and organisations to initiate complaints on behalf of individual and group victims of State party ICESCR rights violations follows the precedents of Article 2 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women which states “Where a communication is submitted on behalf of individuals or groups of individuals, this shall be with their consent unless the author can justify acting on their behalf without such consent”, Article 22 of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Article 77 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.8 Supra (Arambulo), note 1 at 223, 233-4. Through the practice of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, communications submitted on behalf of victims of State party ICCPR violations have been accepted. 9 Supra note 3 at 43. See also supra note 4 at 161.10 Article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women explicitly states “No reservations to this Protocol may be permitted”

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(ii) An Optional Protocol would by its very nature be optional and as such, reservations that curtailed its applicability would be unnecessary;

(iii) An Optional Protocol would be a procedural instrument as it would neither introduce new nor expand present economic, social and cultural rights obligations that States parties accepted through their ratification of the Covenant. An Optional Protocol would thus merely serve as a means through which States parties would be encouraged to realise existing ICESCR obligations.

(iv) An effective Optional Protocol must recognise the indivisible and interdependent relationship amongst all Covenant rights. To allow States parties to individually select the ICESCR rights subject to an Optional Protocol strike at the core this relationship and the instruments ability to protect and promote Covenant rights. Such a selective approach would open the door to arguments as to the hierarchy of and inequality between economic, social and cultural rights, thereby encroaching upon the universality, interdependence, indivisibility and interrelatedness of all human rights.11 Further, permitting the selection of economic, social and cultural rights subject to the Optional Protocol mechanisms would risk that some States parties would enhance their international prestige, through ratification, while restricting the instrument’s substantive application;

(v) State party concerns that might prompt reservations with regard to specific aspects of an Optional Protocol procedure could be accommodated through the provisions of the instrument itself.

IV. THE DRAFTING OF AN OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ICESCR: AVAILABLE RESOURCES

In considering options regarding the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, the undersigned urge the open-ended working group to recommend the drafting of an Optional Protocol text to the 60th session of the Commission on Human Rights as conceptual issues related to this procedure have received a thorough analysis from a wide variety of sources that include:

(i) The abundant experience and jurisprudence of national, regional and international bodies/instruments that employ adjudicative/inquiry procedures related to violations of economic, social and cultural rights. Reference may be made to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the European Court of Human Rights, the European Committee on Social Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, the San Salvador Protocol, (Inter-American Commission jurisprudence and country reports), the Optional Protocol to the Covenant on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

11 The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women Department of Economic and Social Affairs, The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, The Optional Protocol: Text and Materials, United Nations: 2000, at 49-50. See also supra, note 3 at 98-99. See also supra note 1 at 236.

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Complaint's Procedure, the International Labour Organisation Committee on the Freedom of Association and an abundance of national jurisprudence;

(ii) A plethora of national and international and civil society conferences and instruments that have clarified the nature and scope of economic, social and cultural rights and States parties obligations under the ICESCR. Amongst these, the Declaration of Delhi (1959), the Law of Lagos (1961), the Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the ICESCR (1986), the World Conference on Human Rights (1993), the World Summit for Social Development (1995), the Bangalore Plan of Action (1995), the Maastricht Guidelines on the Violation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1996) and United Nations/International Commission of Jurists' conferences on the Optional Protocol and economic, social and cultural rights, (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003), amongst numerous others, may be instructive;

(iii) General Comments from the CESCR that have clarified the nature and scope of States parties Covenant obligations and ICESCR rights including: international technical assistance measures; the nature of States parties obligations under article 2; the right to adequate housing; the economic, social and cultural rights of persons with disabilities and of older persons; the right to adequate housing, (forced evictions); the relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights; the domestic application of the Covenant; the role of national human rights institutions in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights; plans of action for primary education; the right to adequate food; the right to education; the right to the highest attainable standard of health; and the right to water;

