Summary:

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Read a summary of the meeting here.

Read the UN draft report on meeting, including the text of the Optional Protocol as agreed at the end of the session here.

Updates from the meeting:

• 10 February:  Part I. General Provisions
• 10/11 Februrary:  Part II. Communications
• 11 February: Part II, contd: Communications
• 11 February: Parts III./IV. Inquiry Procedure/Final Provisions
• 14/15 February: Informal Consultations
• 15 February: Chair's take-it-or-leave-it proposal
• 16 February: Reactions to the Chair's proposal  Full / Summary
• 16 February: Chair's proposal largely accepted

Key documents for the the meeting:

• Latest draft text being negotiated
• Joint NGO submission
• Submission by Paulo Sergio Pinheiro

Information about the second Working Group meeting that took place in December 2010:

• NGO Report about the meeting
• Text of the revised draft

Further information and how to get involved:

• Information about the Working Group on OHCHR
• About the campaign and how to get involved
• Sign the petition and get the latest news and updates on the campaign

Previous UN event items

• 07/02/2011: Human Rights Council Review: February 2011
• 24/01/2011: Universal Periodic Review - Session 10
• 17/01/2011: Comité des droits de l'enfant / 56ème session
• 23/12/2010: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: Special Session relative to the situation of human rights in Cote d'Ivoire
• 06/12/2010: Complaints Mechanism: Second UN Working Group Meeting

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