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Economic and Social Council

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Commission on Human Rights: The sixteenth session of the Commission on Human Rights was held in Geneva from February 29 to March 18, 1960, under the chairmanship of Mr. Mario Amadeo (Argentina). The agenda adopted by the Commission included discussion of advisory services in the field of human rights, the right of everyone to be free from arbitrary arrest, detention, and exile, a declaration on the right of asylum, freedom of information, national advisory committees on human rights, the prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities, communications concerning human rights, and a review of the human rights program along with consideration of the control and limitation of documentation.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , Summer 1960 , pp. 444 - 452
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1960

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References

1 Material in this section is based on Document E/CN.4/L.568 and Adds.1–3. For a summary of the 15th session of the Commission, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 288–290CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 Document E/CN.4/L.547.

3 Document E/CN.4/L.547/Rev. I.

4 Document E/CN.4/791.

5 Document E/CN.4/I.548.

6 Document E/CN.4/L.548/Rev.I.

7 Document E/CN.4/L.517.

8 Document E/CN.4/L.518.

9 Document E/CN.4/L.550.

10 Document E/CN.4/L.575.

11 Document E/CN.4/800.

12 Document E/CN.4/L.565.

13 Document E/CN.4/L.566.

14 Document E/CN.4/Sub.2/800.

15 United Nations Review, 05 1960 (Vol. 6, No.11), p. 30–32Google Scholar. For a summary of the 13th session, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 290–291Google Scholar

16 Document E/3383, issued in printed form as Economic and Social Council Official Records (30th session), Supplement No. 6. See also UN Press Release EC/I978, March 21, 1960. For a summary of the seventh session, see International Organization, Summer 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 291–293.Google Scholar.

17 Document SF/L.33 and Adds.1–6, and UN Press Releases SPF/36, December 8, 1959, and SPF/44, January 7, 1960. For a summary of the 1st and 2d sessions of the Governing Council, see International Organization, Summer 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 3), p. 444–445Google Scholar.

18 Document SF/L.25.

19 Document SF/L.33 and Adds.1–6, and UN Press Releases SPF/63, April 26, 1960, SPF/68, May 25, 1960, SPF/69, May 27, 1960, and SPF/75, May 27, 1960.

20 UN Press Release EC/2010, June 24, 1960.