(iv) CESCR discussions, summary records, studies and reports that have provided further clarification concerning the nature and scope of economic, social and cultural rights as they relate to an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and in particular its work on a draft Optional Protocol and related issues, (E/C.12/1996/SR.44-49 and 54), (E/C.12/1996/CRP.2/Add.1), (E/C.12/1994/12), (E/CN.4/1997/105), (E/1993/22), and (E/C.12/1992/WP.9),

(v) The draft Optional Protocol to the ICESCR prepared by the CESCR for consideration by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, (E/CN.4/1997/105); and

(vi) Other sources that have further clarified conceptual issues related to an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR including: the experience of numerous United Nations Special Rapporteurs engaged in various aspects of economic, social and cultural rights;12 the experience of the United Nations working group under which the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women was created; two reports from the independent expert appointed by the Commission on Human Rights, (resolution 2001/30), to examine the question of a draft Optional Protocol to

12 For example, housing, education, food and development.

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the ICESCR; and the vast amount of doctrine concerning an Optional Protocol and economic, social and cultural rights issues.13

Given that conceptual issues related to an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR have received a thorough analysis from a wide variety of sources, the open-ended working group should utilise the above listed wealth of resources as a primary basis point from which the text of an Optional Protocol to the ICESCR may be drafted.

(V) THE DRAFTING OF AN OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ICESCR: TIMING CONSIDERATIONS

In conducting its deliberations, the ICESCR/Optional Protocol working group should bear in mind the Commission on Human Rights decision of 26 April 2000, (E/CN.4/2000/112), which endorsed that working group,

(m)andates should always offer a clear prospect of an increased level of human rights protection and promotion, (and that), (i)n creating any standard-setting working group, the Commission should consider a specific time-frame within which the group would be called upon to complete its task. ...(i)n most instances, the established time-frame should not in principle exceed five years.

Learning from the experiences of other processes that have led to the establishment of other Optional Protocols, the ICESCR/Optional Protocol working group should adopt a pragmatic yet determined approach towards the completion of its mandate.Signed:

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(1) agisra e.V. - neue wege für migrantinnenLudolfusstraße 2-460487 Frankfurtwww.agisra.de (2) Aktion Courage - SOS-RassismusPostfach 264453016 Bonnwww.aktioncourage.org (3) Aktion der Christen für die Abschaffung der Folter (ACAT)Postfach 11 1459331 Lüdinghausenwww.acat-deutschland.de (4) Aktionsgemeinschaft Dienst für den Frieden (AGDF)Blücherstr. 1453113 Bonnwww.friedensdienst.de

(5) Amnesty internationalHaus der Demokratie und MenschenrechteGreifswalder Str. 410405 Berlinwww.amnesty.de (6) Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MisereorMozartstr. 952064 Aachenwww.misereor.de

(7) BAFF (Bundesweite AG der Psychosozialen Zentren für Flüchtlinge und Folteropfer)c/o XENIONRoscherstr. 2 a10629 Berlin

(8) Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen (DGVN)Poppelsdorfer Allee 5553115 Bonnwww.dgvn.de

(9) Deutsche Kommission Justitia et PaxKaiser-Friedrich Str. 953113 Bonnwww.justitia-et-pax.de

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(10) Deutsche UNESCO-KommissionColmantstr. 1553115 Bonnwww.unesco.de

(11) Deutsche WelthungerhilfeAdenauerallee 13453113 Bonnwww.welthungerhilfe.de (12) Deutscher FrauenratAxel-Springer Str. 54a10117 Berlinwww.frauenrat.de

(13) Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB)Postfach 11037210833 Berlinwww.dgb.de

(14) Diakonisches Werk der EKDPostfach 10114270010 Stuttgartwww.brot-fuer-die-welt.de (15) FIANOverwegstr. 3144625 Hernewww.fian.de (16) Friedrich-Ebert-StiftungGodesberger Allee 14953170 Bonnwww.fes.de

