E/CN.4/1991/56 page 53 There is also a general rule in Norwegian public administration which stipulates that decisions adopted in the exercise of public authority may be referred for appeal to a superior administrative agency by a person to whom the decision relates or whom the case otherwise concerns." Romania "Romania has Parliamentary Commissions Nos. 5 and 14, the Commission for Human Rights, Worship and the Problems of National Minorities, and the Commission for the Investigation of Abuses and for Petitions, respectively. The Secretariat of State for Worship is a government body and was set up in July 1990 to protect religious activity." Saint Vincent and the Grenadines "No ombudsman exists. There is a local Human Rights Association and additionally there is a practice whereby citizens with complaints address these to the Attorney General who deals with them. There has never been, however, any recorded instance of complaints of religious intolerance." Sweden "The Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) shall supervise public officials to make sure that they observe laws and regulations, and otherwise perform their duties. To be able to fulfil this supervisory function the JO has been given certain powers. He or she may as special prosecutor take legal proceedings against an official who has committed a criminal act by neglecting the obligations that come with the office. The Ombudsman may also report a negligent public servant to the authority where he or she is employed for dismissal or disciplinary measures." Switzerland "No." Tunisia "The political and legislative environment in Tunisia, which is favourable to the protection of human rights, has made it possible to bring into being bodies which have undertaken to defend these rights. At the present time, two associations are active on the national scene, namely: The Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights; and The Association for the Defence of Human Rights and Public Freedoms. These bodies have taken on the role of protecting human freedoms and concern themselves to the full, when the need arises, with assisting the victims of acts of religious intolerance." Uruguay "Our legal system makes no provision for action by such conciliation bodies (national human rights commission, ombudsman)."

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