17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE RELEASED INTO CUSTODY

 

OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 3 February (UN Information Service) -- The Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, Dr. Ghanim Alnajjar, issued the following statement today:

Round-Up

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Adopts Conclusion on Reports from Sweden, Albania,

Luxembourg, Austria, Belize, Bahamas, Iran, Togo, Bolivia, Nigeria

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN TO VISIT

COUNTRY FROM 31 JANUARY TO 6 FEBRUARY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 31 January (UN Information Service) -- Cherif Bassiouni, the Independent Expert on Human Rights in Afghanistan, will conduct an official mission to that country from 31 January to 6 February 2005.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ELECTS CHAIRPERSON, OTHER OFFICERS OF 2005 SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 January -- The United Nations Commission on Human Rights met today to elect the officers of its upcoming session, choosing Makarim Wibisono of Indonesia as its next Chairperson.

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR FOCUSING ATTENTION ON MOST VULNERABLE

TSUNAMI SURVIVORS, FULL PARTICIPATION

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 January (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by 26 mandate-holders of special procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, GUATEMALA

 

SIGN ACCORD TO OPEN OFFICE IN COUNTRY

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 January (OHCHR) -- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to establish an expanded presence in Guatemala later this year, according to the terms of an agreement signed today in New York with the Government of the Central American nation.

Background Release

 

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 28 JANUARY 2005

 

Situation of Child Rights in Sweden, Albania, Luxembourg,

Austria, Belize, Bahamas, Iran, Nigeria, Togo and Bolivia to Be Considered

Human Rights

Panel Discussion

Human Rights

 Panel Discussion

‘ABC:  TEACHING HUMAN RIGHTS’ BOOKLET LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS

AS PANEL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

 

Seminar participants stress importance of tolerance,

 

understanding, education in countering islamophobia