The quest for protection -- The Commission on Human Rights examines petitions for the first time -- A pioneering country investigation : Chile (1975) -- The quest for implementation : the covenants enter into force -- Kamleshwar Das : the great practitioner and teacher --The first country rapporteur : Chile -- The first thematics investigations : disappearances --The first thematic rapporteur : arbitrary execution -- The Declaration of Human Rights defenders -- The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights -- A historic breakthrough : the Working Group on Indigenous Populations Economic, social and cultural rights and the right of development National human rights institutions -- The second thematic rapporteur : torture -- A mission to Haiti Fire brigade and seed planting : the voluntary fund for advisory services and technical assistance -- Reports and studies -- Advocating human rights through writing for the Secretary-General : humanitarian intervention and and [sic] minority protection -- Prisoner of war camps in Iran and Iraq Exodus from Bulgaria to Turkey -- Quelling violence and saving lives in South Africa -- Pushing for human rights in a war zone : Yugoslavia African constitutionalism and minority protection -- Protecting human rights in a war zone : Cote d'Ivoire Promoting human rights in a crisis zone : Central Asia -- Three world conferences against racial discrimination -- Support for initiatives -- Initiatives of the High Commissioner Human rights information and education : the human rights passport.

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