COMM!SS!ON on HUMAN RMHTS REPORT on the TWENTYFOURTH Session 5 February - 12 March 1968
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E/4475 E/CN.4/972 COMM!SS!ON ON HUMAN RMHTS REPORT ON THE TWENTYFOURTH SESSiON 5 February - 12 March 1968 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTY-FOURTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 4 UNITED NATIONS MMM!SS!ON ON HUMAN RMHTS REPORT ON THE TWENTY-FOURTH SESSMN 5 February - 12 March 1968 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTY-FOURTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 4 UNITED NATIONS New York, 1968 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. E/447S E/CN.4/972 CONTENTS Chapter Para graphs Page 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION ............ , , 1 - 14 1 A. Opening and duration of the session ...... 1 - 3 1 B. 4 - 5 1 C. 6 - 7 6 D. 8 - 9 6 E. Meetings, resolutions and documentation . 10 - 14 9 11. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION ...... 15 - 22 10 III. QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS INCLUDING POLICIES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION AND OF APARTHEID, IN ALL COUNTRIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ............... 23 - 250 12 A. Report and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur appointed under resolution 7 (XXXIl) of the Commission ...... 24 - 103 12 B. Review of the situation referred to in resolution 2 (XXIII) of the Commission: report of the ad hoc Working Group of Experts ............. 104 - 139 45 C. Study of situations which reveal a consistent pattern of violation of human rights as provided in resolution 8 (XXIIl) of the Commission and resolution 1235 (XLIl) of the Economic and Social Council ............ l4o - 210 58 D. Report of the ad hoc Study Group set up under resolution 6 (XXIIl) of the Commission . ...... 211-250 80 IV. PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES 251 - 271 93 V. STUDY OF THE QUESTION OF THE REALIZATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 272 - 295 98 VI. PERIODIC REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 296 - 312 103 -iii- CONTENTS (continued) Chapter Paragraphs VII. DRAFT DECLARATION AND DRAFT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF 313-317 VIII. QUESTION OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN ALL THEIR PRACTICES AND MANIFESTATIONS INCLUDING THE SLAVERY-LIKE PRACTICES OF APARTHEID AND COLONIALISM 318 - 340 IX. QUESTION OF THE PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMINALS AND OF PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY . 34l - 364 X. MEASURES FOR THE SPEEDY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AGAINST NAZISM AND RACIAL INTOLERANCE 365-384 XI. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ................. 385-399 XII. TELEGRAM TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL ........ 400 - 4o6 XIII. STUDY OF THE RIGHT OF ARRESTED PERSONS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE WHOM IT IS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO CONSULT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEIR DEFENCE OR TO PROTECT THEIR ESSENTIAL INTERESTS ........ ........ 407 XIV. COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS ....... 408 - 409 XV. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS TO EXAMINE THE FINANCES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES. REVIEW OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIORITIES. CONTROL AND LIMITATION OF DOCUMENTATION. REVIEW OF THE COMMISSION'S PROCEDURES AND METHODS OF WORK WITH A VIEW TO EXPEDITING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEMS OF ITS AGENDA 410 XVI. POSTPONEMENT OF AGENDA ITEMS TO THE TWENTY- FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION .......... 4ll XVII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT 4l2 -iv- CONTENTS (continued) Chapter Page XVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT ITS TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION 1 (XXIV) Organization of the work of the session ........ 14$ 2 (XXIV) Report of the ad hoc Working Group of Experts on the treatment of political prisoners in the Republic of South Africa l4$ 3 (XXIV) Measures for effectively combating racial discrimination, the policies of apartheid and segregation in southern Africa 146 4 (XXIV) Measures for effectively combating racial discrimination, the policies of apartheid and segregation in southern Africa .......... l4$ 5 (XXIV) Report of the ad hoc Working Group of Experts on the treatment of political prisoners in the Republic of South Africa ....... 150 6 (XXIV) Question of human rights in the territories occupied as a result of hostilities in the Middle East . 151 7 (XXIV) Question of the establishment of regional commissions on human rights ...... ... 152 8 (XXIV) Question of ways and means which may enable or assist the Commission to discharge its functions . ................. 