Twelfth Report on Human Rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

By United Nations

This is a United Nations report published by the Secretary General in 2001. The document contains the report on human rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) on the verification of compliance with the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights. The report, transmitted by the Head of Mission, is the twelfth on the subject and covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, during which the Mission continued to carry out its work and to verify compliance with the commitments contained in all the peace agreements. The results of such verification were reported to the General Assembly on 1 June 2001.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Jul 21, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547103905

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United Nations

Twelfth Report on Human Rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

EAN 8596547103905

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Analysis of the commitments made in the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights

Commitment I: General commitment to human rights

Commitment II: Commitment to strengthening institutions for the protection of human rights

Commitment III: Commitment against impunity

Commitment IV: Commitment that there are no illegal security forces and clandestine structures; regulation of the bearing of arms

Commitment VII: Safeguards and protection for individuals and entities working for the protection of human rights

Commitment VIII: Compensation and/ or assistance to the victims of human rights violations

III. Final observations

Appendix

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Fifty-sixth session

Item 55 of the provisional agenda*[1]

The situation in Central America: procedures for the establishment of

a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace,

freedom, democracy and development

United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

Note by the Secretary-General**

[2]

1. The attached document contains the report on human rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) on the verification of compliance with the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights (A/48/928-S/1994/448, annex I). In accordance with the practice established since the Mission’s inception, I shall transmit a copy of the report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, with the request that it be brought to the attention of the members of the Commission on Human Rights.

2. The report, transmitted by the Head of Mission, is the twelfth on the subject and covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, during which the Mission continued to carry out its work and to verify compliance with the commitments contained in all the peace agreements. The results of such verification were reported to the General Assembly on 1 June 2001 (see A/55/973).

3. In my report to the General Assembly (A/55/389), I conveyed the request of the signatories to the peace agreements that the Mission’s mandate should continue. The mandate was renewed until 31 December 2001 by resolution 55/177 of 19 December 2000, in which the General Assembly reiterated to me its request to keep it fully informed.

4. I should like to thank the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) for their cooperation with MINUGUA, without which the Mission would have been unable to function. Lastly, I wish to express my gratitude for the ongoing cooperation and support provided for the Mission and the Guatemalan peace process by the Member States and the United Nations system in Guatemala.

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↑* A/56/150.

↑** The footnote requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 54/248 was not included in the submission.

Annex

Twelfth report on human rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

I. Introduction

Table of Contents

1. During the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001, the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) continued to verify compliance with the peace agreements signed between the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG), including the Comprehensive Agreement on