The Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance of the Commission on Human Rights, Abdelfattah Amor, will visit Bangladesh from 15 to 24 May 2000.
During the visit, which comes at the invitation of the Government, the Special Rapporteur will visit Dhaka and Rangamati (Chittagong Hill Tracts). Mr. Amor will meet officials of relevant organs, representatives of religious and tribal communities, non-governmental organizations and individuals who may wish to testify in their personal capacity.
The visit to Bangladesh will take place within the framework of the Special Rapporteur's mandate to promote and protect freedom of religion or 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 in Tunis and President of the International Academy of Constitutional Law.
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