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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

152. At the 14th meeting, on 10 March 2008, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Leila Zerrougui, presented her report (A/HRC/7/4 and Add.1-4).

153. At the same meeting, the representatives of Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Norway made statements, as concerned countries.

154. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, at the 14th and 15th meetings, on 10 March 2008, the following made statements and asked the Special Rapporteur questions:

(a) Representatives of States members of the Council: Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union), Switzerland;

(b) Observers for the following States: Belarus, Iraq, Mauritania, Sudan;

(c) Observer for a national human rights institution: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights;

(d) Observers for non-governmental organizations: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (also on behalf of Action Canada for Population and Development, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, the Federation for Women and Family Planning and Human Rights Watch), Colombian Commission of Jurists, Federation of Cuban Women, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), Interfaith International, International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations, Society for Threatened Peoples and World Organization against Torture (also on behalf of the International Federation of Human Rights).

155. At the 15th meeting, on the same day, the Chairperson-Rapporteur answered questions and made her concluding remarks.

156. At the 16th meeting, on 11 March 2008, a statement in exercise of the right of reply was made by the representative of Morocco.