E/CN.4/2004/63/Add.2 page 3 Annex REPORT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF, MR. ABDELFATTAH AMOR, ON HIS VISIT TO ROMANIA (7-13 SEPTEMBER 2003) CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction ........................................................................................... Page 1-7 4 I. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT ............................ 8 - 13 5 II. RELIGIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS ................................................. 14 - 22 5 III. LEGAL STATUS OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF ................................................................................... 23 - 44 6 IV. THE ORTHODOX CHURCH ...................................................... 45 - 49 11 V. SITUATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ............................. 50 - 57 12 VI. THE QUESTION OF THE RETURN OF RELIGIOUS PROPERTY CONFISCATED UNDER THE COMMUNIST REGIME .............................................................. 58 - 93 13 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................. 94 - 110 19 VII.