29 April 2003 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iulia Motoc, has welcomed the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of...

CAT 30th session 29 April 2003 Afternoon The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's reform proposals for the human rights treaty bodies which were created...

Economic and Social Council 2003 Organizational Session 29 April 2003 9th Meeting (AM) The Economic and Social Council this morning filled vacancies on a number of its subsidiary bodies, including the...

CAT 30th session 28 April 2003 Morning High Commissioner for Human Rights Cites Support For Anti-Torture Efforts The Committee against Torture opened this morning its spring three-week session...

Commission on Sustainable Development Eleventh Session 28 April 2003 PM Meeting At Round Table, Current Anti-Poverty Efforts Described As ‘Tiny Fraction’ of What Is Needed to Reach Development Goals...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 25 April 2003 Creates Post of Independent Expert for Liberia; Requests Independent Expert for Afghanistan; Calls for Establishment of Human Rights Office in...

25 April 2003 The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights concluded today a week-long session during which it examined allegations...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 25 April 2003 Morning Other Measures Adopted on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms The Commission on...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 25 April 2003 Afternoon Also Approves Measures on Right to Development, Rights of the Child, Indigenous Issues The Commission on Human Rights concluded...

25 April 2003 Following is the full text of the statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira De Mello to the closing meeting of the fifty-ninth Session of the Commission on Human...