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28.
The Special Rapporteur welcomes this reply and expresses the hope that an
invitation will be extended to him.
29.
In his previous report the Special Rapporteur mentioned that he had
received an invitation from the Government of Djibouti to visit that country
to carry out an objective and independent inquiry into a number of alleged
cases of torture which had been transmitted to the Government. He also
informed the Commission that due to a regrettable delay in communications this
visit had to be postponed. By letter of 21 August 1992 he asked the
Government of Djibouti whether the invitation was still valid and, if so, when
the visit could take place. The Special Rapporteur has not yet received a
reply from the Government of Djibouti. He wishes to repeat what he said last
year: by extending this invitation to carry out an investigation the
Government of Djibouti has set an example which may contribute to a more
effective functioning of the Commission's mandate on torture.
30.
Pursuant to resolution E/CN.4/1992/S-1/1 adopted by the Commission at its
first special session in August 1992, the Special Rapporteur, at the
invitation of the Commission's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, took
part in his second mission from 12-22 October 1992. Those findings of the
mission which are relevant to torture are reflected in chapter III.