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Sudan
"Sudan does have a national human rights commission. In addition, anyone
who considers himself to be the victim of an injustice can take his case to
the Ministry of Religious Affairs."
Trinidad and Tobago
"There is no National Human Rights Commission but there is an Ombudsman
who may investigate any complaint of Administration injustice and who may lay
in Parliament reports on such injustices."
"There exists a Human Rights Commission in the Grand National Assembly,
constituted from members of the three parties represented at the Parliament,
to pursue human rights violations, and disclose them to the Grand National
Assembly."
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
"In the Ukrainian SSR, the unimpeded and effective implementation and
observance of legislation on freedom of conscience and religious organizations
is supervised by the Soviets of People's Deputies, their executive and
administrative organs, the Council on Religious Affairs and its local branches
and other bodies of the Ukrainian SSR in accordance with their powers under
the law. Furthermore, individuals whose religious rights have been violated
may have legal recourse if the violation is the result of failure to abide by
current legislation on freedom of conscience and religious organizations."
United States of America
In its reply, the Government of the United States of America stated that
"a Commission on Civil Rights with a broad mandate to investigate and study
discrimination, including that based on religion, was established in 1983
(42 U.S.C.A. SEC. 1975). The Commission on Civil Rights is composed of
eight members. Four members are chosen by the President of the United States,
two members are chosen by the President pro tempore of the United States
Senate, and two members are chosen by the speaker of the United States House
of Representatives. The Commission on Civil Rights investigates allegations
that citizens are being denied the right to vote because of religious or other
discrimination, studies and collects information concerning legal developments
constituting religious or other discrimination, appraises the laws and
policies of the federal government with respect to religious and other
discrimination, and serves as a clearinghouse for information in respect of
religious and other discrimination.
This statute establishes no new category of crimes but concerns collectic
of information about actions which are otherwise criminal and which are
motivated by or manifest evidence of prejudice based, inter alia, on religion.
The intent of the statute is to aid law enforcement officials in focusing
their resources, to allow policymakers to gauge the extent of the problem, and
to assist local community groups in directing their educational efforts."