1. 2013 ICCPR Timeline March 7, 2013

2. Pre-Adoption of the List of Issues March 7 : Pre-Geneva general update and strategy call o For those going or not going to Geneva to discuss advocacy strategy for the March Human Rights Committee session and beyond. March 11 : Prep and coordination call for those going to Geneva o For only those attending the Human Rights Committee session in March in Geneva to coordinate advocacy and meetings.

3. Adoption of the List of Issues by Human Rights Committee: Geneva March 18 : NGO breakfast briefing for Committee members in Geneva o One hour informal meeting with Committee members to answer questions and provide updates to List of Issues submissions. March 18-19 : Lobbying individual Human Rights Committee members March 20 : Human Rights Committee adopts list of issues for the U.S. review

4. Post-Adoption of the List of Issues April : Report back and pre-shadow reporting call o Discuss adopted List of Issues; identify gaps and subjects left out. Discuss preparations and advocacy for the U.S. review in October. Late April: Advocacy, public education and media campaign to publicize List of Issues in preparation for U.S. review o Coordinated letter writing campaigns to state legislators and town hall meetings in several states highlighting the ICCPR submissions. May : Letter to Administration re: consultations pre-U.S. review o Letter to the Administration suggesting improvements for civil society consultations towards the U.S. review and preparation of the U.S. written reply to the List of Issues.

5. Shadow Reporting Early May: Training call I o Basic overview of the shadow reporting process. Late June/Early July : Training Call II o More detailed training and discussion of lessons learned from prior shadow reports. August/September: Shadow reports or updated submissions due o Shadow reports submitted including updated versions of List of Issue submissions and other advocacy documents.

6. Pre-U.S. Review September 23: Day of Action in several states in advance of U.S. review highlighting issues covered in shadow reports and updated submissions o Coordinated events in several states highlighting the ICCPR submissions. September/Early October: Pre-Geneva Review strategy call o Strategy call to prepare for the U.S. review before the Committee in Geneva for individuals who submitted List of Issue submissions and/or shadow reports.

7. U.S. Review by Human Rights Committee: Geneva October 14-November 1 : 109 th Session of the Human Rights Committee o U.S. Review dates TBD; will consist of six hours over two days during this session. U.S. review to be livecast for those not attending the session in Geneva.

8. Post-U.S. Review Early November: Post-review report back December 6-8: ICCPR report back and implementation workshop at USHRN National Conference in Atlanta