Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in El Salvador

A/RES/39/119View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1981–1993

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/47/140

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1993	A/RES/47/140	Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador	—	—
1992	A/RES/46/133	Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/172	Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/165	Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/145	Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador	1,442	52%Compare

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7 subjects

Administrative Reform Agrarian Reform El Salvador Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Judicial System Law Reform

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14 operative paragraphs

Commends the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights for his report on the situation of human rights in El Salvador;

Expresses its deep concern at the fact that, as indicated in the report of the Special Representative, although the number of human rights violations has decreased, they are still serious and numerous, resulting in suffering for the Salvadorian people;

Recalls that the right to life and liberty is paramount and therefore notes with satisfaction the measures which, according to the report of the Special Representative, the Government of El Salvador has adopted to put an end to these serious violations of human rights;

Deeply regrets that the persistence of hostilities by the armed forces of the Government has resulted in many civilian victims and material damage, and also regrets that the hostilities of the guerrilla forces have on occasion caused civilian victims and material damage to the economic infrastructure of El Salvador;

Reaffirms once again the right of the Salvadorian people freely to determine their political, economic and social future without interference from outside, through a genuine democratic process, in an atmosphere free from intimidation and terror;

Requests all States to refrain from intervening in the internal situation in El Salvador and, instead of supplying arms or helping in any way to prolong and intensify the war, to encourage the continuation of the dialogue until a just and lasting peace is achieved;

Welcomes with satisfaction the fact that, in accordance with the appeal made by the President of El Salvador before the General Assembly and the Assembly's own repeated appeals, talks were resumed between the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberaci6n Nacional-Frente Democratico Revolucionario, which confirmed its willingness in that respect;

Recognizes that this dialogue is an important step in the process of pacification and democratization of the country and therefore calls upon the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberaci6n Nacional-Frente Democratico Revolucionario to intensify their talks until they achieve a negotiated comprehensive political solution which will put an end to the armed conflict and estaolish a lasting peace based on the full exercise both of civil and political rights and of economic, social and cultural rights by all Salvadorians;

Welcomes the fact that the Government of El Salvador and the insurgent forces have agreed through indirect talks to exchange prisoners of war and allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to evacuate wounded combatants of the opposition in exchange for the release of government officials captured in combat, appeals to all States to do what they can to support operations of that kind, and urges the Government of El Salvador and the insurgent forces to continue those practices, which humanize the conflict, and to agree as early as possible to respect the medical personnel and all military hospitals, as required by the Geneva Conventions;

I 0. Again reiterates its appeal to the Government of El Salvador and to the opposition forces to co-operate fully and not to interfere with the activities of humanitarian organizations dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the civilian population, wherever these organizations operate in the country;

Recommends the continuation and broadening of the reforms necessary in El Salvador, including effective application of agrarian reform, for the solution of the economic and social problems which are the basic cause of the internal conflict in that country;

Deeply deplores the fact that the capacity of the judicial system in El Salvador to investigate, prosecute and punish violations of human rights continues to be patently unsatisfactory and therefore urges the competent authorities to continue and strengthen the process of reform of the Salvadorian penal judicial system, in order to punish speedily and effectively those responsible for the serious human rights violations which have been committed and are still being committed in that country;

Calls upon the competent authorities in El Salvador to introduce changes in the laws and other measures that are incompatible with the provisions contained in the international instruments binding on the Government of El Salvador in respect of human rights;

Renews its appeal to the Government of El Salvador, as well as to other parties concerned, to continue to

co-operate with the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights;

Decides to keep under consideration, during its fortieth session, the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador, in order to examine this situation anew in the light of additional elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council.

I 19 See Official Records of the General .4ssemb!J,. Th,rtv-nimh Sesmm. Supplement No. I (N39! I).

120 Resolution 21 7 A (III).

12I See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

122 First United Nations Congress on the Prf'ventwn of Crune and the Treatment of Offenders: report prepared bv 1he Secretariat (United Nations publication, Sales No. 1956.IV.4), annex fA.

123 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Cmmc1/, /<JM, Supplement No. 6 (E/1984/16).

124 Umtcd Nattons. /'real)' Sc•11·s. vol. 75. Nos. 970-973.

1 '' A: 32 144. annexes I a·nd I!

126 Sec Official Records of the Fconom,c and Sona/ Counnl, I 98 I, Supp/,•- mcnt No. _, (E/1981/25 and Con I). chap. XXVIII. sect. A.

127 IhuI 1982. Supp/cmclll \, .' (E·l982:12 and Corr.I). chap. XXVI. sect. ,\.

128 lhui I 9113 Su11plemcnt .\ , .i (E 1983/ 1.l and Corr. I). chap. XXYII. ~c~·t \

129 fbid., 1984. Supplement No. 4 (E/1984/14 and Corr.I), chap. IL Ill See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Plesect. A.

nary Meetings, 24th meeting, para. 55.

130 N39/636, annex.

132 See E/CN.4/ 1985/3-E/CN.4/Sub.211984/43, chap. XVIII. sect. A.

DJ A/391635. annex.

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