Today and tomorrow in Geneva (early Thursday and  Friday morning in the USA), a delegation from the US government will be questioned publicly by members of the UN Human Rights Committee about US implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Here’s the schedule of the webcast public questioning:

• Thursday, March 13, 15:00-18:30 Geneva time (7 am-10:30 am PDT, 10 am-1:30 pm EDT)
• Friday, March 14, 10:00-13:00 Geneva time (2 am-5 am PDT, 5 am-8 am EDT)
• tentative additional session Friday, March 14, 14:00-17:00 Geneva time (6 am-9 am PDT, 9 am-noon EDT)

This is neither the first nor the last step, but a critical step, in the review conducted by the Human Rights Committee every five years (as with each other country that is a party to the treaty) of US implementation of this international human rights treaty.

We’ll have more details after the sessions, but here are some quick links for those tuning in to the webcast:

• Live webcast
• Webcast archive (we’ll update this link if/when a direct link becomes available)
• Background documents (including links to submissions by NGOs)
• List of issues (members of the Human Rights Committee may also ask about other issues)
• Schedule (subject to change — additional questioning of the US may be added on Friday after lunch)
• Members of the UN Human Rights Committee
• Members of the US government delegation
• Submissions from the Identity Project on freedom of movement and other issues (summary)
• Updates from the Identity Project
• Text of the ICCPR (including Article 12 on freedom of movement)
• General Comment No. 27 by the UNHRC on freedom of movement under Article 12 of the ICCPR

Updates:

• UN Human Rights Committee review of US implementation of the ICCPR: Day 1
• UN Human Rights Committee review of US implementation of the ICCPR: Day 2
• UN Human Rights Committee calls on US to effectuate the ICCPR