Chairman of the Special Committee to investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, Ambassador H. S. Amerasinghe (Sri-Lanka), today presented to Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim the Committee's report.
The three-nation Committee composed of Sri Lanka, Senegal and Yugoslavia was established in 1968 by General Assembly resolution 2443 (XXIII). The other two members of the Committee are Chief Justice Keba Mbaye, First President of Supreme Court of Senegal, and Borut Bohte, Professor in the Faculty of Law of Ljubljana University, Yugoslavia.
Ambassador H.S. Amerasinghe (left), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, presenting the Committee's report to Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. Looking on are Professor Borut Bohte (left) and Mr. John P. Pace, Human Rights Officer of the UN.
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- Narrower terms: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS RIGHT OF ASYLUM RIGHT TO PEACE WOMEN'S RIGHTS WORKERS' RIGHTS Related terms: ANIMAL RIGHTS ARBITRARY DETENTION HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMAN SECURITY HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS MANKIND SOLIDARITY