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of the second part of paragraph 4 and the whole of paragraph 6 also apply to a mission
of rapporteurs.
(11) The CSCE rapporteur(s) will establish the facts, report on them and may give advice
on possible solutions to the question raised. The report of the rapporteur(s), containing
observations of facts, proposals or advice, will be submitted to the participating State
or States concerned and, unless all the States concerned agree otherwise, to the CSCE
Institution no later than three weeks after the last rapporteur has been appointed. The
requested State will submit any observations on the report to the CSCE Institution,
unless all the States concerned agree otherwise, no later than three weeks after the submission of the report.
The CSCE Institution will transmit the report, as well as any observations by the
requested State or any other participating State, to all participating States without delay.
The report may be placed on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the Committee
of Senior Officials, which may decide on any possible follow-up action. The report will
remain confidential until after that meeting of the Committee. Before the circulation of
the report no other rapporteur may be appointed for the same issue.
(12) If a participating State considers that a particularly serious threat to the fulfilment
of the provisions of the CSCE human dimension has arisen in another participating
State, it may, with the support of at least nine other participating States, engage the procedure set forth in paragraph 10. The provisions of paragraph 11 will apply.
(13) Upon the request of any participating State the Committee of Senior Officials may
decide to establish a mission of experts or of CSCE rapporteurs. In such case the Committee will also determine whether to apply the appropriate provisions of the preceding paragraphs.
(14) The participating State or States that have requested the establishment of a mission
of experts or rapporteurs will cover the expenses of that mission. In case of the appointment of experts or rapporteurs pursuant to a decision of the Committee of Senior Officials, the expenses will be covered by the participating States in accordance with the
usual scale of distribution of expenses. These procedures will be reviewed by the Helsinki Follow-up Meeting of the CSCE.
(15) Nothing in the foregoing will in any way affect the right of participating States to
raise within the CSCE process any issue relating to the implementation of any CSCE
commitment, including any commitment relating to the human dimension of the
CSCE.
(16) In considering whether to invoke the procedures in paragraphs 9 and 10 or
12 regarding the case of an individual, participating States should pay due regard to
whether that individual’s case is already sub judice in an international judicial procedure.
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