Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in El Salvador

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1983.

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12 versions · 1981–1993

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El Salvador Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance

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Expresses its deepest concern at the continued and unbridled violations of human rights and at the resulting suffering of the Salvadorian people, and regrets that the appeals for the cessation of violence made by the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the international community in general have not been heeded;

Again draws the attention of all Salvadorian parties

concerned to the fact that the rules of international law, as contained in article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949132 on the laws of war, are applicable to armed conflicts not of an international character and requests all parties to the conflict to apply a minimum standard of protection of human rights and of human treatment to the civilian population;

Notes that the situation in El Salvador, as is clearly shown in the report of the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights, has its root causes in internal political, economic and social factors, and that conditions in El Salvador for the effective exercise of civil and political rights do not exist at present;

Reaffirms the right of the Salvadorian people freely to determine their political, economic and social future without interference from outside and in an atmosphere free from intimidation and terror from all parties;

Regrets that the Government of El Salvador has not responded to suggestions to initiate, through available channels, contacts to negotiate a peaceful settlement with all representative political forces in that country;

SupplemenJ No. 5 (E/1981/25 and Corr. I), chap. XXVIII, sect. A.

129 Ibid., 1982, Supplement No. 2 (E/1982/12 and Corr. I), chap. XXVI, sect. A.

130 See E/CN.4/1512-E/CN.4/Sub.2/495. chap. XX, sect. A.

m A/37/611, annex.

132 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.

Calls again upon the parties in El Salvador to seek an end to all acts of violence in order to end the loss of life and the suffering of the people of El Salvador;

Reiterates its appeal to the Government and other political forces in El Salvador to work together towards a comprehensive negotiated political solution in order to bring about a peaceful settlement and appropriate conditions for the establishment of a Government through free and unhampered elections, in an atmosphere free from intimidation and terror;

Reiterates its appeal to all States to abstain from intervening in the internal situation in El Salvador and to suspend all supplies of arms and any type of military assistance, so as to allow the political forces in that country to restore peace and security and to permit the establishment of a democratic system;

Strongly urges the Government of El Salvador to fulfil its obligations towards its citizens and to assume its international responsibilities in this regard by taking the necessary steps to ensure that human rights and fundamental freedoms are fully respected by all its agencies, including its security forces and other armed organizations operating under its authority or with its permission;

Urges the judiciary in El Salvador to assume its obligation to uphold the rule of law and to prosecute and to punish those found responsible for assassinations, acts of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment;

Reiterates its appeal to all Salvadorian parties concerned 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 El Salvador;

Calls again upon the Government of El Salvador, as well as all other parties concerned, to continue to cooperate with the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-ninth session to continue to examine, as a matter of high priority, the situation in El Salvador on the basis of the report of its Special Representative;

Decides to keep under consideration, during its thirtyeighth 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 /Oth plenary meeting 17 December /982

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