Examples of using MASRY said in English and their translations into Russian
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Mr. EL MASRY said that both the Government and the Maoist insurgents were committing grave human rights violations.
Mr. EL MASRY said that he was in favour of more concise wording that did not specify the nature of the consultations.
Mr. EL MASRY said that that still left unresolved the question of States having made reservations with respect to article 20.
Mr. EL MASRY said that he would address three issues, the first being the admissibility of evidence under article 15.
Mr. EL MASRY said he noted that there had been no objections to the use of crossreferencing in the submission of reports.
Mr. EL MASRY said that, as a new member of the Committee, he would like to know more about the work of the Working Group.
Mr. EL MASRY said he agreed that the Committee should not go into the specific details of the letter, either in its reply or in the annual report.
Mr. EL MASRY said that, while the Chairperson should indeed have been consulted on the changes to the schedule, the Committee should remain flexible.
Mr. EL MASRY said that during the previous 7 weeks, more than 230 Palestinians, one third of them children, had been killed by the Israeli security forces.
Mr. EL MASRY said that under United Nations rules any Occupying Power was accountable for its actions in the territories it occupied.
Mr. EL MASRY said that, like Mr. Zupančič, he was pleased to note that the Criminal Code now made torture a criminal offence.
Mr. EL MASRY said he would like some clarification concerning the rights of the accused and of counsel in cases where an anonymous witness could testify.
Mr. EL MASRY said that the Committee should ascertain all the facts of the case concerning Mr. Pinochet, particularly the arguments on which the English High Court ruling had been based.
Mr. EL MASRY said that although the representative of Israel had spoken of the dilemma facing that country, the real dilemma was the one facing the Palestinians, that of occupation.
Mr. EL MASRY said that all the proposals in the paper before the Committee were based on the notion of preparing a single report for consideration by all treaty bodies.
Mr. EL MASRY said that the important point was that the follow-up should yield immediate and practical results; such an approach need not exclude more leisurely methodological research.
Mr. EL MASRY said he supported the proposal by Mr. Mavrommatis to include the new paragraph, but he was unsure about the two-stage procedure with the conclusions and recommendations being issued at the second stage.
Mr. EL MASRY said that the Committee would have to decide whether it wanted to use the list of issues to change the form of country reports and have the State party focus on certain issues.
Mr. EL MASRY said that one solution would be to set a time limit and, if the State party did not respond or act, the Committee would be entitled to convert its provisional conclusions into final conclusions.
Mr. EL MASRY said that it would be useful to state at the beginning of a session, perhaps in the framework of a working group, which communications under article 22 of the Convention would be considered during the session and at which meeting.
Mr. EL MASRY said that although the demolition of houses might in some circumstances be of benefit to the inhabitants, it must be carried out only by court order and with the provision of adequate compensation and alternative lodging.
Mr. EL MASRY said that he associated himself with other members of the Committee in welcoming Sweden's attitude towards human rights; he personally wished to note Sweden's commitment to human rights throughout the world, especially in the Middle East.
Mr. EL MASRY said that he would like further information on the referendum organized in the Netherlands Antilles, as referred to in paragraph 13 of the core document(HRI/CORE/1/Add.67), the date of the referendum, the results and possible participation by the United Nations.
Mr. EL MASRY said he wanted to be sure that Mr. Gonzalez Poblete's proposal meant that each member of the Committee would make the solemn declaration only once, when he was first elected, and that the declaration would be valid for as long as he was a member of the Committee.
Mr. EL MASRY said that during the current session he had requested to meet with representatives of the Permanent Missions of Serbia and Montenegro and Tunisia, in the absence of any further written information from those States parties on complaints of concern to the Committee.
Mr. EL MASRY said he agreed that some such amendment was needed, but wondered whether there might be a conflict between the Committee's rule and the State parties' procedure for electing the members of the Committee since the members' term of office ran for four years from 1 January.
Mr. EL MASRY said that, while agreeing with the suggestion, he noted that the letter did contain one criticism: the State party reiterated that significant legal reforms were under way to improve the protection of victims and witnesses and regretted the Committee's failure to take those reforms into account.
MR. EL MASRY said that he was concerned to read in paragraph 100 of the core document(HRI/CORE/1/Add.14/Rev.1) that, in the event of foreign war or internal disturbance that threatened peace and public order, all or part of the effects of certain articles of the Constitution might be temporarily suspended.
Mr. EL MASRY said that he wished to point out as an additional piece of information that the Commission on Human Rights resolution had expressed grave concern at the widespread, systematic and gross violation of human rights perpetrated by the Israeli occupying power, in particular mass killings and collective punishment.
Mr. EL MASRY said that the Committee needed to address the problem of the Guantánamo Bay detention centre where people of over 40 different nationalities, including minors, were being detained indefinitely under the exclusive control of the United States of America with no access to legal counsel or the courts to challenge the lawfulness of their detention.