(17) Friedrich-Naumann-StiftungWeberparkAlt-Nowawes 6714482 Potsdam-Babelsbergwww.fnst.de

(18) Gemeinschaft für Menschenrechte im Freistaat SachsenPostfach 12060901007 Dresden

(19) Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker Postfach 2024Düstere Str. 20a37073 Göttingenwww.gfbv.de (20) Gesellschaft zum Schutz von Bürgerrecht und MenschenwürdeWeitlingstr. 8910317 Berlinwww.gbmev.de (21) Gustav-Heinemann-InitiativeRiemstr. 228359 Bremen

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 (22) Heinrich-Böll-StiftungRosenthaler Str. 40/4110178 Berlinwww.boell.de (23) Humanistische UnionHaus der Demokratie und MenschenrechteGreifswalder Str. 410405 Berlinwww.humanistische-union.de (24) IDA (Informations- und Dokumentationszentrum für Antirassismusarbeit)Friedrichstr. 61a40217 Düsseldorfwww.IDAeV.de (25) Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte (IGFM)Borsigalee 1660388 Frankfurtwww.igfm.de

(26) Internationales Katholisches Missionswerk missio e.V. Goethestr. 4352064 Aachenwww.missio-aachen.de (27) Kommission für MenschenrechteLettenweg 879111 Freiburg (28) Medica MondialeHülchrather Str. 450670 Kölnwww.medicamondiale.org

(29) Missio MünchenInternationales Katholisches MissionswerkPettenkoferstr. 2680336 Münchenwww.muenchen.missio.de (30) Missionszentrale der FranziskanerPostfach 20095353139 Bonnwww.mzf.org (31) Nationaler Geistiger Rat der Baha'i e.V.Am Köllnischen Park 110179 Berlinwww.bahai.de

(32) Nürnberger MenschenrechtszentrumAdlerstr. 4090403 Nürnbergwww.menschenrechte.org (33) Pax Christi

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PF 134561103 Bad Vilbelwww.paxchristi.de 

(34) Pro AsylPostfach 16062460069 Frankfurtwww.proasyl.de (35) Reporter ohne GrenzenSkalitzer Str. 10110997 Berlinwww.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de (36) Solwodi e.V.Propsteistr. 256154 Boppard-Hirzenachwww.solwodi.de (37) TERRE DES FEMMESPF 256572015 Tübingenwww.terre-des-femmes.de (38) terre des hommes BRDPostfach 412649031 Osnabrückwww.tdh.de

(39) Vereinte ev. Mission/ VEMRudolfstr. 13742285 Wuppertalwww.vemission.org

(40) WUS - World University ServiceDeutsches Komitee e.V.Goebenstraße 3565195 Wiesbadenwww.wusgermany.de (41) EKDHerrenhäuserstr. 1230419 Hannoverwww.ekd.deForum National de Lutte Contre la Dette et la Pauvreté de Cote d'IvoireBP: 585 cidex 3 Abidjan, Ivory CoastTel: + 225 22 47 50 54Fax: + 225 22 47 50 75E-mail: ouat@cooperation.netFoundation for Human Rights InitiativeP.O.Box 11027Kampala, UgandaTel: 256-41-510276Fax: 256-41-510498E-mail: fhri@spacenetuganda.com

