UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2004/94/Add.3 23 March 2004 Original: ENGLISH / FRENCH/ SPANISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixtieth session Agenda item 17 (b) of the provisional agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Report submitted by Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders Addendum Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received** * The present document is being circulated in the languages of submission only as it greatly exceeds the page limitations currently imposed by the relevant General Assembly resolutions. GE.04-12269 E/CN.4/2004/94/Add.3 Page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction ....................................................................................... 1 – 4 5 Afghanistan ....................................................................................... 5 – 6 5 Algeria............................................................................................... 7 – 14 6 Angola............................................................................................... 15 -16 8 Argentina........................................................................................... 17 – 23 9 Armenia............................................................................................. 24 – 25 11 Azerbaijan ......................................................................................... 26 – 40 12 Bangladesh ........................................................................................ 41 – 42 15 Belarus............................................................................................... 43 – 54 16 Bolivia............................................................................................... 55 – 67 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina.................................................................... 68 – 69 23 Brazil................................................................................................. 70 – 74 24 Bulgaria ............................................................................................. 75 – 76 25 Burundi.............................................................................................. 77 – 78 26 Cambodia .......................................................................................... 79 – 80 26 Cameroon .......................................................................................... 81 – 84 27 Chad .................................................................................................. 85 – 88 28 Chile ................................................................................................. 89 – 90 30 China ................................................................................................. 91 – 100 30 Colombia .......................................................................................... 101 – 125 33 Costa Rica ......................................................................................... 126 42 Cuba .................................................................................................. 127 – 138 42 Democratic Republic of the Congo................................................... 139 – 155 46 E/CN.4/2004/94/Add.3 Page 3 Paragraphs Page Dominican Republic.......................................................................... 156 – 157 50 Ecuador ............................................................................................. 158 – 160 51 Egypt ................................................................................................. 161 – 169 51 El Salvador........................................................................................ 170 – 174 54 Gambia .............................................................................................. 175 – 176 56 Georgia.............................................................................................. 177 – 179 56 Guatemala ......................................................................................... 180 – 229 57 Guinea- Bissau .................................................................................. 230 – 232 69 Haiti................................................................................................... 233 – 237 70 Holy See ............................................................................................ 238 – 240 71 Honduras ........................................................................................... 241 – 253 72 India................................................................................................... 254 – 258 77 Indonesia ........................................................................................... 259 – 273 79 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ................................................................. 274 – 277 84 Israel.................................................................................................. 278 – 288 86 Jordan ................................................................................................ 289 – 290 90 Kazakhstan ........................................................................................ 291 – 292 90 Kyrgyzstan......................................................................................... 293 – 296 91 Lebanon............................................................................................. 297 – 301 92 Liberia ............................................................................................... 302 – 304 94 Malaysia ............................................................................................ 305 – 311 95 Mauritania ......................................................................................... 312 – 314 97 Mexico............................................................................................... 315 – 342 98 Morocco ............................................................................................ 343 – 349 109 Namibia............................................................................................. 350 – 351 111 Nepal ................................................................................................. 352 – 355 112 Nigeria............................................................................................... 356 – 359 113 Pakistan ............................................................................................. 360 – 365 114 E/CN.4/2004/94/Add.3 Page 4 Paragraphs Page Panama .............................................................................................. 366 – 368 116 Peru ................................................................................................... 369 – 372 117 Republic of Korea ............................................................................. 373 – 374 118 Russian Federation ............................................................................ 375 – 387 119 Saudi Arabia...................................................................................... 388 123 Slovakia............................................................................................. 389 – 391 123 Sri Lanka ........................................................................................... 392 – 396 125 Sudan................................................................................................. 397 – 404 126 Switzerland........................................................................................ 405 – 407 129 Syrian Arab Republic ........................................................................ 408 – 411 129 Thailand............................................................................................. 412 – 418 131 Togo .................................................................................................. 419 – 420 133 Tunisia............................................................................................... 421 – 441 134 Turkey ............................................................................................... 442 – 463 140 Turkmenistan..................................................................................... 464 – 468 147 Uganda .............................................................................................. 469 – 470 148 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ................... 471 – 473 149 United Republic of Tanzania ............................................................ 474 – 475 150 United States of America .................................................................. 476 – 479 151 Uzbekistan......................................................................................... 480 – 493 152 Venezuela.......................................................................................... 494 – 498 157 Viet Nam ........................................................................................... 499 – 505 159 Zimbabwe.......................................................................................... 506 – 530 160 E/CN.4/2004/94/Add.3 Page 5 Introduction 1. The present document is submitted by the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Hina Jilani, to the Commission on Human Rights pursuant to Commission resolution 2003/64. The document provides summaries of the communications on specific cases addressed by the Special Representative to Governments, as well as summaries of the