UNITED
NATIONS
E
Distr.
GENERAL
Economic and Social
Council
E/CN.4/1999/61
12 January 1999
Original:
ENGLISH/FRENCH/
SPANISH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-fifth session
Item 11 (a) of the provisional agenda
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF:
TORTURE AND DETENTION
Report of the Special Rapporteur, Sir Nigel S, Rodley, submitted
pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/38
CONTENTS
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Introduction
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MANDATE AND METHODS OF WORK
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ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR . . . . .
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III.
INFORMATION REVIEWED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES . . . . . .
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Albania
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Algeria
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Angola . .
Argentina
Armenia
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Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
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Bangladesh
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