| Press Release HR/4618 |
Ad Hoc Committee on Convention
on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
1st Meeting (AM)
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
BEGINS FIRST-EVER MEETING
| Press Release HR/4616 |
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.
| Press Release HR/4615 |
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.
| Press Release HR/4614 |
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.
| Press Release HR/4611 |
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.
| Press Release HR/CT/624 |
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
| Press Release HR/4610 |
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CONCLUDES RUSSIAN FEDERATION
TRIP; WELCOMES ASSURANCES ON VOLUNTARY RETURN OF DISPLACED CHECHEN POPULATIONS
| Press Release HR/4609 |
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT VISITS INGUSHETIYA
| Press Release HR/4608 |
UN Senior Official visits Russian Federation
| Press Release HR/4607 |
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:
