2004

Expert’s : Revamp rights meets’ format, Qatar

4 -5 March 2004
Gulf Times
By Bonnie James in Qatar
THE UN has been urged to do a drastic evaluation of the practice of holding regional workshops on the promotion and protection of human rights as the ‘process has become very old’.

“This meeting is a fossil from the 50s and 60s of the UN,” Ravi Nair executive director, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC) told Gulf Times yesterday.