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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION (1 February-12 March 1982) ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS, 1982 SUPPLEMENT No. 2 UNITED NATIONS New York, 1982 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/1982/12 E/CN.4/1982/30 CONTENTS Page Abbreviations . xv Chapter I. Issues that require action by or are brought to the attention of the Economic and Social Council 1 A. Draft resolutions I. Report of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its thirty-fourth sessions study of the problem of discrimination against indigenous populations .... 1 II. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories s summary or arbitrary executions ..................... 2 III. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories situation in Equatorial Guinea . IV. Question of a convention on the rights of the child . V. Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particular; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment B. Draft decisions 1. Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine . 2. The adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the colonial and racist regime in South Africa 3. Question of the realization in all countries of the economic, social and cultural rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and study of special problems which the developing countries face in their efforts to achieve these human rights .... - 1X1 - CONTENTS (continued) Page Chapter I. B. Draft decisions (continued) 4. Report of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its thirty-fourth session; question of slavery and the slave trade in all their practices and manifestations, including the slavery-like practices of apartheid and colonialism ... 6 5. Report of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its thirty-fourth sessions exploitation of child labour 7 6. Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particulars question of missing and disappeared persons .......... 7 7. Question of human rights in Chile Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories s situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Poland Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories s situation of human rights in El Salvador ..... 10. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories; situation of human rights in Guatemala 11. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories s human rights and mass exoduses ................. 12. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories - IV - CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page B. Draft decisions (continued) lj. Further promotion and encouragement of human rights fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission? alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms ... 9 14. Advisory services in the field of human rights; assistance to Uganda ....... 10 15. General decision concerning the establishment of a working group of the Commission to examine situations referred to the Commission under Economic and Social Council resolution 1503 (XLVIIl) and those situations of which the Commission is seized 10 .16. Report of the Commission on Human Rights . 10 Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine ... 1-31 H Question of human rights in Chile 32-50 17 Violations of human rights in southern Africa; report of the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts . ' 51 - 74 21 Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to colonial ?rA racist regimes in southern Africa . 75-89 25 Question of the realization in all countries of the economic, social and cultural rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and study of special problems which the developing countries face in their efforts to achieve these human rights, including: (a) problems related to the right to v-i-v,- an adequate standard of living? the right to development? (b) the effects of the existing unjust international economic order on the economies of the developing countries, and the obstacle that this represents for the implementation of human rights and fundamental freedoms 90 - 107 28 - v - CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Chapter VII. The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation „ . 108 - I65 33 VIII. Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment, in particular: A. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 5 B. Question of missing and disappeared persons ...... 166 - 193 45 IX. Further promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the question of the programme and methods of work of the Commission$ alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms - national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights 194 - 217 51 X. Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories . 218 - 289 54 A. Question of human rights in Cyprus 281-284 64 B. Study of situations which appear to reveal a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights as provided in Commission resolution 8 (XXIIl) and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1235 (XLIl) and 1503 (XLVIIl): report of the Working Group established by the Commission at its thirty-seventh session .... « • 9 • 285 - 289 64 XI. Question of a convention on the rights of the child . 290 - 297 66 XII. Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers . 298 - 303 67 XIII. Human rights and scientific and technological developments • a o • a • 9 304 - 326 68 XIV. Implementation of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 327 - 347 72 XV. The role of youth in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the question of conscientious objection to military service . 348 - 354 76 vi - CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Chapter XVI. Study in collaboration with the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of ways and means of ensuring the implementation of United Nations resolutions bearing on apartheid, racism and racial discrimination; implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination 355 - 370 77 XVII. Status of the International Covenants on Human Rights 371 - 379 80 XVIII. Report of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities on its thirty-fourth session 380 - 415 82 XIX. Rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities 416 - 421 89 XX. Measures to be taken against all totalitarian or other ideologies and practices, including nazi, fascist and neo-fascist, based on racial or ethnic exclusiveness or intolerance, hatred, terror, systematic denial of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or which have such consequences 422 - 424 90 { XXI. Advisory services in the field of human rights , . 425 - 427 91 XXII. Communications concerning human rights 428 92 XXIII. Election of a member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities ..... 429-432 93 XXIV. Consideration of the draft provisional agenda for the thirty-ninth session of the Commission ....... 435 - 436 94 XXV. Adoption of the report 437 101 XXVI. Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Commission at its thirty-eighth session 102 A. Resolutions 1982/1. Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine ......... 102 Resolution A ........ • 102 Resolution B . , 105 - vn - CONTENTS (continued) Page Chapter XXVI. A» Resolutions (continued) 1982/2,