Human rights

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HR/CT/550

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON UNITED KINGDOM’S DEPENDENCIES OF JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND ISLE OF MAN

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HR/CT/551

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF UNITED KINGDOM’S REPORT ON DEPENDENCIES OF JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND ISLE OF MAN

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HR/CN/979

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ITS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 20 MARCH TO 28 APRIL 2000

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-sixth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 20 March to 28 April 2000.

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HR/CT/549

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON ARTICLE 3 OF INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its consideration of its draft general comment on article 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by reviewing paragraphs 1 through 8.

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HR/CT/548

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS GENERAL COMMENT ON COVENANT ARTICLE CONCERNING EQUAL CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its consideration of its draft general comment on article 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by reviewing paragraphs 17, 18, and 21.

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HR/CT/547

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF SECOND PERIODIC REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The second periodic report submitted by the Republic of the Congo was outdated, one of the experts on the Human Rights Committee said this morning, as the Committee concluded consideration of that country’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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HR/CT/546

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF REPUBLIC OF CONGO REPORT

The Government of the Republic of the Congo was deeply concerned with the whole issue of human rights, especially since much had been written about the human rights situation in the country in the past few years, its Permanent Representative, Basile Ikouebe, told expert members of the Human Rights Committee this afternoon.

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HR/CT/545

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS SESSION, ADOPTS AGENDA, WORK PROGRAMME

The Human Rights Committee this morning adopted its agenda and programme of work, as orally revised, as it began its sixty-eighth session. The Committee will consider reports submitted by the Governments of the Republic of the Congo, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Mongolia and Guyana on their compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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HR/CT/544*

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS FROM 13-31 MARCH

Committee Will Consider Reports By Republic of Congo, Guyana, Mongolia, United Kingdom and Venezuela

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HR/4463
PKO/85

UN ANNOUNCES DEPLOYMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION ADVISERS, GROUNDBREAKING DEVELOPMENT IN UN PEACEKEEPING