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Past Statements before the U.N. Human Rights Council and Commission on Human Rights

UN Human Rights Council

• A Curate's Egg UN Human Rights Council: Year 3 19 June 2008 to 18 June 2009, R. Brett, August 2009 (pdf 520 kb)

• Digging Foundations or Trenches? UN Human rights Council: Year 2, R. Brett, August 2008 (pdf 464kb)

• Neither Mountain nor Molehill -UN Human Rights Council:
  One Year On, R. Brett, July 2007 (pdf 587 kb)

• Human Rights Council Resumed 6th Session, Joint Statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), Action Canada for Population and Development, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, International Service for Human Rights, Conectas Human Rights and acknowledged by the Conference of NGOs, delivered by Rachel Brett, 14 December 2007 (pdf 9kb)

• Righting Historic Wrongs: The 1st Session of the Human Rights Council, R. Brett, July 2006 (pdf 316 kb)

62nd session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

• Civil and Political Rights:Independence of the Judiciary, Administration of Justice, Impunity - Women in Prison, 2 March 2006, Written statement for the UN Commission on Human Rights (pdf 29kb)
• Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Women in Prison, 2 March 2006, Written statememt for the UN Commission on Human Rights (pdf 27kb)
• Rights of the Child - Children of Imprisoned Mothers, 2 March 2006, Written statememt for the UN Commission on Human Rights (pdf 28kb)
• Civil and Political Rights: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 1 March 2006, Written statement to the Commission on Human Rights (pdf 20kb)
• Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms: Adaption and Strengthening of the United Nations Machinery for Human Rights, (English) (Français) 20 February 2006, Joint Statement (pdf 26kb)
  
  

61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

• Cooperation with Special Procedures, 18 April 2005, Joint oral statement, (pdf 142 kb)
• U.N Reform, 12 April 2005, Joint oral statement, (pdf 230 kb)
• Children of Imprisoned Mothers, 8 April 2005, Friends World Committee for Consultation oral statement (pdf 162kb)
• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 1 April 2005, Friends World Committee for Consultation oral statement (pdf 107kb)
• Women in Prison, 6 April 2005, Friends World Committee for Consultation oral statement (pdf 142 kb)
• Refugees and Asylum-Seekers, 12 April 2005, Friends World Committee for Consultation and Amnesty International joint oral statement (pdf 163 kb)
• Civil and Political Rights, February 9 2005,
  Joint Statement (pdf 24 kb).
• Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, February 18 2005, Friends World Committee for Consultation (pdf 105 kb).
• Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective, February 5 2005, Friends World Committee for Consultation (pdf 171 kb).
• Rights of the Child, February 6 2005,
  Friends World Committee for Consultation (pdf 32 kb).
• Indigenous Issues, (English) (Français) (Español) March 3 2005, Joint Statement (pdf ~132kb).
• Report of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights , February 6 2005,
  Friends World Committee for Consultation (pdf 24 kb).
• Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms: Adaption and Strengthening of the United Nations Machinery for Human Rights, (English) (Français) January 27 2005, Joint Statement (pdf 26kb)

60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

• For Whom the Bell Tolls. Report on the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, March/April 2004, Rachel Brett. (pdf 576 kb)
• Standing Invitations Joint Written Statement CHR 60, R. Brett and R. Taylor) (pdf 108 kb)
• Non-Citizens Oral Statement CHR 60, R. Brett (pdf 140 kb)
• The rights of non-citizens. (pdf 420 kb)
  Joint Statement addressed to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• Joint declaration on the need for an International Mechanism to monitor Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism (pdf 388 kb)
• Women in Prison Oral Statement CHR 60, R. Brett and R. Taylor (pdf 136 kb)
• Women in Prison Written Statement CHR 60, R. Brett and R. Taylor (pdf 104 kb)
• References to CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION in the documents submitted to, and resolutions of, the UN Commission on Human Rights, 60th Session, March - April 2004 (pdf 247 kb)

59th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

• Conscientious Objection to Military Service. Oral statement to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, R. Brett (pdf 17 kb)
• References to Conscientious Objection to Military Service in the documents submitted to and resolutions of the UN Commission on Human Rights during the 59th Session. R. Brett (pdf 36 kb)
• Child Soldiers. June 2003, R. Brett (pdf 10 kb) Oral statement to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
• Specific Groups and Individuals: Mass Exoduses and Displaced Persons. R.Brett (pdf 18 kb) Joint oral statement to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
• Standing Invitations to Thematic Human Rights Mechanisms. , R. Brett (pdf 44 kb) Joint press release to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
• Shadow Play. Report on the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Rachel Brett et al., June 2003 (pdf 247 kb)

Earlier session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

• Snakes & Ladders. Report on the 58th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, May 2002, Rachel Brett (pdf 84 kb)
• Statement to HRC on Mass Exodus and Displaced Persons (pdf 19 kb)
• Statement to HRC on UN Human Rights Machinery (pdf 16 kb)
• Conscientious Objection to Military Service February 2000 (pdf 12 kb)
• Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Military Tribunals, Rachel Brett (pdf 168 kb)
  Oral statement to the 55th Session of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights