Commission on Human Rights 59th session 24 March 2003 Afternoon The Commission on Human Rights began this afternoon its annual discussion of racism and racial discrimination, hearing a number of...

24 March 2003 The following statement was issued today by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello: The High Commissioner for Human Rights expresses profound concern at...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 24 March 2003 Morning Commission Continues to Debate the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination Dominique de Villepin, the French Foreign Minister, this morning...

Human Rights Committee 77th session 24 March 2003 Delegation Questioned on the Expulsion of Foreigners; Religious Subsidies; and Distinction between "Legitimate" and "Natural" Children The Human...

24 March 2003 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Prof. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, has suspended his fact-finding mission to the country after discovering a...

Item 11 (a) – Civil and political rights, including the question of: torture and detention. Mrs. Chairperson, It is a great honour to present my second report to the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4...