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Human rights

HR/CT/495

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA, 14 JULY TO 1 AUGUST

11 July 1997


Press Release
HR/CT/495


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA, 14 JULY TO 1 AUGUST

19970711 Background Release

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee will consider reports from Slovakia, Belarus, France, Congo and India on efforts to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights when it meets in Geneva from 14 July to 1 August.

HR/4330

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION

6 June 1997


Press Release
HR/4330


COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION

19970606

(Reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 6 June (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child adjourned this morning its three-week fifteenth session by issuing conclusions and recommendations on reports submitted to it by six countries.

HR/4326

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION GENEVA, 28 APRIL - 9 MAY

12 May 1997


Press Release
HR/4326


COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION GENEVA, 28 APRIL - 9 MAY

19970512 Terms Israeli Interrogation Methods 'Torture' and Calls for their End; Reports of Ukraine, Mexico, Denmark, Paraguay, Namibia, Sweden Also Considered

(Reissued as received.)

HR/CN/802

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLETES LONG DEBATE ON CHILD RIGHTS

15 April 1997


Press Release
HR/CN/802


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLETES LONG DEBATE ON CHILD RIGHTS

19970415

Conscientious Objection to Military Service, Follow-Up to Human Rights 1993 Conference, Human Rights Defenders Discussed

(Reissued as received.)