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- JULY 25, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee strongly criticised Uzbekistan's execution of six people whose cases were awaiting the committee's consideration
- APRIL 28, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group...
The United Nations and an Afghan human rights group accused fighters in northwestern Afghanistan of violating human rights during clashes in March, including the execution of 26 people whose bodies were found with their hands tied
- APRIL 24, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A resolution for a moratorium on capital executions...
A resolution for a moratorium on capital executions and the abolition of the death penalty was approved, for the seventh consecutive year, at the UN Commission on Human Rights with 24 votes in favour, 10 abstentions and 18 votes against
- APRIL 17, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment...
The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment criticizing a dissident crackdown by Cuba, but instead approved a milder resolution calling for a UN rights monitor to visit the island
- APRIL 10, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the UNCHR Antoine Madelin, of International...
In occasion of the UNCHR Antoine Madelin, of International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, said that corporal punishments and discrimination against women persisted in Iran
- MARCH 24, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin made...
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin made a call at the UN Human Rights Commission for the universal ratification of the statute of the International Criminal Court and for the abolition of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings"...
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings" and the government of the northern Caribbean island is doing too little to punish the officers involved, said Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- JANUARY 21, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Mexico had asked the International...
It was reported that Mexico had asked the International Court of Justice to block the execution of 54 Mexican nationals in the United States, pending a ruling on whether their consular rights were violated
- NOVEMBER 26, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Third Committee approved a draft resolution...
The UN Third Committee approved a draft resolution calling for effective action to eliminate extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- NOVEMBER 6, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special...
At the Third Committee Andreas Mavrommatis, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iraq, introduced his report by welcoming the recent decree of the Revolutionary Command Council signed by President Saddam Hussein on 20 October, granting a
- NOVEMBER 5, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
At the Third Committee Ellen Margrethe Loj from Denmark,...
At the Third Committee Ellen Margrethe Loj from Denmark, speaking on behalf of the European Union, said capital punishment ought to be a feature of the past
- OCTOBER 16, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights chief Sergio...
In Geneva, the United Nations human rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello said he was seriously worried about the human rights situation in Ivory Coast