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SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS DRAFT PROPOSING EXTENSION OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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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...
SELECTION, APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES TO
NEW INTERNATIONAL COURT MUST LIVE UP TO
HIGH EXPECTATIONS, UN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS
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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...
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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...
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BY MICHAEL STEINER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL IN KOSOVO
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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...
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO BEGIN ANNUAL SESSION ON 1 JULY WITH HIGH-LEVEL FOCUS ON HUMAN RESOURCES, HEALTH, EDUCATION
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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...
SALUTING INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF TORTURE VICTIMS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TERMS OF CONVENTION REMAIN ‘TRUE AND RELEVANT’ AS EVER
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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...
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE ( 26 JUNE 2002)
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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...
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS FOR STEPPED UP EFFORTS TO PROTECT RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN COLOMBIA
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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...