AGENDA

FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC FORUM OF

6^th to 8th SEPTEMBER 1999

Manila, the Philippines

DAY 1 MONDAY 6th SEPTEMBER 1999

9:00am -3 :30pm Preparatory meeting of Forum Members (closed session)

・ Secretariat administration and funding

・ Forum structure and membership

・ Development of a comprehensive strategy for staff exchanges, training & technical cooperation

・ Report on the April 1999 meeting of the International Coordinating

Committee of National Institutions and the election of regional representatives

・ Future Forum activities

・ Consideration of venue for the next Forum Annual Meeting

・ General business

2:00 - 4:00pm Registration of delegates

4 : 30pm Delegates meet at Hotel Lobby for buses to Presidential Palace

5:30 - 7:00pm Inauguration Ceremony - Presidential Palace

Speakers :

・ President of the Philippines

・ Chairperson, Philippines Commission on Human Rights

・ United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

・ Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions

Presidential Palace to Hotel by bus

DAY 2 TUESDAY 7tb SEPTEMBER 1999

8:00 - 9:00am Registration of delegates

9:00 - 10:30am Theme session - 'National Human Rights Institutions and Economic and Social Rights

Keynote Speakers

・ Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati

Former Chief Justice of India &

Vice Chairperson, UN Human Rights Committee

Regional Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

・ Professor Virginia Dandan

　　　　Chairperson, UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee

10:30 - 11 :00am Morning tea

11 :00 - 12:30pm Women and Human Rights

　　　　・ The role of national institutions in addressing discrimination against women

12:30 – 2:00pm Lunch

2:00 - 3:30pm National Institutions and Non-Government Organizations

　　　　・ Report back on the Forum's Regional Workshop

3:30 4:00pm Afternoon tea

4:00 - 5:00pm Death Penalty and Human Rights

　　　　・ Capital punishment and its human rights implications

7:00 - 8:30pm Dinner

DAY 3 WEDNESDAY 8th, SEPTEMBER 1999

9:00 – 10:30m Regional Issues

　　　　・ Activities of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in support of National Institutions

・ National Action Plans

10:30 - 11 :00am Morning tea

11:00 - 12:30pm Regional Issues - continued

・ Recent developments in regional States considering the

establishment of a national human rights institutions

・ Recent developments in other regions concerning the

establishment of national human rights institutions

12:30 - 2:00pm Lunch

2:00 - 4:00pm Review of the Forum's operations

　　　　・ Report on Forum activities

　　　　・ Technical assistance cooperation programs

　　　　・ Child pornography and the Internet

　　　　・ Video

　　　　・ Advisory Council of Jurists

　　　　・ Practices of national institutions for receiving, investigating　& resolving complaints

　　　　・ Mechanism for the collation and dissemination of human rights jurisprudence

・ Web sites for national human rights institutions

4:00 - 4 30pm Afternoon tea

4:30 - 5:00pm Forum Member will consider the Conference Statement (closed session)

4:30 - 5:00pm Human Rights in the Philippines

・ Briefing by the Philippines Commission on Human Rights

about their role, functions and activities

5 :00 - 5:30pm Conference Statement

・ Consideration and adoption of meeting conclusions

5:30 - 6:00pm Closing Ceremony

・ Vice-President of the Philippines, Ms Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

6:00 - 6:30pm Press Conference

7:00 - 9:30pm Dinner and Cultural evening