Situation of Human Rights in Cuba

A/RES/52/143No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1998.

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4 versions · 1993–1998

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Cuba Detained Persons Freedom of Expression Human Rights Human Rights Violations Right of Assembly

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Commends the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Cuba for his interim report;4

Expresses its full support for the work of the Special Rapporteur;

Calls once more upon the Government of Cuba to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur by permitting him full and free access to establish contact with the Government and the citizens of Cuba so that he may fulfil the mandate entrusted to him;

Regrets profoundly the numerous violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba, as described in the report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Commission on Human Rights3 and in his interim report submitted to the General Assembly;4

Urges the Government of Cuba to ensure freedom of expression and assembly and the freedom to demonstrate peacefully, including by allowing political parties and non-governmental organizations to function freely in the country and by reforming legislation in this area;

Calls especially upon the Government of Cuba to release the numerous persons detained for activities of a political nature, including those specifically mentioned in the interim report of the Special Rapporteur, who suffer from inadequate medical care while imprisoned or whose rights as journalists or jurists are impeded or denied;

Calls upon the Government of Cuba to carry out the recommendations contained in the interim report of the Special Rapporteur to bring its observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba into conformity with international standards and applicable international human rights instruments and to end all violations of human rights including, in particular, the detention and imprisonment of human rights defenders and others who are engaged in the peaceful exercise of their rights, and to grant access to its prisons to non-governmental humanitarian organizations and international humanitarian agencies;

Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-third session.

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