26 June 2003 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE: SPEECH BY MR. BERTRAND G. RAMCHARAN THE UNITED NATIONS ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Friends of the human...

13 June 2003 Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June: The torturer seeks to break the will and spirit of his victim...

26 June 2003 The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and Officer in charge of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, approved, on behalf of the...

26 June 2003 In commemoration of the 26 June 2003 United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 52/149 of 12...

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...

24 January 2003 Two experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights have expressed serious concern over a proposed “indemnity ordinance” for soldiers allegedly involved in recent killings and...