16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF INITIAL REPORT OF ALBANIA
10 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the initial report of Albania on its efforts to give effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Introducing the report, Blendi Vathi, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Public Order of Albania, said the Government of Albania strongly believed that the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of the individual were the foundation of freedom, justice and peace. The Government unreservedly condemned the use of…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF FINLAND
10 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Finland to questions raised by Committee Experts on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Responding to a series of questions raised by the Committee members on Monday, 9 May on the fourth periodic report of Finland, the delegation said the Government of Finland was convinced that the Penal Code fully covered any actions or crimes which constituted torture as it was defined in article 1 of the Convention. Acts that did…
16 years 3 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
09 May 2005
Presentation of Credentials
U Nyunt Maung Shein, the new Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Shein had been serving as Myanmar's Ambassador in Germany since 2002. He was concurrently accredited as Myanmar's Ambassador to Austria, Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic, and as the Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations Office at Vienna, the International Atomic…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT OF FINLAND
09 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Finland on how that country gives effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Introducing the report, Arto Kosonen, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, said Finland's Constitution prohibited torture and other treatment violating human dignity and provided protection against the deportation, extradition or return of a foreigner if in consequence he or she was in danger of death…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SWITZERLAND
09 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Switzerland to questions raised by Committee Experts on how that country was implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Responding to questions raised by the Committee Experts on Friday, 6 May, the delegation said that during the period under consideration, between 1999 and 2000, there had been no decisions taken in violation of the principles of the Convention concerning the extradition of persons. When an extradition was requested, the…
16 years 3 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
06 May 2005
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about Geneva meetings, the polio outbreak in Indonesia, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration addressed the briefing.Geneva Meetings and Press Conference
Mrs. Heuzé said the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was continuing its work at the Palais…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT OF SWITZERLAND
06 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Switzerland on that country's efforts to give effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Introducing the report, Bernardo Stadelmann, Deputy Director, Federal Office of Justice, Federal Department of Justice and Police of Switzerland, said Switzerland had never spared efforts for its human rights policies and most particularly in favour of the best protection of individual freedoms.…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF CANADA
06 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Canada to questions raised by Committee Experts on the fourth and fifth periodic reports of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Responding to a series of questions raised by the Committee members on Wednesday, 4 May, the delegation, which was led by Oonagh Fitzgerald, Acting Chief Legal Counsel, Public Law Sector, Department of Justice Canada, said the low number of female prisoners in the country was due to a…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS EXAMINES FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT OF NORWAY
04 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights completed its review today of the fourth periodic report of Norway on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report was Petter Wille, Deputy Director-General in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who said that since the submission of the report under consideration, a number of new developments had taken place in Norway. Among them was the adoption of a bill last month prohibiting ethnic and…
16 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORTS OF CANADA
04 May 2005
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Canada on the efforts of that country to give effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Oonagh Fitzgerald, Acting Chief Legal Counsel, Public Law Sector, Department of Justice Canada, introduced the reports, saying that the Canadian Criminal Code provided a definition of torture that was in accordance with the definition contained in article 1 of the Convention against Torture. Any act…
