Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in El Salvador

A/RES/40/139View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Agrarian Reform Armed Incidents Civilian Persons Displaced Persons El Salvador Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Judicial System Law Reform Prisoners of War Refugees

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12 operative paragraphs

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

Recognizes with interest and emphasizes that it is important that the Special Representative should have mdicated in his interim report that the Government of El Salvador is continuing its policy of attempting to improve the situation of human rights;

Expresses, nevertheless, its deep concern at the fact that serious and numerous violations ofhuman rights continue to take place in El Salvador owing above ali to nonfulfilment of the humanitarian rules of war and therefore requests the Government of El Salvador and the insurgent forces to adopt measures conducive to the humanization of the conflict by observing scrupulously the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto, and also recommends that the Special Representative should, for the duration of the armed confiict, continue to

observe and to inform the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights of the extent to which the contending parties are respecting those rules, particularly as regards humanitarian treatment and respect for the civilian population, prisoners of war, those wounded in combat, health personnel and military hospitals of either party;

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 which ali sectors of the population participate freely and effectively;

Requests ali States to refrain from intervening in the interna! situation in El Salvador and, instead of 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;

Deeply regrets the interruption ofthe dialogue initiated in October 1984 between the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional-Frente Democrático Revolucionario and therefore calls upon these parties to renew their talks so that by means of sincere, generous and open dialogue they may achieve a negotiated comprehensive political solution which will put an end to the armed conflict and contribute to the institutionalization and strengthening of the democratic system based on the ful! exercise by ali Salvadorians oftheir civil and political rights and their economic, social and cultural rights;

Ca/Is upon the Government and the opposition forces, as agreed at the meeting held at La Palma on 15 October 1984, 186 to establish as soon as possible appropriate mechanisms to study the plans and proposals submitted by both parties and to include ali sectors of national life in the search for peace;

Views with concern that, as a consequence of the prolonged armed conflict, the number of refugees and internally displaced persons, who already constitute a considerable part of the Salvadorian population, continues to increase and requests ali States to collaborate in the reception ofthe refugees and to support the autonomous organizations responsible for looking after internally displaced persons in El Salvador;

Again reiterates its appeal to the Govemment of El Salvador and to the opposition forces to co-operate fully with the humanitarian organizations dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the ci vilian population, wherever these organizations operate in the country, and to permit the lnternational Committee of the Red Cross to continue to evacuate those wounded and maimed by war to where they can receive the medica! attention they need;

Deeply deplores the fact that the capacity of the judicial system in El Salvador to investigate, prosecute and punish violations ofhuman rights continues to be patently unsatisfactory and therefore urges the competent authorities to continue and strengthen the process ofreform ofthe Salvadorian 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;

l l. 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 ofthe interna! conflict in that country;

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Ca/Is 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 intemational instruments binding on the Govemment of El Salvador in respect of human rights;

Renews its appeal to the Government of El Sal vador. as well as to other parties concemed, to continue to co-operate with the Special Representa ti ve of the Com • mission on Human Rights;

Decides to keep under consideration, during its forty-first 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 pro· vided by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council, in the hope that there will he improvement.

184NJ21144, annexr, 1 and 11 185 A/40'818. annn

186 See A/39/636, annex, sect. 11.

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