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Franciscans International (*)37-39 rue de VermontP.O. Box 104CH-1211 Geneva 20SwitzerlandTel: + 41 22 919 40 10Fax: + 41 22 740 24 33E-mail: geneve@fiop.org Freedom Foundation-India180, Hennur Cross, Hennur Main Road,Bangalore 560 043IndiaTel: + 0091 80 5440134,Fax: + 0091 80 5449766E-mail: ashokrau@hotmail.comFundacion Instituto de la MujerVina del Mar 019, ProvidenciaSantiago, ChileTel: + 56 2 222 4946Fax: + 56 2 635 3106E-mail: insmujer@insmujer.clGreek Helsinki Monitor P.O. Box 60820 GR-15304 Glyka Nera, Greece Tel: + 30 210 347 22 59 Fax +30 210 601 87 60 E-mail: office@greekhelsinki.grHLM, Human Rights and Development Consultants, Guldborgvej 17, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark, Tel: +45 46 753 860E-mail: h.lund.madsen@email.dkHimpunan Pedagang Mandiri BengkuluJl. Eks Pasar Mambo, Kecamatan Gading Cempaka Bengkulu, IndonesiaHuman Rights Advocates (**)P.O. Box 5675Berkeley, California94705 USAE-mail: Info@humanrightsadvocates.org Human Rights Council of Australia Inc. PO Box L23South Maroubra, AustraliaTel: + 61 (0) 2 9311 0159E-mail: pearles@optusnet.com.auHuman Rights Project, Urban Justice Center666 Broadway 10th FloorNew York, New York U.S.A. 10012Tel: + 1 646 602 5630 Fax: + 1 212 533 0533E-mail: rortega@urbanjustice.orgHuman Strategies for Human Rights 73-612 Highway 111, Suite 6Palm Desert, California

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92260, USATel: + 1 760 862 1254 Fax: + 1 760 776 0848 E-mail: gina@hshr.org

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Humanitarian Law CenterAvalska 9110000 BelgradeSerbia and MontenegroTel: + 381 11 444 1487 Fax: + 381 11 444 3944E-mail office@hlc.org.yuIndia Centre for Human Rights and Law4th Floor CVOD Jain School, 84 Samuel Street, DongriMumbai 400 009IndiaTel: + 91 22 237 166 90 / 23716690Fax: + 91 22 379 0699E-mail: huright@vsnl.comIndonesian Legal Aid Society (*)(Masyarakat Bantuan Hukum)Jalan Kidal 6 Surabaya 60131 Surabaya East Java Indonesia 60131 Tel: + 62 31 502 2273Fax: + 62 31 502 4826 E-mail: lbhsby@indo.net.idInformal Sector Service CentreG P O Box 2726Kathmandu, NepalTel: + 977 1 42 78 770Fax: + 977 1 42 70 551E-mail: insec@insec.org.npInsaaf International Kishori Ram HospitalBasant Vihar BhatindaPunjab IndiaTel + 91-172-615187E-mail: vineetag@sancharnet.inInstituto Nacional de Apoyo a Víctimas y Estudios en Criminalidad, A.C.Bolívar # 8-104, Colonia Centro Histórico, C.P. 06000Delegación Cuauhtémoc, México, D.F.Tel: + 55 12 20 16Fax: + 55 18 27 86E-mail: nestor_mendez@hotmail.comInteramerican Platform of Human Rights, Democracy and DevelopmentRue Senador Dantas, 44-Sala 1Centro -20.031-203Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTel: + 55 21 22 40 5873Fax: + 55 21 22 40 5873E-mail: regional@pidhdd.orgInterchurch Organization for Development Co-operationP.O. Box 151, 3700AD Zeist, The NetherlandsTel: + 31 30 692 78 11Fax: + 31 30 692 56 14E-mail: worldwide@icco.nlInterights33 Islington High Street London N1 9LHUnited KingdomTel: 44 207 278 3230 Fax: 44 207 278 4334

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E-mail: ibyrne@interights.orgInternational Commission of Jurists (*)81A ave. de ChâtelaineP.O. Box 2161216 Châtelaine, Geneva, SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 979 3808Fax: +41 22 979 3801E-mail: berry@icj.org

