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The 1981 Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Ton Gardeniers ,
Hurst Hannum  and
Janice Kruger
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 405 - 412
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1982

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References

1 For an analysis of the Sub–Commission’s 1980 session and a brief discussion of its structure, see Hannum, , Human Rights and the United Nations: Progress at the 1980 Session of the U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 3 Human Rights Q. 1 (1981)Google Scholar, and Current Developments Note, 75 AJIL 172 (1981).

2 Res. 22 (XXXIII), UN Doc. E/CN.4/1413, E/CN.4/Sub.2/459 [hereinafter cited as 1980 Report], at 78 (1980).

3 Res. 19 (XXXIII), 1980 Report at 76.

4 Res. 12 (XXXIV), UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/495 [hereinafter cited as 1981 Report], at 86 (1981).

5 See statements by Brazil, UN Doc. E/CN.4/SR.1592, at 5 (1981); Syria, Uruguay, Argentina, and the Soviet Union, UN Doc. E/CN.4/SR.1593, at 2, 7, 11, and 13 (1981); Poland, India, and Cuba, UN Doc. E/CN.4/SR.1594, at 3, 6, and 10 (1981); and France, UN Doc. E/CN.4/ SR.1595, at 4 (1981).

6 Statement by Brazil, supra note 5.

7 Commission Res. 17 (XXXVII), 37 UN ESCOR, Supp. (No. 5) 219, UN Doc. E/CN.4/1475 (1981).This admonition was evidently ignored, as no fewer than ten alternates replaced Sub-Commission members at one time or another during the 1981 session.

8 UN Division of Human Rights, The Role and Competence of the Sub–Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (informal paper on file with the International Human Rights Law Group, Washington, D.C., June 15, 1981).

9 See remarks of Ahmed Khalifa, UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.896, at 5 (1981). The Commission for Social Development and the Commission on the Status of Women were cited as existing examples of independent expert bodies.

10 Dec. 2 (XXXIV), 1981 Report at 95.

11 See UN Docs. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.905–09 (1981).

12 The entire text is set forth in UN Press Release HR/1080, Aug. 17, 1981.

13 Res. 2 (XXXIV), 1981 Report at 76.

14 Res. 3 (XXXIV), id. at 77.

15 This is not necessarily a complete or definitive list but has been compiled on the basis of information available at the time of writing.

16 But see statements of Halima Warzazi and Louis Joinet concerning criticism of one’s own country. UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.903, paras. 46, 51, and 52 (1981).

17 See especially the statements of Khalifa and Syed Masud, UN Press Release HR/1099, Aug. 31, 1981, and Warzazi, UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.904, para. 7 (1981).

18 See UN Press Releases HR/1099, 1100, and 1101, Aug, 31, 1981; 1981 Report at 26.

19 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/L.780 (1981). See UN Docs. E/CN.4/Sub.2/487 and Add.1 (1981) for the Kampuchean replies.

20 Authors’ notes, Aug. 31, 1981.

21 See 1981 Report at 25.

22 Res. 8 (XXXIV), id. at 80.

23 Res. 9 (XXXIV), id. at 81.

24 Res. 10 (XXXIV), id. at 83.

25 Res. 11 (XXXIV), id. at 84.

26 Res. 13 (XXXIV), id. at 86.

27 Res. 7 (XXXIV), id. at 80.

28 See UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/471 (1981) for a non-country-specific summary of information submitted by NGO’s.

29 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/L.774, reproduced in 1981 Report at 34.

30 1981 Report at 35.

31 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/474 (1981); see 1981 Report at 37–39.

32 Draft guidelines were suggested by the International Association of Penal Law and the International Commission of Jurists in UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/NGO/85 (1981).

33 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/490 (1981).

34 The working group’s report is contained in UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/486 (1981); summaries of the debates may be found in UN Docs. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.908–11 (1981).

35 See UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.909, paras. 59–60 (1981); and, for the text of the telegram from Mauritania to the Director of the Human Rights Division, UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/489 (1981).

36 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/460 (1981).

37 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/461 (1981).

38 See UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/SR.909, paras. 61–62 (1981).

39 Id., paras. 55–58.

40 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.2/36 (1981).

41 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.2/47 (1981).

42 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.2/37 (1981).

43 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/AC.2/44 (1981).

44 Res. 16 (XXXIV), 1981 Report at 89, para. 6.

45 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/479 (1981). The Sub–Commission’s resolution on this topic provides for consideration of a “concrete programme of action” at its next session. Res. 18 (XXXIV), 1981 Report at 90.

46 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/L.766 (1981)

47 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/481 (1981).

48 UN Doc. E/CN.4/Sub.2/477 (1981).

49 Res. 26 (XXXIII), 1980 Report at 83

50 Res. 11 (XXXIV), 1981 Report at 84.