13 May 2003 An independent expert body has found violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in five countries. The Human Rights Committee, the panel that monitors how...

Security Council 13 May 2003 4754th Meeting (PM) Determining that the situation in Côte d’Ivoire was a threat to international peace and security in the region, the Security Council today decided to...

13 May 2003 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Professor Iulia Motoc, is profoundly alarmed about the serious situation of the civilian...

CAT 30th session 13 May 2003 Morning The Committee against Torture offered its conclusions and recommendations this morning on the second periodic report of Iceland, noting that it had not received...

CAT 30th session 12 May 2003 Morning The Committee against Torture held a meeting this morning with representatives of States parties to the Convention against Torture to allow Government officials to...

CAT 30th session 12 May 2003 Afternoon The Committee against Torture issued provisional conclusions and recommendations this afternoon on a report submitted to it by Cambodia and final conclusions and...

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Second Session 12 May 2003 1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM) Secretary-General Says Indigenous Still Denied Identities, Displaced from Lands, More Likely to Suffer...

12 May 2003 Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message to the second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, delivered by Angela King, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser...