III. CONTINUING VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CYPRUS (11
FEBRUARY 1983 TO DATE) Since the 1974 Turkish invasion and
occupation of about 37 percent of the territory of the Republic
of Cyprus, Turkey has been systematically engaged in practices
of ethnic cleansing, racial separation and racial
discrimination. The Cyprus problem is a clear case of massive,
grave, systematic and continuing violation of human rights by
Turkey, in breach of the purposes and principles of the Charter,
and major international instruments in the field of human rights
and fundamental freedoms. Numerous resolutions of the United
Nations, including those of the Commission on Human Rights, the
Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination have been adopted over these twenty years
covering all aspects of the violations of human rights in Cyprus
by Turkey (see Annex II for the text of some of these
resolutions). Turkey in utter disregard of these res