UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Distr. Council GENERAL E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1 17 January 2001 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH ONLY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh session Item 11 (b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Asma Jahanhir, submitted pursuant to Commission resolution 2000/31 Addendum Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received GE.01-10261 (E) E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 - 2 5 SUMMARY OF CASES TRANSMITTED AND REPLIES RECEIVED .............................................................................................. 3 - 437 5 A. Countries ....................................................................................... 3 - 435 5 Albania ................................................................................. 3 - 6 5 Algeria .................................................................................. 7 - 9 5 Angola .................................................................................. 10 - 11 6 Argentina .............................................................................. 12 - 15 6 Austria .................................................................................. 16 7 Bahrain ................................................................................. 17 8 Bangladesh ........................................................................... 18 -19 9 Bolivia .................................................................................. 20 -26 9 Brazil .................................................................................... 27 - 35 11 Burundi ................................................................................ 36 - 41 13 Cameroon ............................................................................. 42 13 Canada ................................................................................. 43 - 44 14 Chile ..................................................................................... 45 14 China .................................................................................... 46 - 60 15 Colombia .............................................................................. 61 - 150 17 Congo ................................................................................... 151 35 Côte d’Ivoire ........................................................................ 152 - 156 35 Cuba ..................................................................................... 157 - 163 36 Democratic Republic of the Congo ..................................... 164 - 169 38 Dominican Republic ............................................................ 170 - 171 38 Ecuador ................................................................................ 172 - 173 39 Egypt .................................................................................... 174 39 El Salvador ........................................................................... 175 39 Equatorial Guinea ................................................................ 177 - 176 40 E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Ethiopia ................................................................................ 178 - 179 40 Gambia ................................................................................. 180 - 181 40 Guatemala ............................................................................ 182 - 193 41 Honduras .............................................................................. 194 - 205 43 India ..................................................................................... 206 - 232 46 Indonesia .............................................................................. 233 - 244 50 Iran (Islamic Republic of) .................................................... 245 - 251 53 Israel .................................................................................... 252 - 262 55 Jamaica ................................................................................ 263 - 265 57 Jordan ................................................................................... 266 - 267 57 Kenya ................................................................................... 268 58 Lebanon ............................................................................... 269 58 Mexico ................................................................................. 270 - 297 59 Myanmar .............................................................................. 298 - 311 65 Namibia ................................................................................ 312 67 Nepal..................................................................................... 313 - 319 67 Nicaragua ............................................................................. 320 - 321 68 Nigeria ................................................................................. 322 68 Oman .................................................................................... 323 69 Pakistan ................................................................................ 324 - 329 69 Peru ...................................................................................... 330 - 337 71 Philippines ........................................................................... 338 - 340 72 Russian Federation ............................................................... 341 - 351 73 Rwanda ................................................................................ 352 - 353 75 Saudi Arabia ........................................................................ 354 - 355 75 Spain .................................................................................... 356 - 357 76 Sri Lanka .............................................................................. 358 - 370 77 Sudan ................................................................................... 371 - 373 79 Tajikistan ............................................................................. 374 - 375 80 E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1 page 4 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page Tunisia ................................................................................. 376 - 378 80 Turkey .................................................................................. 379 - 380 81 United Arab Emirates .......................................................... 381 - 384 81 United States of America ..................................................... 385 - 409 82 Uzbekistan ........................................................................... 410 - 418 88 Venezuela ............................................................................ 419 - 422 90 Yemen .................................................................................. 423 - 425 91 Yugoslavia ........................................................................... 426 - 427 91 Zambia ................................................................................. 428 - 433 92 Zimbabwe ............................................................................ 434 - 435 92 B. Other ............................................................................................. 436 - 437 93 Palestinian Authority ........................................................... 436 - 437 93 E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1 page 5 Introduction 1. This addendum to the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions describes 63 country situations and gives an account of actions undertaken by the Special Rapporteur between 13 December 1999 and 15 December 2000. It also contains in summary form the replies received from Governments to her communications, as well as observations of the Special Rapporteur where considered appropriate. 2. Owing to restrictions on the length of documents, the Special Rapporteur has been obliged to reduce considerably details of communications sent and received. As a result, requests from Governments to publish their replies in their totality could not be acceded to. For the same reason, responses from sources to requests of the Special Rapporteur, although of great importance to her work, are reflected only very briefly in the report. SUMMARY OF CASES TRANSMITTED AND REPLIES RECEIVED A. Countries Albania 3. The Special Rapporteur received a reply from the Government of Albania to a previous communication concerning the death of Mr. Agron Pasha, reported in last year’s report to the Commission. 4. By letter dated 11 February 2000 the Government of Albania informed the Special Rapporteur that all the facts mentioned in her communication were correct. According to the Government, referring to the medical-legal expertise, Agron Pasha’s death was due to “severe injuries caused by weapons”. 5. The Government reported that the relatives of the victim had submitted a complaint to the police station in Fier, which was sent immediately to the General Prosecutor’s Office. Investigations were carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office of Fier District, which is the responsible authority for the investigation of this case, in cooperation with the Judicial Police of the Police Commissariat of Fier. The responsible judicial authority is the Supreme Court of Fier. 6. The case was still under investigation. The Government had ordered the arrest of
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