Position Paper for the 2001 Commission on Human Rights
POSITION PAPER OF THE WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE
2001 UN Commission on Human Rights
57th session (19 March to 28 April 2001), Geneva
I. THEMATIC ISSUES
- Children's Rights
- Human Rights Defenders
- Independence of judiciary, administration of justice and impunity
- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Racism
- Women
II. STANDARD SETTING
- Draft International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances
- Draft Optional Protocol (DOP) to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
III. MASS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Bahrain
- China
- Colombia
- Israel and Palestine
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- Turkey