Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society

Reference links from Chapter 5: Human Rights Council

• The Human Rights Council:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil
  
  
• Current Human Rights Council member states:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/membership.htm
  
  
• The universal periodic review:
  http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx
  
  
• The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee:
• http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/advisorycommittee.htm
  
  
• The Human Rights Council Complaint Procedure
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/complaints.htm
  
  
• The special procedures:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm
  
  
• The open-ended Working Group on the Right to Development
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/development/right/WG_Right_to_Development.htm
  
  
• The high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/development/right/high_level_task_force_Right_to_Development.htm
  
  
• The Social Forum:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/poverty/sforum.htm
  
  
• The Forum on Minority Issues:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/minorities/expert/
  
  
• The Expert mechanism on the rights of indigenous peoples:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ExpertMechanism/nominations.htm
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/
  
  
• The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action:
  http://www.unhchr.ch/pdf/Durban.pdf
  
  
• The Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/index.htm
  
  
• The group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/eminent-experts/
  
  
• The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/african/4african.htm
  
  
• The Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/AdHocCommittee.htm
  
  
• The Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference and the open-ended intergovernmental working group:
  http://www.un.org/durbanreview2009/
  
  
• Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council:
  http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/
  
  
• Accreditation:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ngo.htm
  
  
• General Information Note:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ngo.htm
  
  
• Subscribing to the Human Rights Council extranet:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/form.htm
  
  
• Parallel Events:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ngo.htm
  http://portal.ohchr.org/portal/page/portal/HRCExtranet
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/form.htm
  
  
• Contact Advisory Committee:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/advisorycommittee.htm
  
  
• Complaint procedure:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/complaints.htm
  
  
• Registration form for participation in Working group on the right to development and the high-level task force: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/development/groups/index.htm
  
  
• Participation in Social Forum:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/poverty/sforum.htm
  
  
• Participation or Contribution to Forum on Minority Issues:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/minority/forum.htm
  
  
• Participation or Contribution to Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/ExpertMechanism/index.htm
  
  
• Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/about/funds/indigenous/
  
  
• Nominating Candidates for the Expert Mechanism:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ExpertMechanism/nominations.htm
  
  
• Human Rights Council’s Mechanisms related to the Durban World Conference
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/index.htm
  
  
• Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/african/7ngo-participation.htm
  
  
• Extranet
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/form.htm
  
  
• The Webcast service:
  http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/index.asp