26 June 2003 Background Release Scheduled to Conclude on 25 July, Council Will Also Consider UN Development Activities, Coordination Issues, Humanitarian Affairs, Conference Follow-up The Economic and...

26 June 2003 The United Nations 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...

STATEMENT OF MR. BERTRAND RAMCHARAN, ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES PALAIS WILSON 23 JUNE 2003 Distinguished chairpersons...

23 June 2003 10th Annual Meeting of Special Rapporteurs, Representatives, Independent Experts and Chairpersons of Working Groups of the Commission on Human Rights (Geneva, 23 – 26 June 2003) Opening...

19 June 2003 Legal and human rights experts meeting in Geneva have presented acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan with groundbreaking draft legislation for use...

19 June 2003 A vast majority of speakers expressed support for drafting a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities during the session of the General Assembly committee established to...

Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Measures Mr Chairman, Distinguished Committee Members. 1. I appear before you as the representative of the Human Rights Committee, the body established under the...