Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

36^th & 37^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SECOND DECADE OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE;

 

CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF RACISM, SELF-DETERMINATION

Six Draft Resolutions Adopted on Youth, UN Crime Programme,

Drug Control, Violence Against Women, Indigenous People, INSTRAW

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR INFORMS THIRD COMMITTEE OF RISE OF NEW FORMS OF RACISM,

INCLUDING MANIFESTATIONS IN POLITICAL PLATFORMS, STRUGGLE AGAINST TERROR

Special Rapporteur on Mercenaries Also Addresses Committee

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT MUST BE GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD,

AS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES

Interdependence of Economic, Social, Cultural Rights with Civil,

Political Rights Stressed; Respect for All Human Rights Essential for Development

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN CITES ‘STRONG INDICATIONS’ OF COMMISSION OF WAR

CRIMES IN DARFUR, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS

Committee also Hears Reports from Special Rapporteurs

On Health, Violence Against Women, Right to Development, Human Trafficking

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

IN THIRD COMMITTEE, HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE STRONGER ACTION

BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COUNTER VIOLATIONS

Draft Resolution Approved on UN Literary Decade,

Honour Crimes, UN African Institute for Crime Prevention

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NEED TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE FIGHTING TERRORISM STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

HEARS REPORTS ON TORTURE, EXECUTION, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, RIGHT TO FOOD

No Executive, Legislative, Judicial Measure Authorizing Torture,

Cruel Treatment Could Be Considered Lawful under International Law, Expert Says

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

addressing third committee, high commissioner for human rights stresses intention

 

to strengthen capacity regarding rule of law

Also Says International Community Must Not Abandon Resolve

To Confront Terrorism within Framework of Existing Rights, International Law

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,

SPEAKERS STRESS NEED TO IMPROVE TREATY REPORTING SYSTEM

European Union Highlights Importance of Protecting Human Rights Defenders

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

Rights of Indigenous People should be integrated into Development Strategies,

Third Committee told, as it concludes review of Indigenous issues

Indigenous Questions Intrinsically Linked to Sustainable

Development, Democracy, Human Rights, Representative of Peru Says