English: The following national and international non-governmental organizations were represented by observers at the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sessions: Association of Korean Human Rights in Japan (Japan), Association to Protect Utoro (Japan), Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute (Japan), Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, Centre for Legal and Social Studies (Argentina), Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (Canada), Contextos Latinoamericanos para la Promoción de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (Switzerland), Council for Social Welfare (Ireland), Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary), Forum for the Improvement of the Living Conditions of Old People in Need of Nursing Care in Germany, Forum of People with Disabilities (Ireland), Hong Kong Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre (Georgia), Institution of Public Health Engineers (India), International Anti-Poverty Law Center (United States of America), International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (United States of America), International Women's Rights Action Watch (United States of America), Irish Commission for Justice and Peace (Ireland), Japanese Workers' Committee for Human Rights (Japan), Justice (Hong Kong Section of the International Commission of Jurists), National Congress of Catholic Secondary Schools Parents Associations (Ireland), Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Non-governmental Organizations Committee for Reporting on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Japan), Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Refugee Project of the Irish Bishops' Conference (Ireland), St. Joseph's Association for the Mentally Handicapped (Ireland), Women's Economic Equality Project.
French: Les organisations internationales et nationales non gouvernementales suivantes étaient représentées par des observateurs aux vingt-huitième et vingt-neuvième sessions: Association pour la protection d'Utoro (Japon), Association pour les droits de l'homme des Coréens au Japon (Japon), Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute (Japon), Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, Centre d'études juridiques et sociales (Argentine), Centre pour les droits à l'égalité au logement (Canada), Comité d'action internationale pour la promotion de la femme (États-Unis d'Amérique), Comité des organisations non gouvernementales pour la présentation de rapports au titre du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels (Japon), Comité japonais des travailleurs pour les droits de l'homme (Japon), Contextos Latinoamericanos para la Promoción de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (Suisse), Council for Social Welfare (Irlande), Université Eötvös Loránd (Hongrie), Forum of People with Disabilities (Irlande), Forum pour l'amélioration de la situation des personnes âgées nécessitant des soins en Allemagne, Hong Kong Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, Human Rights Information and Documentation Center (Géorgie), Institution of Public Health Engineers (Inde), International Anti-Poverty Law Center (États-Unis d'Amérique), International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (États-Unis d'Amérique), Irish Commission for Justice and Peace (Ireland) , Justice (Section de Hong Kong de la Commission internationale de juristes), National Congress of Catholic Secondary Schools Parent Association (Irlande), Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (Pays-Bas), Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord), Refugee Project of the Irish Bishops' Conference (Irlande), St.  Joseph's Association for the Mentally Handicapped (Irlande), Women's Economic Equality Project.