The Human Rights Committee this afternoon expressed its dissatisfaction with responses provided by Mongolia to the questions it posed. The 18-member expert Committee had asked about that countrys compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
NEW YORK, 20 March (Office of Special Representative) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara A. Otunnu, has welcomed legislation enacted by the Government of Rwanda, which will now allow girls to inherit land and other properties.
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 12 through 19.
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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.
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.
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.
The second periodic report submitted by the Republic of the Congo was outdated, one of the experts on the Human Rights Committee said this morning, as the Committee concluded consideration of that countrys compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
