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C. In situ visits and freedom of religion or belief

Travel to Beirut was not possible because of security concerns.

The mission enjoyed full freedom of movement, including a visit to Diyarbakir, which is governed under a state of emergency, and visits to several prisons where persons were allegedly held in violation of their right to freedom of expression.

(e) Country visit Where warranted, the treaty body may conduct a visit to the territory concerned.

(b) The invitation by the Government of Turkey to the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to visit Turkey by the end of 1997 and to the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture to visit the country by the end of 1998, and its full cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression during his visit to the country from 20 to 25 September 1996

However, owing to the outbreak of hostilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, their visit had to be cancelled.

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It would be in order to mention that on account of the difficulty in getting clearances from the Chinese Government to visit specific centres of detention and particular provinces, it was not possible to prepare an agenda for the visit in advance.

Dangerous road conditions prevented Team 4 from visiting those places.

Owing to logistical constraints, the independent expert was unable to visit Malakal, Upper Nile.

Table 1 Visits carried out by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

The mission included a visit to Malabo public prison (known as Black Beach ), where the Special Rapporteur was able to talk freely and in private to prisoners, all of whom had been sentenced for ordinary offences.

(c) The visit of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 4 to 10 November 2003 and the scheduled visit of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the Commission in February 2004

Thanks to this cooperation, the Working Group was able to conduct official missions in 2005 to Canada and South Africa.

Mr. Ortiz Guzman (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (PROELA)) said that the very visit paid by a delegation of the White House Inter Agency Committee on Puerto Rico to the Commonwealth showed that there was interest in a definitive resolution of the question of the status of Puerto Rico.

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However, for financial reasons, and owing to the fact that the reply was received by the Special Rapporteur in the course of her visit to UNEP headquarters, another field mission to Kenya could not be organized.

The following table provides a list of country visits that have been carried out by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief1 with their dates and corresponding reports.

Kibuye Prefecture had not been visited since March 1997, owing to security and logistics related constraints.

In that connection, visits to States, with the involvement of regional organizations, are extremely useful, because they make it possible to enhance such a dialogue on the ground.

Between 26 November and 4 December 2005, he had visited Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemen owing to security considerations, travel to Somalia had not been possible.

Because of other commitments, the visit could not be carried out.

The statement by the United States representative on the situation in the Sudan was in total contradiction to the observations made by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, who had spoken freely to the authorities and visited prisons in the country.

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At the invitation of the Government of Belarus, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, A.

That visit took place, and, thanks to it, the people of the Cayman Islands now had information on all the self determination options given in the United Nations resolutions.

That shows a lack of understanding of the situation in northern Uganda, which has largely been created by the refusal of the Special Representative of the Secretary General to visit the region to get a first hand account of the situation.

On 31 October, the experts agreed to the short duration of the visit and the limitation on the number of mandate holders invited, and decided to visit the base on 6 December 2005.

Information was also provided on the visit by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, his recommendations and activities undertaken.

On 18 November 2005, the experts reported that the Government did not accept this precondition for a visit, and therefore the mission envisaged for 6 December, unfortunately had to be cancelled.

B. Evaluation of the visit

III. THE MISSION TO THAILAND

ILO Press Release, Freedom of Association ILO Mission Completes its Visit to Nigeria , 21 August 1998.

The mission's visit and activities were widely reported by the media.

2. Objection to a visit to a particular place of detention may be made only on urgent and compelling grounds of national defence, public safety, natural disaster or serious disorder in the place to be visited that temporarily prevent the carrying out of such a visit. The existence of a declared state of emergency as such shall not be invoked by a State Party as a reason to object to a visit.

The visits were preceded by a pilot visit to Trinidad and Tobago in September 2004.

During that visit, the High Commissioner was granted free access to any place and to any one he desired to meet.

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She was concerned that the number of countries that did not want to extend an invitation to visit was increasing, and that such refusals often came from countries for which she had received substantial allegations of violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief.