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Committee on the Rights of the Child

Countries under review: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Iraq, Jamaica, Mauritius, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Tanzania, Uruguay and Cambodia.

12 – 30 January

Conference on Disarmament, 1st part

19 January – 27 March

Committee on Enforced Disappearances

Countries under review: Armenia, Mexico and Serbia.

2 – 13 February

Human Rights Council – Universal Periodic Review 21st Session

19 – 30 January

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Countries under review: Azerbaijan, Denmark, Ecuador, Eritrea, Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives and Tuvalu.

16 February – 6 March

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

14th Session

23 – 27 February

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Countries under review: Gambia, Paraguay and Tajikistan.

23 February – 6 March

Human Rights Council

Main Session (28th session)

2 – 27 March

Human Rights Committee

Countries under review: Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Monaco and Russian Federation.

16 March – 2 April

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Country under review: Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Germany, Mongolia and Turkmenistan.

25 March – 17 April

Meeting of experts of the States parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (Protocols II & V).

7 – 10 April

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers

Countries under review: Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Sri Lanka and Uganda.

13 – 24 April

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Countries under review: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala and Sudan.

27 April – 15 May

Committee against Torture

Countries under review: Colombia, Congo, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, Spain and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

20 April – 15 May

Human Rights Council – Universal Periodic Review 22nd Session

4 – 15 May

International Law Commission, 67th session, 1st part

4 May – 5 June

WHO – World Health Assembly

18 – 26 May

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Countries under review: Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Latvia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands and Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

18 May – 5 June

Conference on Disarmament, 2nd part

25 May – 10 June

ILO – International Labour Conference

1 – 13 June

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Countries under review: Chile, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Thailand, Uganda and Venezuela.

1 – 19 June

United Nations Compensation Commission Governing Council

9 – 10 June

Human Rights Council

29th session

15 June – 3 July

Human Rights Committee

Countries under review: Canada, France, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Burkina Faso.

29 June – 24 July

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Countries under review: Bolivia, Croatia, Gambia, Namibia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Spain and Viet Nam.

6 – 24 July

Committee against Torture

Countries under review: Iraq, Slovakia and Switzerland.

27 July – 14 August

International Law Commission, 67th session, 2nd part

6 July – 7 August

Conference on Disarmament, 3rd part

3 August – 18 September

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Countries under review: Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Suriname and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

3 – 28 August

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, 15th session

10 – 14 August

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Countries under review: Brazil, European Union, Gabon, Kenya, Mauritius, Qatar and Ukraine.

17 August – 4 September

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers

Countries under review: Cape Verde, Guinea, Seychelles and Timor-Leste.

31 August – 9 September

Committee on Enforced Disappearances

Countries under review: Iraq and Montenegro.

7 – 18 September

Human Rights Council

30th session

14 September – 2 October

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Countries under review: Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Poland, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Israel and Madagascar.

14 September – 2 October

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Countries under review: Burundi, Greece, Guyana, Iraq, Italy, Morocco and Sudan.

21 September – 9 October

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Executive Committee, 66th session

5 – 9 October

Human Rights Committee

Countries under review: Austria, Benin, Greece, Iraq, Republic of Korea, Suriname, Bangladesh and Eritrea.

19 October – 6 November

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Countries under review: Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

26 October – 20 November

Human Rights Council – Universal Periodic Review 23rd Session

2 – 13 November

Committee against Torture

Countries under review: Austria, Azerbaijan, China, China (Hong Kong and Macau), Denmark, Jordan and Liechtenstein.

9 November – 9 December

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Countries under review: Egypt, Holy See, Lithuania, Mongolia, Slovenia and Turkey.

23 November – 11 December

Meetings of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW)

9 – 13 November

Meeting of the States parties to the Convention on Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention

30 November – 4 December

United Nations Compensation Commission Governing Council

2 – 3 December

Annual Meeting of the States parties to the Convention on Biological Weapons (BWC)

14 – 18 December