| Press Release HR/CN/1095 |
COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON MYANMAR, DEATH PENALTY,
OTHER ISSUES ON PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Mandates of Three Special Rapporteurs Extended
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/4734 |
ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS
TERRORIST BOMBINGS TODAY IN IRAQ, SAUDI ARABIA
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 21 April (OHCHR) –- The following statement was issued today by the acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan:
| Press Release HR/CN/1096 |
COMMISSION ADOPTS CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN,
HAITI, NEPAL, TIMOR-LESTE AND COLOMBIA
Decides to Appoint Independent Experts
On Burundi, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Terrorism
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/CN/1093 |
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON RIGHTS OF WOMEN
AND CHILDREN, SPECIFIC GROUPS, INDIGENOUS ISSUES
Requests Secretary-General to Establish Mechanism
To Address Complex Problem of Internal Displacement
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/CN/1094 |
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS EXPRESSES
CONCERN AT ASSASSINATION OF ABDEL AZIZ AL-RANTISI
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 20 April (UN Information Service) –- The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, issued the following statement today:
| Press Release HR/CN/1091 |
COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON ADVISORY SERVICES
AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Experts on Liberia, Somalia, Cambodia, Haiti Present Reports;
General Debate on Rationalization of Work of Commission Concludes
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/CN/1092 |
COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL,
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, RIGHTS OF WOMEN
Approves Appointment of Special Rapporteur
On Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/CN/1090 |
COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Issues Concerning Capital Punishment, Anti-Terrorist Laws,
Human Rights Defenders, and Human Rights and Sexual Orientation Raised
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/CN/1089 |
COMMISSION APPROVES SIX MEASURES ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Debate Continues on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release HR/CN/1088 |
COMMISSION ADOPTS EIGHT RESOLUTIONS ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL RIGHTS,
AS WELL AS TEXT CONDEMNING NEO-NAZISM
Extends Mandates of Special Rapporteur on Illicit Dumping, Independent Expert
On Extreme Poverty; Recommends Consideration of Thematic Procedure on Cultural Rights
(Reissued as received.)
