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Review 2008


Tonga was reviewed on 14 May 2008. The troika consisted of Nigeria, Qatar and Mexico.


National report

. A/HRC/WG.6/2/TON/1- A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Compilation of UN information

. A/HRC/WG.6/2/TON/2 - A, C, E, F, R, S

OHCHR Summary of stakeholders’ information:

. A/HRC/WG.6/2/TON/3 - A, C, E, F, R, S

NGO submissions

  NGOs
. Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children E
. International Lesbian and Gay Association (Joint Submission) E
. Legal Literacy Project E

Review in the Working Group – 14 May 2008

. Summary by ISHR

. UN press release

. Full webcast. For the webcast per speaker, see here.

For statements in writing, see the OHCHR extranet.

Report of the Working Group

. A/HRC/WG.6/2/L.14: Report adopted "ad referendum"

Adoption of the Report in the plenary – 13 June 2008

. A/HRC/8/52: Report of the eight session of the Human Rights Council

. UN press release

. Webcast of the plenary. For the webcast per speaker, see here.

. Statement by Tonga

. The following states took the floor: Algeria, Morocco, United Kingdom, Maldives, New Zealand, Switzerland and Qatar.

For all the statements made by States, see the OHCHR extranet.

- The following observers took the floor:

. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

. Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA)

. JOINT STATEMENT: International Women’s Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) Asia Pacific, Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD), Federation for Women and Family Planning, Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights (CLADEM)

. Amnesty International

Final outcome

. A/HRC/8/48 - A, C, E, F, R, S: Final Report as adopted









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