UNITED NATIONS E Distr. GENERAL Economic and Social Council E/CN.4/1999/58/Add.2 29 December 1998 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fifth session Item 11 (e) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE Report submitted by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/18 Addendum Visit to Viet Nam CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction I. 1 - 7 3 8 - 32 4 Constitutional provisions and the Special Rapporteur's concerns . . . . . . . . . 8 - 10 4 Other legal provisions and the Special Rapporteur's concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 - 32 5 . . 33 - 40 9 LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. B. II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page POLICY IN THE FIELD OF TOLERANCE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF A. Non-governmental information . . . . . . . . . 33 - 37 9 B. Information from the Vietnamese authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 - 40 11 GE.98-05371 (E)