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UNITED NATIONS
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E/CL4/SR. 1632
A N D 12 March 1981
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SOCIAL COUNCIL
CO LtSSION ON JMA1 RIGHTS
Thirty—seventh session
SUMMARY RECORD OF TI 1632ND TIN
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,
on Monday, 9 March 1981, at 3 p.m.
Chairman: Mr. CALERO RODRIGTJES (Brazil)
CONT TS
Q,uestion of the violation of human rights and fimdamental freedoms in ar y part of
the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries
rritories onti ea
1. Viscount COLVILL of ULRO S (United ICingdoru) welcomed the inclusion of the
item in the Commission's agenda, particularly since the past five years had seen some
of the most flagrant and systematic violations of human rights since the establishment
of the United Nations: mass killings of innocent people; abductions followed by
disappearances; summary executions; official toleration or even encouragement of
torture; arbitrary arrests; indefinite imprisonment without trial and internal
exile; the displacement of hundreds of thousai ds of innocent people from their
homes as a result of foreign invasion or for other political or military reasons;
the deprivation of certain people of their right to self—determinatIon; and the
persecution of people, by both religious and atheistic regimes, because of their
colour, race or religious beliefs, one e cample being the persecution of the Baha'i
community referred to at the preceding meeting.
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