Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories Situation of human rights in Bolivia

UN Commission on Human Rights, Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories Situation of human rights in Bolivia, E/CN.4/RES/34(XXXVII), 11 March 1981, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/1981/en/7950 [accessed 23 June 2025]
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34 (XXXVII). Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories
Situation of human rights in Bolivia[1]75

The Commission on Human Rights, Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Noting that all Member States have an obligation to respect and promote human rights in accordance with the responsibilities they have undertaken under various international instruments, Taking note of General Assembly resolution 35/185 of 15 December 1980 which requested the Commission on Human Rights to accept the invitation by the Bolivian Government in order to study the human rights situation at first hand and to review at its thirty-seventh session the human rights situation in Bolivia, Desiring to be more fully informed about the human rights situation in Bolivia,

1. Requests its Chairman to appoint, after consultations within the Bureau, a Special Envoy of the Commission whose mandate will be to make a thorough study of the human rights situation in Bolivia, based on such information as he may deem relevant, including such comments and materials as the Bolivian Government may wish to submit;

2. Requests the Special Envoy of the Commission to discharge his mandate with due regard for discretion and equity and to report on his findings to the Commission at its thirty-eighth session in a manner which would give the Bolivian Government adequate opportunity to comment in writing on the contents of the report;

3. Invites the Government of Bolivia to extend its co-operation to the Special Envoy of the Commission;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to give all necessary assistance to the Special Envoy of the Commission;

5. Decides to consider the report of the Special Envoy of the Commission at its thirty-eighth session.


[1]75 Adopted at the 1639th meeting, on 11 March 1981, by 29 votes to 3, with 8 abstentions. See chap. XI.
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