Human rights

1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/486

MAGNITUDE OF PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY IN COLOMBIA 'ASTOUNDING', PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19970401 Calls Paramilitaries and Guerrillas Two Sources of 'Barbarism'; Committee Also Addresses Military Justice, States of Emergency, Violence against Women

1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/782

BOLIVIAN JUSTICE MINISTER TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF REFORM IN COUNTRY'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM

19970401 Debate Continues on Rights of Detainees, Torture

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1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/777/

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES CORRECTION

19970401

In Press Release HR/CN/777 issued on 31 March, the third full paragraph on page 8 should read as follows:

1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/487

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY GREATEST OBSTACLE TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA, EXPERT FROM JAPAN TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19970401 Says Many Problems Described to Committee Symptoms of Inequity; Committee Concludes Discussion of Colombia's Fourth Periodic Report

1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/783

TORTURE, INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES, VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DISCUSSED BY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

19970401 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

1 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/781

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON SITUATIONS IN MIDDLE EAST, WESTERN SAHARA

19970401

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31 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/774

MINISTER TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION GOVERNMENT IS TAKING MEASURES TO IMPROVE SITUATION IN BURUNDI

19970331 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

GENEVA, 21 March (UN Information Service) -- The promotion of human rights was a matter of importance for the transitional institutions in Burundi, the country's Minister for Human Rights, Social Action and Promotion of Women told the Commission on Human Rights this morning.

31 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/485

COLOMBIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION MARKED BY ABUSE, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

19970331 Ecuador's Expert Cites Actions by Government Security Forces, Paramilitary Groups; Says No Guarantee of Right to Life in Colombia

31 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/777

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES

19970331 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

31 March 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/775