UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Distr. GENERAL Council E/CN.4/2002/106 27 February 2002 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth session Item 17 (b) of the provisional agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Report submitted by Ms. Hina Jilani, Special Representative of Secretary-General on human rights defenders, pursuant to the Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/61 GE.02-11122 (E) 220302 E/CN.4/2002/106 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Executive summary ......................................................................................................... 4 Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 6 I. MANDATE AND METHODS OF WORK ................................. 2 6 II. ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 3 - 38 6 A. Country visits .................................................................... 5 - 6 7 B. Cooperation with the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations ....................................... 7 - 16 7 C. Cooperation with NGOs .................................................... 17 - 25 9 D. Participation in seminars and various events .................... 26 - 32 11 E. Other activities .................................................................. 33 - 38 12 III. ISSUES ......................................................................................... 39 - 107 13 A. Trends ................................................................................ 40 - 79 13 B. Women human rights defenders ........................................ 80 - 94 20 C. The impact on human rights defenders of the 11 September attacks ......................................................... 95 - 107 22 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................... 108 - 138 25 Annex* Country situations Algeria ................................................................................................................. 31 Argentina ............................................................................................................. 32 Bangladesh .......................................................................................................... 35 Belarus ................................................................................................................. 35 Bhutan .................................................................................................................. 39 Bolivia ................................................................................................................. 39 Brazil ................................................................................................................... 40 Cameroon ............................................................................................................ 41 Central African Republic ..................................................................................... 41 Chad ..................................................................................................................... 42 China .................................................................................................................... 42 Colombia ............................................................................................................. 44 Croatia ................................................................................................................. 60 Cuba ..................................................................................................................... 61 * Reproduced in the languages of submission only. E/CN.4/2002/106 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Page Democratic Republic of the Congo ..................................................................... 62 Dominican Republic ............................................................................................ 63 Ecuador ................................................................................................................ 64 Egypt .................................................................................................................... 65 Equatorial Guinea ................................................................................................ 68 Ethiopia ................................................................................................................ 69 Georgia ................................................................................................................ 70 Guatemala ............................................................................................................ 71 Haiti ..................................................................................................................... 76 Honduras .............................................................................................................. 77 India ..................................................................................................................... 78 Indonesia .............................................................................................................. 79 Iran ....................................................................................................................... 81 Israel .................................................................................................................... 82 Jamaica ................................................................................................................ 84 Kenya ................................................................................................................... 84 Kyrgyzstan ........................................................................................................... 85 Malaysia .............................................................................................................. 87 Mauritania ............................................................................................................ 88 Mexico ................................................................................................................. 89 Morocco ............................................................................................................... 101 Nepal .................................................................................................................... 103 Nicaragua ............................................................................................................. 103 Palestine ............................................................................................................... 104 Peru ...................................................................................................................... 104 Republic of Korea ................................................................................................ 105 Russian Federation .............................................................................................. 106 Rwanda ................................................................................................................ 109 Singapore ............................................................................................................. 109 Sri Lanka ............................................................................................................. 109 Sudan ................................................................................................................... 110 Syrian Arab Republic ........................................................................................... 112 Tanzania ............................................................................................................... 113 Togo ..................................................................................................................... 114 Tunisia ................................................................................................................. 115 Turkey .................................................................................................................. 122 Uganda ................................................................................................................. 128 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ..................................... 129 Uzbekistan ........................................................................................................... 130 Venezuela ............................................................................................................ 133 Viet Nam ............................................................................................................. 133 Zimbabwe ............................................................................................................ 136 Appendix ......................................................................................................................... 137 E/CN.4/2002/106 page 4 Executive summary This is the second report presented by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Ms. Hina Jilani, to the Commission on Human Rights. It is submitted pursuant to Commission resolution 2000/61. The report describes the activities undertaken by the Special Representative in the past year and contains a discussion of pressing issues, a brief summary of communications to and from Governments, as well as the Special Representative’s conclusions and recommendations.