E/CN.4/1991/56 page 49 Furthermore, a party who is injured by an administrative act that impairs his rights or interests as a result of discriminatory considerations based on religion or belief may avail himself of a remedy before the Administrative Tribunal to annulment proceedings." Uruguay "Our legal system offers victims the possibility of filing a complaint with the competent ordinary court so that the perpetrator will incur criminal responsibility. Similarly, if the offence committed leads directly or indirectly to patrimonial injury, compensation is payable for the damage suffered." Yugoslavia "There have been very few cases in our judicial practice that victims of religious intolerance or discrimination have filed charges. This has caused concern on our part for some time now. The reason may be that the local judicial authorities in some areas fail to react to such cases because of their subjective negative attitude to religion, or that religious communities discourage their believers to report such cases, wishing to appear as their only protectors and thus depriving their own believers of the rights they enjoy as all other citizens." 29. (i) Does your country have conciliation arrangements (for example, a national human rights commission, an ombudsmant etc.) to which a victim of religious intolerance can turn for protection? Albania "In cases of intolerance, including religious intolerance, a victim in need of protection may turn to the conciliation ('social') courts, or to the district courts, which also perform conciliation functions." The Bahamas "No government-sponsored agencies; however, there are private Human Rights Commissions." Bangladesh "There are non-governmental organizations and a Commission on Human Rights in the country. The victims of religious intolerance, if any, can turn for protection to these organizations and to the courts of law. There is a provision of Ombudsman in the Constitution of Bangladesh." Chad In its general reply, the Government of Chad indicated that "there are not as yet any conciliation bodies (such as a national human rights commission, ombudsman, etc.) in Chad to which the victim of religious intolerance can turn".

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