25 May 1999 Radhika Coomaraswamy (UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women) (Lecture delivered at the Third Minority Rights Lecture on 25th May, 1999 at Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva) AMost...

20.05.1999 COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS The Committee on the Rights of the Child began consideration this morning of an initial report from St. Kitts and...

MORNING HR/CRC/99/23 20 May 1999 The Committee on the Rights of the Child began consideration this morning of an initial report from St. Kitts and Nevis, querying a Government delegation, among other...

HR/99/47 20 May 1999 Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, will visit the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and...

AFTERNOON HR/CRC/99/24 20 May 1999 Calls for Raising Effective Age of "Childhood" to 18, Greater Steps to Reduce Corporal Punishment, Improved Data Collection The Committee on the Rights of the Child...

BACKGROUND RELEASE HR/99/46 19 May 1999 The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories was...

CRC/99/22 19 May 1999 Calls, in Preliminary Observations, for End to Corporal Punishment in Schools, Better Collection of Data The Committee on the Rights of the Child offered preliminary observations...

FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Geneva, 22 March - 30 April 1999 ITEM 9 OF THE AGENDA: QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY...

MORNING HR/CRC/99/20 18 May 1999 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its consideration of the initial report of Barbados, asking a Government delegation, among other things...

AFTERNOON HR/CRC/99/21 18 May 1999 Government Delegation Queried on Corporal Punishment, Age Limits for Criminal Responsibility, Juvenile Offences, and Marriage The Committee on the Rights of the...