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Human rights

29 March 2007

HR/4914-L/T/4402

CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO BE OPENED FOR SIGNATURE ON 30 MARCH

29 March 2007

	Press ReleaseHR/4914 L/T/4402

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

TO BE OPENED FOR SIGNATURE ON 30 MARCH

22 March 2007

HR/CT/689

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES ISSUES CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, JUVENILE JUSTICE, ACCESS TO LEGAL AID, AS IT CONCLUDES REVIEW OF REPORT BY BARBADOS

22 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/689

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2440^th Meeting (AM)

21 March 2007

HR/CT/688

DEATH PENALTY, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, POLICE BRUTALITY AMONG CHIEF CONCERNS RAISED BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AS IT EXAMINES REPORT OF BARBADOS

21 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/688

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2438^th & 2439^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

DEATH PENALTY, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, POLICE BRUTALITY AMONG CHIEF CONCERNS RAISED

BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AS IT EXAMINES REPORT OF BARBADOS

19 March 2007

HR/CT/687

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS PROPOSAL TO FORMALIZE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION AND INTERNATIONAL TREATY BODIES

19 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/687

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2434^th Meeting* (AM)

16 March 2007

HR/CT/686

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, EQUAL TREATMENT BEFORE COURTS

16 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/686

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2432^nd Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING

RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, EQUAL TREATMENT BEFORE COURTS

15 March 2007

HR/CT/685

CONCLUDING REVIEW OF CHILE’S REPORT, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER AMNESTY DECREE, PRISON CONDITIONS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

15 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/685

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2430^th & 2431^st Meetings (AM & PM)

14 March 2007

HR/CT/684

HEAD OF CHILE’S DELEGATION TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF EXCEPTIONAL CHANGES SWEEPING COUNTRY SINCE ELECTION OF FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT

14 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/684

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2429^th Meeting* (PM)

13 March 2007

HR/CT/683

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF MADAGASCAR’S REPORT, CITING CONCERNS ABOUT WRONGFUL DETENTION, WEAK LEGAL AID SYSTEM, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE

13 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/683

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2426^th Meeting (AM)

Human Rights Committee Concludes Discussion of Madagascar’s Report, Citing Concerns

About Wrongful Detention, Weak Legal Aid System, Judicial Independence

But Notes Progress in Human Rights Legislation,

12 March 2007

HR/CT/682

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE’S DILIGENCE, SERIOUSNESS MAKE IT ‘MODEL’ FOR OTHERS, REFORM BEING APPROACHED CAUTIOUSLY, SAYS CHAIRMAN, AS SESSION OPENS

12 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/682

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2424^th & 2425^th Meetings (AM & PM)

8 March 2007

HR/CT/681

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET IN NEW YORK, 12-30 MARCH

8 March 2007

	General AssemblyHR/CT/681

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Background Release

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET IN NEW YORK, 12-30 MARCH

Experts to Review Reports of Madagascar, Chile, Barbados