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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".