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 1. Item 1(c)*: Methods of work of the Sub-Commission.
 

 2. Item 6*: Contemporary forms of slavery.

   (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.22)
 

 3. Item 9*: The administration of justice and human rights:

   (a) Question of human rights and states of emergency;

   (b) Application of international standards concerning the human rights of detained juveniles;

   (c) Gross and massive violations of human rights as an international crime;

   (d) Juvenile justice;

   (e) Privatization of prisons;

   (f) Individualization of prosecution and penalties, and repercussions of violations of human rights on families.

   (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.31)
 

 * For consideration and action on draft proposals.
 

  4. Item 10*: Freedom of movement:

   (a) The right to leave any country, including one's own, and to return to one's own country, and the right to seek asylum from persecution;

   (b) Human rights and population displacements.

   (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.25, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.26,
   E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.28)
 

 5. Item 11*: Situation regarding the promotion, full realization and protection of the rights of children and youth.
 

 6. Item 12*: Review of further developments in fields with which the Sub-Commission has been or may be concerned:

   (a) Review of developments concerning recommendations and decisions relating, inter alia, to:

    (i) Promotion, protection and restoration of human rights at national, regional and international levels;

    (ii) Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief;

    (iii) Encouragement of universal acceptance of human rights instruments and observance of the human rights and fundamental freedoms contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by States which are not parties to United Nations human rights conventions;

   (b) Review of issues not previously the subject of studies but which the Sub-Commission had decided to examine:

    (i) Implications of humanitarian activities for the enjoyment of human rights;

    (ii) Terrorism and human rights;

    (iii) International peace and security as an essential condition for the enjoyment of human rights, above all the right to life;

   (c) Human rights and disability;

   (d) Human rights and scientific and technological developments;
 

 * For consideration and action on draft proposals.
 

    (e) Other new developments:

    (i) Adverse consequences of the transfer of arms and illicit trafficking in arms on the enjoyment of human rights;

    (ii) Arbitrary deprivation of nationality.

   (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.4, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.5,
   E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.17,E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.18,
   E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.32, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.33,
   E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.34, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.35,
   E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.39,E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.40,
   E/CN.4/Sub.2/2000/L.41)
 

 7. Item 13: Concluding items:

   (a) Consideration of the future work of the Sub-Commission; 

   (b) Draft provisional agenda for the fifty-third session of the Sub- Commission;

   (c) Adoption of the report on the fifty-second session.

P.T.O

Notes: Identity photo-badges valid for the duration of the session may be obtained by all delegations, if needed, from the UNOG Security and Safety Section at the villa "Les Feuillantines" (13, avenue de la Paix) from 8.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. upon presentation of copy of their letter of accreditation and an identity document.
 

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