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108th session - Human Rights Committee	08 - 26 July, 2013
107th session - Human Rights Committee	11 - 28 March, 2013
105th session - Human Rights Committee	09 - 27 July, 2012
52nd session - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women	09 - 27 July, 2012
51st session - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women	13 February - 02 March, 2012
50th session - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women	03 - 21 October, 2011
3rd Session of the Forum on Minority Issues	14 - 15 December, 2010
2nd Session of the Working Group on the Optional Protocol to the CRC	06 - 10 December, 2010
12th Treaty Body Inter-Committee Meeting	06 - 08 December, 2010
11th Session of the Working Group on Mercenaries	29 November - 03 December, 2010
Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	22 - 26 November, 2010
13th Session of the Committee on Migrant Workers	22 November - 03 December, 2010
3rd Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to ICERD	22 November - 03 December, 2010
59th Session of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention	16 - 26 November, 2010
12th Session of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture	15 - 19 November, 2010
92nd Session of the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances	03 - 12 November, 2010
45th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	01 - 19 November, 2010
9th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group	01 - 12 November, 2010
45th Session of the Committee against Torture	01 - 19 November, 2010
1st Working Group on the Human Rights Council Review	25 - 29 October, 2010
33rd Session of the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture	18 - 22 October, 2010
100th Session of the Human Rights Committee	11 - 29 October, 2010
8th Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action	11 - 22 October, 2010
4th Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	04 - 08 October, 2010
3rd Session of the Social Forum	04 - 06 October, 2010
47th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women	04 - 22 October, 2010
55th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child	13 September - 01 October, 2010
15th Session of the Voluntary Fund for Victims on Contemporary Forms of Slavery	13 - 17 September, 2010
15th Session of the Human Rights Council	13 September - 01 October, 2010
58th Session of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention	30 August - 03 September, 2010
Organizational Meeting of the Human Rights Council	30 August, 2010
7th Session of the Working Group on Communications	30 August - 03 September, 2010
77th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	02 - 27 August, 2010
5th Session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee	02 - 06 August, 2010
10th Session of the Working Group on Mercenaries	26 - 30 July, 2010
99th Session of the Human Rights Committee	12 - 30 July, 2010
3rd Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	12 - 16 July, 2010
17th Annual Meeting of Special Procedures Mandate-Holders	28 June - 02 July, 2010
22nd Meeting of Treaty Body Chairpersons and 11th Treaty Body Inter-Committee Meeting	28 June - 02 July, 2010
11th Session of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture	21 - 25 June, 2010
91st Session of the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances	21 - 25 June, 2010
6th Session of the Working Group on Situations	21 - 25 June, 2010
14th Session of the Human Rights Council	31 May - 18 June, 2010
Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	25 - 28 May, 2010
Organizational Meeting of the Human Rights Council	20 May, 2010
8th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group	03 - 14 May, 2010
44th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	03 - 21 May, 2010
57th Session of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention	03 - 07 May, 2010
44th Session of the Committee against Torture	26 April - 14 May, 2010
11th Session of the Working Group on the Right to Development	26 - 30 April, 2010
12th Session of the Committee on Migrant Workers	19 - 30 April, 2010
6th Session of the Working Group on Communications	12 - 16 April, 2010
9th Session of the Working Group on Mercenaries	12 - 16 April, 2010
9th Session of the Working Group on African Descent	12 - 16 April, 2010
13th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council	01 - 26 March, 2010