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Professional Invitation Letter Sample

HAUT-COMMISSARIAT AUX DROITS DE L’HOMME • OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

PALAIS DES NATIONS • 1211 GENEVA 10, SWITZERLAND

www.ohchr.org • TEL: +41 22 918 9236 • FAX: +41 22 917 9018 • E-MAIL: bpesut@ohchr.org

REFERENCE: LTR12_06 JOR

25 June 2012

Dear National Institutions,

It is with greatpleasure that we inviteyou to participatein the 11

International

ConferenceofNationalHumanRightsInstitutions(NHRIs)tobeheldatLeRoyal

Hotel in Amman, Jordan from 4 to 7 November 2012.

Please note that theICC Bureau meetingwill be held on 4November; Regional

groups meetings will convene on 5 November; and the plenaries will be held on 6 and 7

November.

The Conference is organized by the National Centre for Human Rights(NCHR)

ofJordan,incollaborationwiththeOfficeoftheUnitedNationsHighCommissioner

forHumanRights(OHCHR),andtheInternationalCoordinatingCommitteeof

National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC).

TheoverallthemeoftheConferenceis“TheHumanRightsofWomenand

Girls,GenderEquality:TheRoleofNationalHumanRightsInstitutions”. The

ConferencewillbeaplatformforNHRIsandotherparticipantstodiscussthecurrent

situation,challengesandadvancementsrelatingtothehumanrightsofwomeninlight

oftherelevanthumanrightsstandards.NHRIswillseektoshareexperienceandbest

practices on their work to promote and protect women’srights. They will focus on how

tochangethestatusofwomenandgirlswithafocusonobstacles-legal,economic,

cultural and structural - that lead to discrimination against women and create inequality.

Further,discussionswillincludepracticalsuggestionsonhowtoeliminatesuch

discrimination and to empower women towards greater equality.

TheConferencewillbedividedintosubstantivesessions andworkinggroups,

providing NHRIsthe opportunity tofocus onspecific areasfromtheirown perspective

and national experiences. The main conclusions of the Conference will be reflected and

incorporatedintotheDeclarationofAmmantobeconsideredandadoptedbythe

participants at the Conference.

Inlinewiththepolicyadoptedatthe9

InternationalConferenceoftheICCheldin

Nairobi,Kenya(2008),incountrieswhereanindependentnationalgender-specific

institutionexistsinadditiontoaNHRI,werecommendthattheNHRIinvitea

representative of that institution to be part of their delegation to the Conference.

To: All National Human Rights Institutions

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TheworkinglanguagesoftheConferencewillbe:Arabic,English,French,and

Spanish.

A practicalInformationnoteandaRegistrationformareattachedforyour

attention.TheConceptnoteandDraftagendawillbesenttoyouatalaterstageand

posted on the National Institutions official website (//nhri.ohchr.org).

PleaserefertotheattachedInformationnoteformoredetails.Shouldyouhave

furtherqueriesaboutthe11

InternationalConference, pleaseaddressthemtoMr.

BamaziKossiTchaa(btchaa@ohchr.org), Ms.BushraAbu-Shahout

(bushra.n@nchr.org.jo) or Ms. Biljana Pesut (bpesut@ohchr.org).

Looking forward to seeing you at this important event,

Yours sincerely,

………………………………………………..

Navi Pillay

High Commissioner for Human Rights

…………………………………………………

Mousa Burayzat

Commissioner-General, NCHR/Jordan

ICC Chair

Attachments:

1. Information note

2. Registration form