Amnesty International's statements to the 51st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

Index Number: IOR 41/004/1995
Date Published: 1 March 1995

AI delivered three oral statements to the 51st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights. It made statements on the UN's thematic mechanisms, particularly concerning violations against women (China, Peru, Mexico, Afghanistan, Sudan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda); on government's excuses for violations and the duty of the Commission to act (Colombia, Indonesia, Algeria, Turkey, Jammu and Kashmir); and on its concerns in the Israeli-Occupied Territories.