JOINT STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD AND EXPERT

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN REGARDING BESLAN

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GENEVA, 17 September (United Nations Information Service) -- The following joint statement was issued today by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and by the Independent Expert charged with preparing a United Nations study on violence against children, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro:

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILDREN OPENS THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Hears Statement by Chief of Treaty and Commission Branch of Office

Of High Commissioner for Human Rights; Adopts Agenda, Programme of Work

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UN EXPERT DEPLORES UZBEKISTAN’S LACK OF COOPERATION

 

WITH UN HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

 

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GENEVA, 13 September (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights made the following statement today:

International Covenant on Civil

 and Political Rights

29^th Meeting (AM)

States Parties to International Civil, political rights

 

covenant elect nine members to monitoring body

 

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION

IN GENEVA FROM 13 SEPTEMBER TO 1 OCTOBER

Reports from Brazil, Botswana, Croatia, Bahamas, Kyrgyzstan,

Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda to Be Considered

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WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 13 TO 17 SEPTEMBER

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GENEVA, 8 September (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will hold its fortieth session from 13 to 17 September 2004 in Geneva.

VERNOR MUÑOZ VILLALOBOS APPOINTED UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO EDUCATION

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GENEVA, 30 August (UN Information Service) -- United Nations Commission on Human Rights Chairman Mike Smith has appointed Vernor Muñoz Villalobos of Costa Rica as Special Rapporteur on the right to education.  The appointment was made on 13 July 2004 in consultation with representatives of the different regional groups in the Commission.

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISAPPEARED, UN HUMAN RIGHTS

 

WORKING GROUP EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN

 

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GENEVA, 27 August (UN Information Service) -- On the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances is issuing today the following message:

‘jews everywhere must feel that the United Nations is their home, too,’

Secretary-General tells seminar on anti-semitism

Daylong Programme Is First in Series on ‘Unlearning Intolerance’

Round-Up of Session                                  

SUBCOMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

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