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:

Round-Up of Session                                  

SUBCOMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

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VITIT MUNTARBHORN APPOINTED UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION

OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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Round-Up                                                         

UN EXPERTS APPEAL TO IRAN TO COMPLY WITH HUMAN

RIGHTS NORMS IN CASE OF DEAD JOURNALIST

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GENEVA, 27 July (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and the Special Rapporteur on torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION

OF HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

High Commissioner for Human Rights Addresses Sub-Commission

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WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS TO MEET IN GENEVA IN LARGEST ANNUAL EVENT

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GENEVA, 16 July (UN Information Service) -- Over 1,000 representatives of indigenous peoples and communities from around the world will join Government delegates, non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies in Geneva from 19 to 23 July for the largest international meeting on indigenous peoples’ rights.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN NOMINATES EXPERTS FOR FACT-FINDING MECHANISMS

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION

Hears Address by New High Commissioner for Human Rights

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA 5 - 30 JULY