General Assembly
Security Council

Distr. GENERAL  

18 September 1995

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY    SECURITY COUNCIL
Fiftieth session    Fiftieth year
Item 114 (c) of the provisional agenda*
HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS:  HUMAN RIGHTS
  SITUATIONS AND REPORTS OF SPECIAL
  RAPPORTEURS AND REPRESENTATIVES


Situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia

Note by the Secretary-General


  The  Secretary-General has  the honour to  transmit to the  members of the
General  Assembly  and  the  members  of the  Security  Council  and to  the
International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia the  final periodic report
prepared by Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Special  Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights,  on the  situation of  human rights  in the  territory of  the
former Yugoslavia,  in accordance with paragraph  42 of  Commission on Human
Rights resolution 1995/89 of 8 March 1995.
















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  *  A/50/150.


95-29248 (E)   091095/...

*9529248*
 ANNEX

Final periodic report on the situation of human rights
in the territory of the former Yugoslavia submitted  
by Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Special Rapporteur of the 
Commission on Human Rights, pursuant to paragraph 42 
of Commission resolution 1995/89


CONTENTS

  Paragraphs  Page

Introduction    .................................................1 - 34

I.  SREBRENICA  .............................................4 - 664

  A.  General Remarks....................................4 - 64

  B.  The situation in Srebrenica........................7 - 95

  C.  The situation in Potocari..........................10 - 185

  D.  The journey by bus.................................19 - 257

  E.  The journey by medical convoy......................26 - 288

  F.  The journey on foot................................29 - 368

  G.  The question of mass executions....................37 - 4410

  H.  The question of rapes..............................4511

  I.  The situation in Tuzla.............................46 - 5012

  J.  Conclusions........................................51 - 5913

  K.  Recommendations.....................................60 - 6613

II.  THE CONCEPT OF "SAFE AREAS"............................67 - 9314

  A.  The development of the concept.....................67 - 7414

  B.  The implementation of the concept..................75 - 8616

  C.  Concluding remarks.................................87 - 9318

III.  SZEGED MEETING.........................................94 - 12320

IV.  GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ON THE MANDATE.....................124 - 12925
CONTENTS (continued)

              Page

APPENDICES

I.  MR. TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI'S LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION
  ON HUMAN RIGHTS DATED 27 JULY 1995.................................27

II.  LIST OF ALL PERIODIC REPORTS ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN
  THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SUBMITTED BY
  MR. TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR OF THE COMMISSION ON
  HUMAN RIGHTS.......................................................29