SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE TO VISIT TURKEY
The Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance of the Commission on Human Rights, Abdelfattah Amor, will visit Turkey from 1 to 9 December 1999.
During the visit, which comes at the invitation of the Government, the Special Rapporteur will visit Ankara, Istanbul, and Turabdin (Midyat and Mardin). Mr. Amor will meet with officials of relevant organs, members of the clergy, representatives of religious minorities, non-governmental organizations and individuals who may wish to testify in their personal capacity.
The visit to Turkey will take place within the framework of the Special Rapporteur's mandate to promote and protect freedom of religious belief in the light of the 1981 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination based on Religion or Belief.
Mr. Amor, who has been Special Rapporteur since 1993, is Emeritus Dean of the Faculty of Juridical, Political and Social Sciences at Tunis and President of the International Academy of Constitutional Law.
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