Situation of the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Guatemala

A/RES/41/156View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1987.

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4 subjects

Constitutions Guatemala Human Rights Laws and Regulations

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Welcomes the process of democratization and return to constitutionality, which are fundamental steps towards complete and effective enjoyment ofhuman rights and fundamental freedoms, and encourages the Government of Guatemala to continue to take measures for the effective implementation of the Constitution and other laws aimed at safeguarding these rights and freedoms;

Requests the Government of Guatemala to continue co-operating with the Commission on Human Rights by providing it with information about the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular in regard to the application of the new legal order for the protection of these rights and freedoms;

Recommends that the Commission on Human Rights should continue to consider the situation ofhuman rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala, in accordance with Commission resolution 1986/62, and decides to continue its consideration of developments in that situation at its forty-second session.

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