Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Appoints Special Rapporteur for Indigenous People; Ends Mandates

Of Special Representative on Rwanda, Special Rapporteur on the Former Yugoslavia

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION AT PALAIS WILSON

IN GENEVA FROM 30 APRIL TO 18 MAY 2001

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports from Georgia, Greece,

Bolivia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Costa Rica

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION, 23 APRIL - 11 MAY

Committee Will Consider Reports of Venezuela,

Honduras, China: Hong Kong, Republic of Korea and Bolivia

(Reissued as received.)

Human Rights Committee

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1926^th Meeting (AM) and

 Round-up of Session

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION, EXPRESSES VIEWS ON REPORTS

OF VENEZUELA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, UZBEKISTAN, CROATIA AND SYRIA

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-first Session

1925^th Meeting (PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING STATE COMPLIANCE

WITH COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-first Session

1916^th Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF SYRIA; DELEGATION STRESSES

COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION AND COVENANTS

Experts Express Concern about State

of Emergency Posing a Threat to Certain Rights

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-first Session

1917^th Meeting (PM)

STATE OF EMERGENCY, RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, POLYGAMY DISCUSSED AS HUMAN RIGHTS

COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF SYRIA'S REPORT

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report on Syria’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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1914^th and 1915^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-first Session

1912^th Meeting (AM)

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-first Session

1913^th Meeting (PM)

CROATIA’S REPORT SCRUTINIZED AND PRAISED BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

The Human Rights Committee met this afternoon to continue its consideration of the initial report of Croatia on compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.