Human Rights Committee

Eighty-third Session

2264^th & 2265^th Meetings (AM & PM)*

DEATH PENALTY USE, PRISON CONDITIONS, WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ISSUES

RAISED, AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP UZBEKISTAN’S REPORT

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2262^nd Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF REPORT BY MAURITIUS

 

Experts Commend Progress Made, But Cite Gaps in Constitutional Protection of Rights

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2261^stMeeting(PM)*

Human rights committee takes up report of Mauritius

Experts Praise Creation of National Human Rights

Commission but Raise Concerns Regarding Anti-Terrorism Law

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2258^th & 2259^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Changes to Iceland’s penal code aimed at combating terrorism

 

focus of debate in human rights committee

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-third Session

2256^th & 2257^th Meetings (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF KENYA’S REPORT

ON COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Experts Press for Greater Resolve by Government Regarding Troubling

Reports of Prisoner Mistreatment, Violence against Women, Forced Evictions

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-FIRST SESSION

 

High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Commission Is One

Embodiment of Collective Responsibility to Promote and Protect Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UN VOLUNTARY FUND ON CONTEMPORARY

 

FORMS OF SLAVERY CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 March (UN Information Service) -- The Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery concluded its tenth session on Friday, 11 March.

Background Release

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD SIXTY-FIRST SESSION

 

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 14 MARCH TO 22 APRIL 2005

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 March (UN Information Service) -- The principal human rights organ of the United Nations, the Commission on Human Rights, will conduct its annual six-week session for 2005 from 14 March to 22 April.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD EIGHTY-THIRD SESSION

 

IN NEW YORK FROM 14 MARCH TO 1 APRIL 2005

 

Experts to Review Reports of Kenya, Iceland, Mauritius, Uzbekistan, Greece

(Reissued as received.)

ARAB COUNTRIES TO MEET IN CAIRO FROM 6 – 8 MARCH TO DISCUSS STRENGTHENING

NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- Representatives of national institutions, governments and civil society from throughout the Arab region will meet in Cairo from 6 to 8 March to discuss establishing or strengthening national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights.