The Secretary-General, at the request of the Government of Nigeria, has decided to send a fact-finding mission to Nigeria.
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was part and parcel of Spain's domestic legal order and was directly invoked in the courts, the Human Rights Committee was told this afternoon by that country's delegation, as it began consideration of Spain's fourth periodic report.
Serious attempts were being made in Mauritius to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, experts of the Human Rights Committee, the Covenant's monitoring body, stated this morning, as they concluded consideration of that country's third periodic report.
GENEVA, 20 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon began its discussion of the question of human rights violations in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine.
* Secretary-General to send fact-finding mission to Nigeria, at request of Nigerian Government.
