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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT FROM COLOMBIA
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11 November 2003 The Committee against Torture began its consideration this morning of the third periodic report of Colombia on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention against...
THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS TEN YEARS AFTER THE VIENNA WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS (1993)
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ADDRESS OF BERTRAND RAMCHARAN TO CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES NEW YORK, 10 NOVEMBER 2003 Friends of the Human Rights Movement, I am particularly pleased to be with you at this...
58th Session of the General Assembly
Address by Bertrand Ramcharan
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights To the Third Committee of the United Nations
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NEW YORK, 10 November 2003 Mr. Chairman, distinguished delegates of the Third Committee, ladies and gentlemen I have the honour to present to you today the annual report of the United Nations High...
“Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom”
A conference in Atlanta, GA, November 10-12, 2003
Presentation by the United Nations Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Betrand Ramcharan
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Let me begin by thanking President Carter, and the staff of the Carter Centre, for bringing us all together here in Atlanta, and for this valuable opportunity to meet and discuss. I have come to...
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON TORTURE Theo van Boven to the 58TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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11 NOVEMBER 2003 Madam Chair, Distinguished Representatives and Observers, I. The absolute prohibition of torture; erosion of a consensus? At the outset of my presentation I wish to share with you my...
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION IN MYANMAR ENDS VISIT TO COUNTRY
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7 November 2003 Prof. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Myanmar, completes his six-day visit to Myanmar on 8 November. This visit, which...
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS THIRTY-FIRST SESSION
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10 November 2003 The Committee against Torture opened this morning its thirty-first session by hearing an address from Jane Connors, a Representative of the Secretary-General, and adopting its agenda...