Human rights

22 April 1999

Press Release
HR/4408

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD TWENTIETH SESSION FROM 26 APRIL TO 14 MAY

19990422 Background Release Committee Scheduled to Consider Reports From Iceland, Solomon Islands, Denmark, Ireland and Tunisia

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/929

REFUGEE FLOWS FROM KOSOVO INCREASING, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS

19990422 Commission on Human Rights Hears Update on Kosovo, Completes Debate on Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation Programmes

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/927

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE, NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS REPORT

19990422

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1999

Press Release
HR/4409

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-SECOND SESSION AT GENEVA FROM 26 APRIL TO 14 MAY

19990422 Background Release To Consider Reports from Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mauritius, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Italy, Luxembourg, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Liechtenstein

(Reissued as received.)

21 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/925

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS URGE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY

19990421

(Reissued as received.)

21 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/924

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS BEGINS DEBATE ON PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19990421 Chairman of Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination And Protection of Minorities Speaks on Measures to Streamline Subcommission

(Reissued as received.)

20 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/923

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ALLEGE WIDESPREAD VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

19990420 Commission on Human Rights Concludes Debate on 'Indigenous Issues'

(Reissued as received.)

20 April 1999

Press Release
HR/4407

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE CALLS INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS HIDDEN SIDE OF KOSOVO TRAGEDY

19990420

GENEVA, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by the Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons, Francis M. Deng:

20 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/922

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS BEGINS DEBATE ON 'INDIGENOUS ISSUES'

19990420

GENEVA, 19 April (UN Information Service) -- Countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) told the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon that it was important to carefully consider the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the world and that a good first step would be to give them a permanent forum within the United Nations system.

19 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/921

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DEBATE ON SPECIFIC GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS

19990419

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning concluded its debate on the rights of specific groups and individuals including migrant workers, minorities, mass exoduses and displaced persons, and other vulnerable groups.