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Human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers and settlements

Commission on Human Rights decision 1994/102


At its 41st meeting, on 25 February 1994, the Commission, noting resolution 1993/34 of 25 August 1993 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, decided, without a vote, to endorse:

(a) The request to Mr. Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, as Special Rapporteur, to continue the study on the human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers and settlements;

(b) The invitation to request the Secretary-General to organize a multidisciplinary expert seminar on the human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers and settlements, prior to the preparation of the final report, in order to formulate appropriate final conclusions and recommendations;

(c) The request to the Secretary-General to invite Governments, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned to provide the Special Rapporteur with information relevant to the preparation of his reports;

(d) The invitation to request the Special Rapporteur to undertake on-site visits with the consent of the States concerned to diverse, ongoing cases of population transfer selected on the basis of information received for the next report.

[See chap. VII.]


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