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

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UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER SITUATION OF TIBETAN MONK

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COMMISSION ADOPTS THREE RESOLUTIONS ON VIOLATION

OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED ARABTERRITORIES

Special Representative of Secretary-

General on Human Rights Defenders Presents Report

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COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES ON SITUATIONS IN CUBA, BELARUS,

TURKMENISTAN, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Approves Special Rapporteurs for Belarus and Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea; Rejects Draft Resolutions on Chechnya, Zimbabwe, China

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CHAIRPERSONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND CHILDREN’S

COMMITTEE ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Starts Debate on Effective Functioning

Of Human Rights Mechanisms; Finalizes Election of Subcommission Experts

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UN JOINT INSPECTION UNIT PRESENTS REVIEW OF GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

OF OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER

Commission Hears of Activities of National Human Rights Institutions

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COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON COMBATING DEFAMATION

OF RELIGIONS; RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

Concludes General Debate on Human Rights of Specific Groups and Individuals

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GENEVA, 13 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning adopted by recorded vote two resolutions on combating defamation of religions, and on the right to development.

COMMISSION HEARS REPORT ON SITUATION IN COLOMBIA

Some Reduction in Violence, but Human Rights Violations

Continue, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Says

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COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON IMPROVING FUNCTIONING

OF OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER, OTHER ISSUES

Debate Continues on Rights of Specific Groups and Individuals

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SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Representatives of Three United Nations Mechanisms

on Human Rights of Indigenous People Also Deliver Statements

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