International Council of Nurses (*)3, place Jean-Marteau, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: + 41 22 908 0100 Fax: + 41 22 908 0101 E-mail: icn@icn.ch International Non-governmental Organisation Forum on IndonesiaJl Mampang Prapatan XI no. 23 Jakarta, IndonesiaTel: + 62 21 7919 6721 22Fax: + 62 21 794 1577E-mail: infid@nusa.or.idInternational ProtectionMachstraße 8/1/2 A-1020 Wien, AustriaTel: + 43 1 729 3776Fax: + 1 240 248 7148E-mail: internationalprotection@gmx.net; internationalprotection@gmx.atInternational Women's Rights Action Watch - Asia Pacific (*)2nd Floor, Block F, Anjung FELDA,Jalan Maktab,54000 Kuala Lumpur,MalaysiaTel: 603-2691 3292Fax: 603-2698 4203E-mail: iwraw@po.jaring.myJubilee 2000 International CampaignP. O. Box 8614New York, New YorkUSA 10116-8614Tel: + 1 212 439 8047Fax: + 1 212 234 2233E-mail: seydina_senghor@yahoo.comKindernothilfe Düsseldorfer Landstraße 18047249 DuisburgTel: + 49 203 7789 180Fax: + 49 203 7789 118E-mail: barbara.duennweller@knh.deKituo Cha SheriaP.O.Box 7483-00300Nairobi, KenyaTel: + 254 576 290Fax: + 254 576 295E-mail: info@ kituochasheria.or.ke

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Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights, KCHR (*)Ivanitsina str. 123/87Bishkek, 720011KyrgyzstanTel/Fax 996 312 666975 or 43 1 9565894 Email: chrights@imfiko.bishkek.suLand Centre for Human Rights122 Galaa' St., Ramses Tower,Cairo - Arab Republic of EgyptTel./Fax: + 202 575 0470E-mail: lchr@lchr-eg.org; lchr@thewayout.netLiberty Victoria (Victorian Council for Civil Liberties Inc.)Level 4360 Little Bourke StreetMelbourne Australia 3000Tel: + 61 3 9903 8708Fax: + 61 3 9903 8710E-mail: Anne.O'Rourke@buseco.monash.edu.auMigrants Rights International (*)C.P. 135, 15 route des Morillons1211 Geneva 20, SwitzerlandTel: + 41 22 917 78 17 Fax: + 41 22 788 28 75E-mail: migrantwatch@vtx.chMisereor-Geschäftsstelle Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MISEREOR e.VMozartstraße 952064 Aachen, GermanyTel: 00 49 241 442 0Fax: 00 49 241 442 188E-mail: bickel@misereor.deNari Uddug Kendra, 22/18,Khilji Road, Block-B, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, BangladeshTel: + 880 2 911 5696, Fax: + 880 2 911 0088E-mail: nari@bangla.net

Natural Heritage Institute2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 500Berkeley, California94704 USATel: + 510 644 2900Fax: + 510 644 4428E-mail: mls@n-h-i.org

ORI-SumateraKantor Bantuan Hukum Bengkulu (KBHB)Jl. P. Natadirja Km 6,5Bengkulu, IndonesiaTel + 62 736 25179Fax + 62 736 25333E-mail: ori_sumatera@plasa.com

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Observatori sobre l'acompliment de la Declaració Universal dels Drets Humans en els Drets Econòmics, Socials i Culturals (*)Sant Honorat 7, 08002 Barcelona, Spain Tel: + 93 302 68 82 E-mail: mail@descweb.orgOffice of the National Human Rights Commission, Thailand422 Phyathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 ThailandTel: 662 219 2973Fax: 662 219 2973E-mail: ksuvannakul@yahoo.comOficina Jurídica Para la MujerCochabamba - BoliviaTel: + 1 591 4 411 6337Fax: + 591 4 251 551E-mail: julietam@bo.netPacific Concerns Resource Centre (**)

Private Mail Bag83 Amy Street, Toorak, Suva, FijiTel: + 679 3304 649Fax: + 679 3304 755Email: pcrc@connect.com.fjPalestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights & the Environmentc/o PO Box 20873,Jerusalem, Palestine,Via IsraelTel: + 972 2583 3430Fax: + 972 2583 3317E-mail: law@lawsociety.org; dluping@lawsociety.org

