US embassy cable - 05GENEVA1908

UNCLAS GENEVA 001908 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IO/SHA, DRL/MLA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, UNHRC-1, Human Rights 
SUBJECT:  REPLY FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE 
 
 
1.  Mission received the following reply from Christine 
Chanet, Chairperson, Human Rights Committee, to a letter 
from Glyn Davies regarding the United States' combined 
second and third periodic reports.  This communication has 
been forwarded to IO/SHA and DRL/MLA via fax and is number 
24 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log. 
 
2.  Begin text of letter: 
 
28 July 2005 
 
Reference:  PG/PW/vd 
 
Dear Sir, 
 
I have the honour to refer to your letter dated 22 July 
2005.  In that correspondence, you informed the Human Rights 
Committee that the U.S. Government would not be in a 
position to submit its combined second and third reports by 
the time of the Committee's 84th session (July 2005), as 
previously indicated in the letter of Mr. M. Kozak of 24 
March 2005.  You also indicated your Government's intention 
to submit them as soon as possible after this year. 
 
After careful consideration of the matter, the Committee 
wishes to inform you that the above-mentioned reports should 
be submitted by 17 October 2005, the starting date of the 
Committee's 85th session.  In the absence of those reports, 
the Committee will adopt a list of issues on the specific 
concerns contained in its letter of 27 July 2004 (the effect 
of measures taken in the fight against terrorism following 
the events of 11 September 2001 and notably the implications 
of the Patriot Act on nationals as well as non-nationals; 
and problems relating to the legal status and treatment of 
persons detained in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, and other 
places of detention outside of the United States of America 
- copy attached for ease of reference) with a view to 
examining any other matters in the light of replies from 
your Government to the list of issues on these concerns at 
its 86th session to be held from 13 to 31 March 2006. 
 
Thank you in advance for your forthcoming reply. 
 
Sincerely 
 
Christine Chanet 
Chairperson 
Human Rights Committee 
 
cc:  H.E. Amb. Kevin E. Moley 
Permanent Representative of the United States of America to 
the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International 
Organizations 
 
End text of letter. 
 
MOLEY