General Assembly Twenty-seventh Special Session 10 May 2002 5th Meeting (AM) As the General Assembly special session on children continued its debate this afternoon, top government social affairs...

CAT 28th session 10 May 2002 Matin Concludes Consideration of Amendments to Rules of Procedure for Individual Complaints The Committee against Torture decided this morning to focus its annual...

10 May 2002 Background Release The inaugural meeting of a new United Nations body, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues -- which will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York on...

CAT 28th session 10 May 2002 Afternoon Continues Review of Report of Saudi Arabia The Committee against Torture provided its conclusions and recommendations this afternoon on a fourth periodic report...

10 May 2002 International experts from academia and the human rights community will meet in Geneva from 13 to 17 May to study ways of making the prevention and punishment of the activities of...

General Assembly Twenty-seventh Special Session 10 May 2002 6th Meeting (PM) and Round-up Concluding its special session on children tonight, the General Assembly adopted the final outcome document --...

General Assembly Twenty-seventh Special Session 9 May 2002 3rd Meeting (AM) Among the key issues raised this morning as the General Assembly special session on children continued its general debate...

General Assembly Twenty-seventh Special Session 9 May 2002 4th Meeting (PM) Israeli Justice Minister Denounces Use of Children in Terrorist Attacks The denial of the basic human rights of children...