Determined to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and desirous of an urgent and immediate end to violations of human rights and fundamental treedoms in South Africa, 1. Reaffirms its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle by the opponents of apartheid to realize their human rights and fundamental freedoms; 2. Condemns any and every practice of torture, in­ human and degrading treatment of detainees and pris­ oners in South African prisons and in South African police custody during interrogation and detention, as indicated in the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts established under resolution 2 (XXIII.) of the Commission on Human Rights; 3. Calls upon the Government of South Africa: (a) To initiate investigations into the violations men­ tioned in the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts with a view to establishing the degree of responsibility of the persons listed in appendix II to chapter YII of the report, for the purpose of punishing them accordingly; (b) To afford the opportunity to all persons who have suffered damage to receive indemnification; (c) To abolish the ISO-day law and the Terrorism Act, under which opponents of the policies of apartheid are detained without charge or trial, as well as the Suppression of Communism Act, the Sabotage Act and similar laws, and also to refrain from incorporating the principles contained in these laws into other laws ; (d) To release immediately Mr. Robert Sobukwe; (f) To release immediately all other political pris­ oners and all persons held for their opposition to the policies of apartheid, whether in prison or police deten­ tion ; 25 E/CN.4/950. 29 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Forty-second Session, Supplement No. 6 (E/4322 and Corr.l), para. 268. 4. Requests Member States to encourage the giving 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a resolution or a statement from an international organization, likely the United Nations, addressing human rights violations in South Africa during the apartheid era. The text condemns practices such as torture, inhumane treatment, and long-term detention without charge or trial, and calls upon the South African government to take specific actions to address these violations. The focus is on human rights and fundamental freedoms, rather than economic or material issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights