Security Council 4563rd Meeting* (PM) 30 June 2002 Opposing Text, United States Stresses Immunity for Troop Contingents From States Not Party to Rome Statute of International Criminal Court Following...

28 June 2002 The following statement was issued by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Dato' Param Cumaraswamy, today: “On the eve of the entering into force of the Rome...

Edinburgh, 28 June 2002 INAUGURAL WORLD CONFERENCE OF BARRISTERS AND ADVOCATES PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS: THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INDEPENDENT BAR “Protecting Human Rights: the Role and...

27.06.02 Mr. Steiner was in Geneva to attend a meeting of the Humanitarian Issues Working Group of the Peace Implementation Council which guides UN humanitarian activities in the Balkans. The Special...

27 June 2002 Background Release UN Development Activities, Coordination Issues, Humanitarian Affairs, Human Rights Also To Be Considered by Meeting Ending on 26 July The four-week annual session of...

25 June 2002 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June: Torture is one of the most atrocious violations of human...

The Committee against Torture, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the question of torture, the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture...

24 June 2002 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson today expressed deep concern over an escalation in harassment and violence against human rights defenders in Colombia. The...

24 June 2002 NEW YORK/MOSCOW, 24 June (Office of the Special Representative) -- At the conclusion of a weeklong (17-24 June) visit to the Russian Federation, including the northern Caucasus, the...