Background Release

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-NINTH SESSION

 

IN GENEVA, 17 MAY - 3 JUNE

Child Rights in Saint Lucia, Philippines, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Nepal, Ecuador, Norway, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Yemen to be Reviewed

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EXPERTS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PAY TRIBUTE TO SLAIN,

 

PERSECUTED JOURNALISTS ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPOINTS

CHIEF FOR NEPAL MONITORING OPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

Round-up

COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION

Adopts Provisional Guidelines for States Parties’ Initial Reports

(Reissued as received)

Background Release

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO MEET IN GENEVA, 2 - 20 MAY 2005; WILL CONSIDER REPORTS

OF TOGO, CANADA, SWITZERLAND, FINLAND, ALBANIA, UGANDA, BAHRAIN

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INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN NEPAL OVERLOOKED, NEGLECTED,

 

UN EXPERT SAYS AFTER MISSION

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GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- “Internally displaced persons in Nepal have been largely overlooked and neglected”, the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) said today at the end of a mission to that country.

Round-Up of Session

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES SIXTY-FIRST SESSION AFTER ADOPTING,

86 RESOLUTIONS, 16 DECISIONS, 4 STATEMENTS BY CHAIRMAN

53-Member Body Establishes Mandates for 5 Independent

Experts, Including on Minorities, Sudan, Transnational Corporations

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UN RIGHTS EXPERTS APPEAL FOR MEASURES TO ENSURE

 

FREE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TOGO

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Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

 

THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION FROM 25 APRIL TO 13 MAY 2005

Reports of Zambia, China, Serbia and Montenegro, Norway to be Considered

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Background Release

SECOND SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS

 

OF MIGRANTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 25 TO 29 APRIL

Committee to Discuss Methods of Work, Adopt Provisional

Guidelines for Submission of States Parties’ Initial Reports

(Reissued as received.)