153 9 (XXIV) Composition of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities ............... 154 10 (XXIV) Prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities ... ............. 154 11 (XXIV) Study of the question of the realization of economic and social rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ......... 15$ 12 (XXIV) Periodic reports on human rights : freedom of information . 1% 13 (XXIV) Question of the punishment of war criminals and of persons who have committed crimes against humanity ..... 159 14 (XXIV) Question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations, including the slavery-like practices of apartheid and colonialism ...................... 160 15 (XXIV) Measures to be taken against nazism and racial intolerance .................. l6l 16 (XXIV) Capital punishment ............. 162 -v- CONTENTS (continued) Chapter Page XIX. DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FOR ACTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL I. Measures for effectively combating racial discrimination^ the policies of apartheid and segregation in southern Africa . 165 II. Report of the ad hoc Working Group of Experts on the treatment of political prisoners in the Republic of South Africa ................. 167 III. Composition of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 168 IV. Question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations^ including the slavery-like practices of apartheid and colonialism ............... 16$ V. Measures to be taken against nazism and racial intolerance . 170 VI. Capital punishment ..... .... 171 VII. Report of the Commission on Human Rights 171 ANNEXES I. Financial implications of resolutions adopted by the Commission at its twenty-fourth session ......... 172 II. List of documents before the Commission at its twenty-fourth session l8l -vi- I. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION A. Opening and duration of the session 1. The Commission on Human Rights held its twenty-fourth session at United Nations Headquarters^ New York^ from 5 February to 12 March 1968. 2. The session was opened ($42nd meeting) by Mr. P.E. Nedbailo (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)., Chairman of the Commission at its twenty-third session., who made a statement. 3- Mr. José Rolz-Bennett^ Under-Secretary-Peneral for Special Political Affairs^ made a statement on behalf of the Secretary-General. B. Attendance Attendance at the session was as follows : MEMBERS Argentina : Mr. José Maria Ruda, Mr. D. Guillermo J. McGough,* Miss Ruth Guevara** Austria : Mr. Felix Ermacora, Mr. Anton Prohaska* Chile : Mr. Jaime Castillo Velasco^^ Mr. Juan Bosco Parra^* Mr. José Pinera^* Miss Eisa Wiegold;** Mr. Jorge Huneeus** Congo (Democratic Republic of): Mr. Simon IlakO; Mr. Nicolas Bofunga* Dahomey: Mr. Maxime-Léopold Zollner^ Mr. Joseph-Louis Hounton* France : Mr. René Cassin, Mr. Pierre Juvigny^* Mr. Jean Dominique Paolini,** Mrs. Nicole Questiaux,** Mr. Henri Beffeyte** Greece : Mr. Petro Papadatos^—^ Mr. George Zotiades* Guatemala : Srta. Ana Maria Vargas Dubon^^ Mr. Francisco Lopez Urzua India : Mrs. Tarakeshwari Sinha^ Mr. B.C. Mishra,* Mr. N.N. Jha,* Mr. L.N. Piparsania** Iran : H.I.H. Princess Ashraf Pahlavi^—^ Mr. Manouchehr Ganji,* Mr. Iradj Amini** * Alternate. ** Adviser. -1- Israel: Mr. Shabtai Rosenne, Mr. Joel Barromi,* Mr. Shamay Cahana,** Mr. Yoram Dinstein** Italy : Mr. Giuseppe Sperduti, Mr. Joseph Nitti,* Mr. Giovanni Scolamiero* Jamaica: Mr. Keith Johnson, Miss Marcella A. Martinez,* Mr. H. Bonnick** Lebanon : Mr. Philippe Takla,-/ Mr. Souheil Chammas,* Mr. Yahya Mahmassani** Madagascar : Mr. Jules Ratsisalozafy, Mr. Gabriel Rakotoniaina* Morocco : Mr. Ahmed Kettani New Zealand: Mr. R.Q. Quentin-Baxter, Mr. C.D. Beeby,* Mr. N.V. Farrell,* Mr. D.K. McDowell,* Mr. B.J. Lynch* Nigeria: Mr. S.D. Adebiyi,-/ Mr. A.A. Mohammed* Pakistan : Mr. Mujibur Rahman Khan,-/ Mr. Naseem Mirza,* Mr. Mohammad Yunus* Peru : Mr. Luis Marchand Stens,^ Mr. Jorge Pablo Fernandini,* Mr. Oscar Vasquez-Benavides,* Mr. Manuel Boza* Philippines : Mr. Salvador P. Lopez, Mr. Virgilio C. Nanagas,* Mr. Cecilio R. Espejo,* Mr. Antonio J. Uy** Poland : Mr. Zbigniew Resich,-/ Mr. Eugeniusz Wyzner,* Mr. Franciszek Przetacznik,* Mr. Tadeusz Kozluk** Senegal : Mr. Ibrahima Boye, Mr. Adbou Ciss,* Mr. Lamine Diop** Sweden: Mr. Love Kellberg, Mr. Per Olof Forshell,* Mr, Carl Lidbom,** Mr. Mats Bergquist** Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic: Mr. P.E. Nedbailo, Mr. V.A. Kravets,* Mr. M.I. Vezel** Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : Mr. P.D. Morozov, Mr. E.N. Nasinovsky,* Mr. L.I. Verenikin,** Mr. N.I. Yevdokeyev** United Arab Republic : Mr. Soliman Ahmed Huzayyin, Mr. Salah Ibrahim,* Mr. Mahmoud Aboul Nasr* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland : Sir Samuel Hoare, Mr. A.J. Coles,* Mr. D.F. Milton*