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HR/CN/798

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES CHILD RIGHTS

14 April 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/798


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES CHILD RIGHTS

19970414

GENEVA, 10 April (UN Information Service) -- The sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and related issues were discussed this evening by the Commission on Human Rights, with the group's Special Rapporteur on the topic telling the meeting that insensitive handling of victims of such abuses could cause far more anguish than already had been inflicted.

HR/CN/797*

COUNTRIES DECRY 'SELECTIVITY' IN DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT COMMISSION

14 April 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/797*


COUNTRIES DECRY 'SELECTIVITY' IN DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT COMMISSION

19970414

GENEVA, 10 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights continued its debate on human rights violations throughout the world this morning, with several members decrying what they called an impartial approach on the part of developed countries.

HR/CT/494

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

11 April 1997


Press Release
HR/CT/494


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

19970411

The Human Rights Committee this morning recommended a series of specific measures to promote implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Bolivia, Colombia, Georgia, Lebanon and Portugal (with respect to the territory of Macau), five States parties to the Covenant, as it concluded its current session.