A NEW CHAPTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS A handbook on issues of transition from the Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council Annex 6.2 AFRICA Country Specific s 1 : Who has been targeted since 1967? 2 Afghanistan 1993-2003 Yes 1984-1992 Yes Two resolutions annually 1980-1983 Yes Angola 1994 Yes Burundi 1994-2005 Yes Central Africa Republic 1981 Yes Chad 2003-2005 Yes 2003 Yes 1503 decision made public 1999 Yes Democratic Republic of the Congo 2000-2005 Yes 1998 No 1998 Yes Zaire 1993-1997 Yes Comment 1 Prepared by Nick Calacouras, Intern, International Service for Human Rights. 2 Data from 1967-2004 is based on the information on countries collated by M. Lempinen, The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Different Treatment of Governments, (Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, 2005), Annex 9, pp. 474 492. Data for 2005 is based on ISHR's All-in-one Guide to Voting in 2005.
Proposed Adopted Equatorial Guinea 1979-2002 Yes Ethiopia 1986 No Liberia 2003-2005 Yes 2003 Yes 1503 decision made public Malawi 1984 Yes Appeal on the death sentence on Orton Chirwa and his wife Mauitania 1985 Yes Slavery and slavery-like practices Namibia 1985-1990 Yes 1982 Yes 1979 Yes 1978 Yes Nigeria 1996-1999 Yes 1995 No Rwanda 1994-2001 Yes Sierra Leone 1999-2005 Yes Somalia 1993-2005 Yes South Africa 1985-1995 Yes 1989 Yes South Africa/Namibia
1988 Yes South Africa/Namibia 1986 Yes Appeal to release Nelson Mandela and Zephania Mothopeng 1980-1984 Yes Occupation of Namibia 1978-1981 Yes 1970-1974 Yes 1969 Yes Three resolutions annually 1968 Yes Four resolutions annually 1967 Yes Three resolutions annually The Sudan 2003-2005 No 2005 Yes 1993-2002 Yes Togo 1993-1996 Yes Uganda 1998-2002 Yes 1981-1985 Yes 1977 No Western Sahara 2005 No 1981-2004 Yes 1980 No Tindof 1980 Yes 1979 No Tindouf Zimbabwe 2004 Yes 2003 No 2002 No 1980 Yes 1979 Yes 1978 Yes Southern Rhodesia 1975 Yes 1970 Yes Abduction of children in Northern Uganda Congratulations for independence Detention of Rev Ndabaningi Sithole in Southern Rhodesia
ASIA Cambodia 1990-2005 Yes Cambodia (Kampuchea) 1981-1989 Yes 1979 No 1978 Yes (1981-1983: Occupying troops) China 2004 No 1999-2001 No 1992-1997 No (1992: Tibet) 1990 No Cyprus 1994-2005 Yes 1993 No 1989-1992 Yes 1988 No 1987 Yes 1985 Yes 1979-1984 No 1978 Yes 1977 No 1976 Yes 1975 Yes Democratic People s Republic of Korea 2002-2005 Yes East Timor 1999 Yes 1997 Yes 1993 Yes 1983 Yes Iran 2002 No 1992-2001 Yes 1991 No 1982-1990 Yes Comment
Proposed Adopted Iraq 1992-2003 Yes 1990 No 1989 No Jammu and Kashmir 1994 No Jordan 1981 No Kuwait (Occupied) 1991-1992 Yes Lebanon 1995-2000 Yes S.Lebanon/W.Bekaa 1988-1994 Yes Southern Lebanon 1987 Yes Refugee camps 1985-1987 Yes Southern Lebanon Myanmar 1992-2005 Yes Burma 1989 Yes Nepal 2005 Yes Papua New Guinea 1994-1995 Yes 1993 Yes Two resolutions annually Sri Lanka 1987 Yes Syrian Arab Republic 1981 No Turkmenistan 2003-2004 Yes
EASTERN EUROPE Albania 1988-1994 Yes Belarus 2003-2005 Yes Georgia 1993-1994 Yes Latvia 1998 Yes Poland 1985 No 1982-1983 Yes Romania 1989-1993 Yes Russian Federation 2002-2004 No Chechnya 2000-2001 Yes Chechnya USSR 1980-1981 No Andrei Sakharov South-Eastern Europe 2001-2002 Yes Former Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (former) 1996-2000 Yes 1995 No 1992-1994 Yes 1996 No Missing persons 1994-1995 Yes Missing persons 1993-1994 Yes Rape Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep) 1999 No Kosovo 1999 Yes 1994 Yes Bosnia & Herzegovina 1994 Yes LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Argentina 1979 No Bolivia 1981-1985 Yes Chile 1987-1990 Yes 1986 No 1975-1986 Yes Cuba 1999-2005 Yes 1998 No 1990-1997 Yes 1989 No 1988 No 1987 No El Salvador 1985-1995 Yes 1985 No 1981-1983 Yes Grenada 1984 Yes Guatemala 1991-1998 Yes 1990 Yes Two resolutions 1980-1989 Yes Haiti 1987-2000 Yes Nicaragua 1979 Yes Panama 1990 Yes
Paraguay 2004 Yes Confidential material made public 1990 Yes WESTERN EUROPE & OTHER Israel 1989, 1990, 2002, Occupied Palestinian 2005 Yes Territories 1985-2005 Yes Occupied Syrian Gola 2004-2005 No Lebanese Detainees 2001-2003 Yes Lebanese Detainees 1990-2004 Yes Israeli Settlements 1991-2005 Yes Occupied Arab Territories Occupied Arab Territories (two annually in 1982-1968-1988 Yes 1978-2004 Yes 2000 Yes 1982 Yes 1979 Yes 1977 Yes 1973 Yes 1984) Self Determination for Palestine Portugal 1973 Yes Act of aggression against Iraqi nuclear installation Torture of Palestinian detainees Death of Arab detainees in Israel Shooting down Lybian airline United Kingdom 1980 No Northern Ireland United States of America 2004-2005 No Guantanamo 1995 No Racism 1990 No 1987-1988 No 1981 No Military action in Panama and aid to Nicaragua