HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES AROUND $7.8 MILLION

IN GRANTS FOR TORTURE SURVIVORS

GENEVA, 15 July (Office of the UNHCHR) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has approved, on behalf of the Secretary-General, grants amounting to around $7.8 million to organizations supporting survivors of torture.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION

IN GENEVA 8-26 JULY

Reports of New Zealand, Viet Nam, Gambia,

Yemen and Republic of Moldova to Be Examined

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CONCLUDES RUSSIAN FEDERATION

TRIP; WELCOMES ASSURANCES ON VOLUNTARY RETURN OF DISPLACED CHECHEN POPULATIONS

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT VISITS INGUSHETIYA

UN Senior Official visits Russian Federation

UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO VISIT

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THREATS TO GUATEMALAN RIGHTS

DEFENDERS, CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION

GENEVA, 12 June (UN Information Service) -- Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, issued the following statement on 12 June:

Round-up

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTIETH SESSION

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES CONCLUDES HISTORIC FIRST SESSION;

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 'HAVE A HOME' AT UN

Report to Economic and Social Council

Recommend Establishment of Forum Secretariat in New York

MILITARIZATION OF INDIGENOUS AREAS A GROWING THREAT, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 22 May -- An “alarming increase of militarization in many parts of Asia” was affecting indigenous communities, an indigenous representative today told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it continued to review human rights issues.