Patramijaya Indonesian Legal Aid FoundationJL Diponegoro No. 74 Jakarta 10320, IndonesiaTel: + 62 21 34 5518Fax: + 62 21 33 0140E-mail: ekosobzlbhi@cbn.net.idPeople With Disabilities UgandaP.O Box 5460Kampala, UgandaTel: + 256 31 262 134Fax: + 256 31 262 134E-mail: pwd@imul.com

People's Movement for Human Rights Education526 West 111th Street, Suite 4ENew York , New YorkUSA 10025Tel: + 1 212 749 3156Fax: + 1 212 666 6325E-mail: pdhre@igc.orgPhysicians for Human Rights–UK91 Harlech Rd, Abbots Langley, Herts, WD5 OBE, United KingdomTel: + 44 07 77 079 66 09E-mail: phall@gn.apc.org

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Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos,Democracia y Desarrollo(Inter American Platform for Human Rights, Democracy and Development)Regional SecretariatRua Senador Dantas, 44 sala 1 Centro - 20031-203Rio de Janeiro, BrasilTel: + 55 21 2240 4610 Fax: + 55 21 2240 5873E-mail: regional@pidhdd.orgPlataforma Peruana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo(Peruvian Platform for Human Rights, Democracy and Development)National SecretariatJiron Talara 769Jesus Maria, Lima 11PeruTel: + 51 1 433 3472Fax: + 51 1 433 9595E-mail: emoura@cedal.org.pePrograma Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Derechos HumanosApartado Postal 5156, Carmelitas 1010-A, Caracas, VenezuelaTel/ Fax: + 212 862 10 11 E-mail: provea@derechos.org.vePublic Committee Against Torture in Israel P.O.B. 4634 Jerusalem 91046 Tel: 972-2-5630073 Fax: 972-2-5665477 Email: pcati@netvision.net.ilPublic Interest Advocacy Centre 46-48 York StSydney, NSW 2000AustraliaTel: + 2 9299 7833Fax: + 2 9299 7855E-mail: apettitt@piac.asn.auRADDHO Amitié II Villa no 4024, Allées Seydou Nourou TallDakar, Sénégal Tel: + 221 824 60 56 Fax: + 221 824 60 52 E-mail: raddho@telecomplus.snRights and Democracy/Droits et Démocratie1001, boul. de Maisonneuve est, Bureau 1100Montréal, Québec, CanadaH2L 4P9Tel: + 1 514 283 6073Fax: + 1 514 283 3792E-mail: ichrdd@ichrdd.caRiriki. Intervencion Social S.C. Islote 71. Col. Las AguilasMexico Distrito FederalFax: + 55 563 53791E-mail: intervencionsocial@terra.com.mx

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Rural Initiatives in Sustainability and EmpowermentStreet A-14, Ittehad Colony Peshawar City, Pakistan.Tel: + 92 91 247 536Fax: + 92 91 247 536E-mail: rise@psh.paknet.com.pkRural Reconstruction NepalP.O. Box: 8130, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, NepalFax: + 977 1 418 296Tel: + 977 1 415 418 / 422153Email: akarki@rrn.org.np; rrn@rrn.org.npSVG Human Rights AssociationP.O. BOX 614Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesTel: + 784 456 2656Fax: + 784 456 2656E-mail: svghuman@mail.caribsurf.comSección Mexicana de FIAN Internacional (*)Bajío N° 53 Interior 10 - Col. Roma Sur, México D.F. CP 06760Tel: + 52-64 88 05Fax: + 52 64 88 05E-mail: fian_mx@yahoo.com.mxSerikat Nelayan BengkuluPangeran Natadirja No.39 KM.6,5 Bengkulu, IndonesiaTel: + 62 736 25179Fax: + 62 736 25333E-mail: sne_bengkulu@yahoo.comSerikat Tani BengkuluJl. Pangeran Natadirja No.39 KM.6,5 Bengkulu (Indonesia)Tel: + 62 736 25179Fax: + 62 736 25333E-mail: sta_bengkulu@yahoo.comServicio Paz Y Justicia-Uruguay (*)Joaquín Requena 164211200 Montevideo, UruguayTel: + 598 2 408 53 01Fax: + 598 2 408 57 01E-mail: verdad@serpaj.org.uySocial Justice Committee (Canada)1857 de Maisonneuve West, suite 320,Montreal, Quebec, CanadaH3H 1J9Tel: + 514 933 6797Fax: + 514 933 9517E-mail: sjc@web.caSocial Rights Advocacy Centre1038 Portage Flyer LaneRR4 HuntsvilleCanada P1H 2J6Tel: + 1 705 789 1397Fax (e-fax): + 1 416 946 1841E-mail: bporter@socialrightsadvocacy.ca

