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HR/CT/474
18 September 1996


Press Release
HR/CT/474


CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD THIRTEENTH SESSION IN GENEVA

19960918 Background Release

GENEVA, 17 September (UN Information Service) -- The promotion and protection of children's rights in Morocco, Nigeria, Uruguay, United Kingdom (Hong Kong), Mauritius and Slovenia will be the focus of discussion as the Committee on the Rights of the Child meets for its thirteenth session at Geneva from 23 September to 11 October.

HR/CT/473
29 July 1996


Press Release
HR/CT/473


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION GENEVA, 8-26 JULY

19960729 Issues Recommendations on Reports of Nigeria, Brazil and Peru

GENEVA, 26 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee, concluding its fifty-seventh session, today called for restoration of democracy in Nigeria and an end to human rights abuses by security forces in Brazil and Peru.