Experts on extrajudicial executions, torture, the independence of judges and lawyers, arbitrary detention and freedom of religion presented the Commission on Human Rights this morning with reports which expressed concern over trends and abuses committed in various countries and regions of the world. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in a brief statement said among other things that she was worried about extrajudicial executions of children and feared that the right to life of children appeared not to be a matter of sincere concern to many…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 09 April 2002. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.