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In this context, the human rights concerns mentioned above, as well as the specific situation of IDPs were addressed.

This diminishes their economic and durable-solution prospects and increases their vulnerability.9 1 Kenya, 2009 Population and Housing Census Results, 31 August 2010, slides 34-35. (...) In the cases of both the Mawingu and the Pipeline camps, the IDPs did not consider return to their places of origin to be a viable durable solution due to the trauma and violence they had suffered. 2. (...) In this respect he underlines the compounded vulnerabilities that have affected these IDPs, and in particular vulnerable groups, and the need to address their remaining protection, assistance and durable-solution needs. 43 Plan of Action: Street Children Profiling in Rift Valley Province, 1 July 2011, p. 11. 44 UNICEF, Save the Children, and Kenya, “Profiling of Children Connected to the Street” presentation to PWGID, 13 December 2011. 45 Out of an estimated 2,500-3,000 CCIs in the country, only 300 CCIs were duly registered in 2008. 46 UNICEF, report of cumulative progress from April 2008-August 2009, provided to the Special Rapporteur.

Some First Nations have accepted this solution but others consider releasing their constitutionally recognized and affirmed rights through a negotiated settlement as unacceptable. (...) The Special Rapporteur agrees with the recommendation made by RCAP that a possible solution could be the establishment of regional treaty commissions and an Aboriginal lands and treaties tribunal. (...) The parties involved in the conflict are seeking a solution, but Mohawk leaders are understandably concerned.

There are also massive disparities between urban and rural areas in levels of access to water and sanitation. As mentioned above, 70 per cent of the poor in Egypt live in rural areas. (...) Water quality problems persist for several reasons. First, as already mentioned, water scarcity has a negative impact on water quality. (...) Similarly, concerns were raised by several interlocutors that the Nile river cruises also fail to take their waste to sewage treatment plants, but instead dump it in the Nile, which is the main source of drinking water for the population of Egypt. As mentioned above, there is reportedly little accountability for such pollution, although it is against the law. 43.

According to the above-mentioned law, there are three types of monitoring of the land: inspectional, procedural and by necessity. (...) The Centre promotes the protection of women’s rights and urges the women to be active and talk about issued affecting their lives, as “the silence is not a solution”. The Centre regularly organizes seminars on the resolution of conflicts and the elimination of racial and gender discrimination among the women of the Republic.

Indeed, during his visit, a large number of relevant interlocutors mentioned their satisfaction with the Act; however, concerns were raised on a number of occasions, with regard to the understanding of this right by right-to-information officers on provincial councils. 20. (...) The Special Rapporteur considers, as mentioned in his end of mission statement,3 that a concerted effort must be put into the continued safeguarding and promotion of these institutions, ensuring that they are sufficiently robust to maintain independence and functionality throughout all democratic transitions. (...) Article 15 (7) of the Constitution places limits on these rights, in line with those mentioned in article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs provided funds to the above-mentioned seven institutions until 2010. Institutional funding was replaced by project grants in 2012. (...) One obstacle frequently mentioned by interlocutors was the deep system-wide politicization of education. (...) It reveals the failure of the competent authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past 11 years to find a permanent, countrywide solution, which would guarantee children’s equal rights to education”.21 57.

It is most disappointing that while your predecessor’s above-mentioned report as well as Your Excellency’s report of 3 December 2007 (S/2007/699) dwelt on the unjust isolation of the Turkish Cypriot people, a commensurate approach has not been taken in the present human rights report. (...) In response, the Greek Cypriot administration referred to the law 139/1991 which has been mentioned hereinabove. We consider the reference to the construction sector in North Cyprus in paragraph 13 of the Report to be inappropriate. (...) In 1 other case, the applicant agreed to restitution upon the solution of the Cyprus problem and in the interim period, all constructions and other developments on the properties have frozen.

The Working Group appreciates the fact that the Government of Croatia transmitted all the documents it requested, including copies of legislation and statistical data that were mentioned during the meetings with official authorities. (...) In addition, there is the possibility that the DNA samples match the blood samples from relatives of missing persons from other countries in the region, given the above-mentioned lack of a joint regional DNA database. 15. (...) The Working Group also notes that relatives claim that, although the above-mentioned laws may not be discriminatory in principle, the way they are implemented may in practice exclude some ethnic groups from the enjoyment of the rights stipulated in the laws. 61.

If somebody complains to the Ministry for Human Rights and Consolidation of Democracy about a human rights violation, agents of the Ministry of Security will investigate the allegations. The Minister mentioned a general training on human rights for security forces posted in the country and to be deployed in United Nations peacekeeping missions.