Human rights

12 November 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/500

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTH-FIRST SESSION

19971112

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 7 November (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee ended its autumn session today by issuing a series of specific measures to promote the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Senegal, Jamaica, Iraq, Sudan, Belarus and Lithuania.

6 November 1997

Press Release
HR/4340

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD NINETEENTH SESSION GENEVA, 10 - 21 NOVEMBER

19971106 Background Release Reports by Cyprus, Argentina, Portugal, Switzerland, Cuba and Spain To Be Considered

21 October 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/499

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER SAYS 'MASSIVE, WIDESPREAD VIOLATIONS' STILL NEED INTENSE SCRUTINY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

19971021 Committee Begins Session, Concerned at Withdrawal by Democratic People's Republic of Korea from Civil and Political Rights Covenant

20 October 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/814
BIO/3112

15 October 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/498

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS NEW SESSION IN GENEVA, REPORTS ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION

19971015 Background Release Senegal, Jamaica, Iraq, Sudan, Belarus, and Lithuania Will be Considered

13 October 1997

Press Release
HR/4339

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES SIXTEENTH SESSION GENEVA, 22 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19971013 Committee Issues Recommendations On Reports of Lao People's Democratic Republic, Australia, Uganda, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Togo

2 October 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/813

23 September 1997

Press Release
HR/4338

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION

19970923

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 September (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child, the expert panel in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened its sixteenth session this morning by adopting its agenda items and programme of work.

19 September 1997

Press Release
HR/4336

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO MEET IN GENEVA, 22 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19970919 Background Release To Examine Reports of Lao People's Democratic Republic, Australia, Uganda, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo

(Reissued as received.)

19 September 1997

Press Release
HR/4337

WORKSHOP ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING CONCLUDES ITS WORK

19970919

GENEVA, 18 September (UN Information Service) -- A Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming, organized by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, was held in Geneva from 15 to 17 September to exchange experiences among bilateral and multilateral organizations about implementing gender equality policies.