International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights

27^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VOICES CONCERNS

FOLLOWING VERDICT IN INDONESIA TRIBUNAL

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued the following statement today:

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

20^th Meeting (PM)

AGREEING TO HOLD SECOND SESSION, COMMITTEE URGES IMPROVED ACCESS

FOR DISABLED TO UNITED NATIONS FACILITIES

Decision Stresses Importance of NGOs in Committee’s Work

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED BY SCHEDULED EXECUTION

OF TWO JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN UNITED STATES

GENEVA, 1 August (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has expressed her deep concern at the scheduled executions in Texas of T.J. Jones and Toronto Patterson, respectively, on 8 and 28 August 2002 for crimes they committed when they were 17 years old.

HUMAN RIGHTS ENVOY FINDS MORE HUMANE APPROACH TO ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION IN AUSTRALIA ‘WOULD BE DESIRABLE’

Round-Up

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION

Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

1^st Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

BEGINS FIRST-EVER MEETING

FIRST EVER SESSION OF SOCIAL FORUM TO BE HELD

IN GENEVA FROM 25 TO 26 JULY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The first ever session of the Social Forum, which has been set up to create a space within the United Nations human rights system for dialogue with non-governmental organizations and members of civil society, will be held from 25 to 26 July at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Background Release

SUBCOMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 29 JULY TO 16 AUGUST

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 July (UN Information Service) -- The Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights’ principal subsidiary organ, will hold its fifty-fourth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 29 July to 16 August 2002.

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS ISRAELI AIR ATTACK ON GAZA

GENEVA, 23 July (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson today added her voice to that of Secretary-General Kofi Annan in condemning Israel’s latest air attack in the Gaza Strip.