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Media coverage of human rights issues examined at UN forum

6 December 2001
Quandaries facing news organizations in covering international affairs and the media's impact on public understanding of complex issues on the United Nations agenda were at the centre of a spirited debate today that brought together top UN officials and leading journalists from around the world.

Geneva Convention applies to Palestinian territories, top UN rights official says

5 December 2001
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, today called again for the establishment of an international monitoring presence in the occupied Palestinian territories to ensure that global human rights standards were being observed.

UN experts in Colombia to assess impact of war on women, their role in peace-building

26 November 2001
Two United Nations experts today began a week-long visit to Colombia to assess the impact of conflict on women as well as their role in the peace-building process.

Probe into illegal executions in Afghanistan urged by UN human rights expert

16 November 2001
Reacting to reports of innocent civilians being killed in Afghanistan, a United Nations human rights expert has called for the investigation of these crimes and the prosecution of those responsible.

UN human rights expert urges steps to prevent security vacuum in Afghanistan

7 November 2001
Seeking to prevent a dangerous and destabilizing security vacuum in a post-Taliban Afghanistan, a United Nations human rights expert has outlined a series of measures geared towards protecting the country's people.
Mary Robinson

Terror attacks have broad effect on future human rights work: Robinson

31 October 2001
The international crisis following the terror attacks on the United States has broad ramifications for future human rights work, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, warns in a report released today at UN Headquarters in New York.

Middle East: UN Palestinian rights panel urges implementation of Mitchell report

31 October 2001
Implementation of the Mitchell committee report offers "the most practicable route back" to the Middle East peace process, according to the annual report of a United Nations panel charged with promoting the rights of the Palestinian people.

Colombia: UN human rights expert to probe violence against women in conflict

31 October 2001
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Radhika Coomaraswamy, is set to visit Colombia on the invitation of its Government to investigate violence against women in the country's armed conflict.

Climate of impunity leads to rights violations in Afghanistan: UN report

26 October 2001
With world attention focusing on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the massive refugee flows and internal displacement highlight the need to work towards a settlement that addresses the root causes of conflict and human rights violations in the country, a United Nations expert writes in a report released today at UN Headquarters.

Four UN human rights experts voice outrage at murder of Mexican activist

24 October 2001
United Nations human rights experts today issued a joint statement voicing their deep sadness and outrage over last week's murder in Mexico City of renowned Mexican human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa y Plácido.