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Swedish NGO Foundation for Human RightsDrottninggatan 101, 113 60 Stockholm, SwedenTel: + 46 8 54 54 99 70Fax: + 46 8 30 30 31E-mail: info@humanrights.seUnión Afirmativa Ateneo de Caracas, piso 6; Los Caobos, 1010-A, Caracas Venezuela Tel: + 58 212 576 53 44 Fax: + 58 212 572 94 10E-mail: unionafirmativa@hotmail.comUnited Nations Association of AustraliaPO Box L23, South Maroubra, 2035, AustraliaTel/Fax: + 61 2 9311 0159E-mail: pearles@ozemail.com.auUniversal Income Trust32b Torlesse Street, Wakatu, Nelson, Aotearoa New ZealandTel: + 64 3 547 6865Fax: + 64 3 545 7273E-mail: uitrustnz@yahoo.co.nzUniversité de Genève Faculté de Droit, (Professor Giorgio Malinverni)40, Boulevard du Pont d'ArveCH-1211 Genève 4SwitzerlandTel: + 41 22 705 85 30Fax: + 41 22 705 85 36Email:giorgio.malinverni@droit.unige.chUniversity of MelbourneFaculty of Law, (Associate Professor Dianne Otto) Parkville 3010 AustraliaTel: + 61 3 8344 4063Fax: + 61 3 9349 4287E-mail: d.otto@unimelb.edu.auVietnamese Community in Australia Inc. PO Box 719, Mt. LawleyW.A. 6929, AustraliaTel: + 61 500 888 800E-mail: cdnvtduc@hotmail.comWIDE (*)10, Rue de la Science1000 BrusselsBelgiumTel: + 32 2 545 90 72Fax: + 32 2 512 73 42E-mail: wide@gn.apc.orgWomen's Aid OrganisationPO Box  493 Jalan Sultan 46760 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaTel: + 603 7956 3488Fax: + 603 7956 3237E mail: wao@po.jaring.my

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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom C.P. 28,

1 rue de Varembe

1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 919 70 80Fax: +41 22 919 70 81

E-mail: wilpf@iprolink.chWomen's Rights Action Network Australia P.O. Box 2092,

Lygon Street North LPO,

Brunswick East,

Victoria, Australia 3057

E-mail: wrana_projects@yahoo.com.auWorld Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) (*)

8, Rue du Vieux-BillardP.O. Box 211211 Geneva 8, SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 809 49 39Fax: +41 22 809 49 29E-mail: nm@omct.orgYouth for Unity and Voluntary Action, (**)53/2, Nare Park Municipal School,Opp. Nare Park Ground, PareMumbai - 400012 IndiaTel: + 91 22 2414 3498/241 55250Fax: + 91 22 2413 5314E-mail: yuva@vsnl.com

Organisations marked with (*) are in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC.

Organisations marked with (**) are on the ECOSOC Roster list.