30 April 2003 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is appalled by the latest suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which resulted in three people being killed and some...

CAT 30th session 30 April 2003 Morning Government Delegation Queried on Implementation of Legal Reforms The Committee against Torture began its review this morning of a second periodic report of...

CAT 30th session 30 April 2003 Afternoon The Committee against Torture met briefly in public session this afternoon to discuss a Working Group paper on guidelines for the operation of the recently...

CAT 30th session 29 April 2003 Morning Government Delegation Absent, Experts Raise Questions About Independence of Judiciary, Reports of Maltreatment by Police The Committee against Torture began its...

29 April 2003 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iulia Motoc, has welcomed the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of...

CAT 30th session 29 April 2003 Afternoon The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's reform proposals for the human rights treaty bodies which were created...

Economic and Social Council 2003 Organizational Session 29 April 2003 9th Meeting (AM) The Economic and Social Council this morning filled vacancies on a number of its subsidiary bodies, including the...

CAT 30th session 28 April 2003 Morning High Commissioner for Human Rights Cites Support For Anti-Torture Efforts The Committee against Torture opened this morning its spring three-week session...

Commission on Sustainable Development Eleventh Session 28 April 2003 PM Meeting At Round Table, Current Anti-Poverty Efforts Described As ‘Tiny Fraction’ of What Is Needed to Reach Development Goals...