Round-Up of Session

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION

 

Adopts Final Conclusions, Recommendations

On Reports of Yemen, Tajikistan, Slovenia, Syria, Thailand

(Reissued as received.)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION

 

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA 11 - 29 JULY

 

Experts to Review Reports of Yemen, Tajikistan, Slovenia, Syria and Thailand

(Reissued as received.)

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON 10-DAY VISIT TO WEST AFRICA

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 July (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is embarking on a 10-day visit to three countries in West Africa emerging from armed conflict.

UN EXPERTS DEPLORE ZIMBABWE’S CAMPAIGN OF FORCED EVICTION

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GENEVA, 24 June (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by a group of ten-UN experts:

The undersigned Special Procedures mandate holders of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights are deeply concerned by the recent mass forced evictions in Zimbabwe, and related human rights violations.

SECRETARY GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE URGES FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS

TO INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 June (UN Information Service) -- The Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin, issued the following statement today:

UN EXPERTS ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING GUANTÁNAMO BAY DETAINEES

(Reissued as received.)

UN EXPERTS DEPLORE RESPONSE OF UZBEKISTAN TO ANDIJAN EVENTS

 

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GENEVA, 23 June (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on torture, Manfred Nowak; the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Leila Zerrouguï; and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, made the following statement today:

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING

 

ON SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REFORM PROPOSALS

Proposal to Transform Commission

Into Human Rights Council, OHCHR Plan of Action Discussed

(Reissued as received.)

RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR RELEASE OF DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,

 

ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN MYANMAR

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Myanmar, and Independent Expert for the United Nations Secretary-General’s global study on violence against children: