HR/CRC/98/30 29 May 1998 Committee on Rights of Child Continues Consideration of Report of Maldives United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson told the Committee on the Rights of...

HR/CRC/98/31 29 May 1998 Experts Recommend Research of Multiple Marriages and Divorces which Affect Children The Maldives should research the impact of multiple marriages and divorces, phenomena which...

HR/CRC/98/29 28 May 1998 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon started reviewing a report from the Maldives. Rashida Yoosuf, Minister of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare of the...

HR/CRC/98/28 28 May 1998 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning praised Japan for achievements on behalf of children but said there were shortcomings that had to be remedied. In...

HR/CRC/98/26 27 May 1998 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its consideration of a Japanese Government report, raising such issues as bullying in schools, sexual...

HR/CRC/98/27 27 May 1998 Discrimination was very serious in Japan and affected minorities, foreign residents, religious groups, the girl child and disabled children, members of the Committee of the...

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to consider today the profound importance of conducting human rights work in the places where people live. Our presence in the...

HR/CRC/98/25 25 May 1998 Panel Encourages Country's Efforts on Behalf of Youth The process of legislation concerning children's rights in Fiji needed to be speeded up and budgets needed to be...