Participants
The sessions of the Preparatory Committee are open to participation by:
- All Member States of the United Nations
- Representatives of organizations which have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate as observers
- Specialized UN agencies as observers
- Associate members of regional commissions as observers
- United Nations organs, bodies, programmes and relevant mechanisms, including human rights bodies and mechanisms as observers
- Indigenous peoples’ representatives that are accredited in accordance with Economic and Social Council Resolution 1995/32 as observers
- National human rights institutions, as observers, based on arrangements and practices agreed upon by the Commission on Human Rights
- Interested non-governmental organizations, as observers, in accordance with Economic and Social Council Resolution 1996/31 and PrepCom Decision PC.1/2 adopted at the August 2007 PrepCom organizational session.