IV The Inter-American System
| Date | 01 June 1991 |
| Published date | 01 June 1991 |
| DOI | 10.1177/016934419100900207 |
| Subject Matter | Part B: Human Rights News |
Human
Rights
News
application to
the
Middle East: the dynamic structure of periodic follow-up
meetings
of
all States concerned; the purely political character of the
process
and
its ensuingdocuments; decision-making by consensus; its
broad
scope, covering nearly all important aspects
of
the
mutual relations of the
States concerned;
the
involvementof all important States, implying that the
refusal
of
aState which is important to
the
region would impede the
success
of
aCSCME.
IV THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM'
AInter-American Commission on
Human
Rights
The findings
of
the Commission on the situation
of
human
rights in various
countries.
(Annual
Report
of
the Commission, 1989-1990
(OEASer.LN
fII.77
rev. 1,
Doc.
7,17
May 1990, Original: Spanish) September 1989 to
May
1990
El Salvador.
The
Commission has monitored the situation in EI Salvador
for several years (see past issues
of
the
NQHR).
In this report, the
Commission informs
about
major
human
rights violations perpetrated by
the
military during
the
period from
September
1989 to April 1990. An
account
of
the
killing
of
six
Jesuit
priests is given
and
the
report
states
that
during
November
and
December
1989, 2,400 people were killed, possibly
by means -
among
others -
of
incendiary bombs used by the Air Force
against
the
civilian population. As is usual in countries
of
the
American
continent,
the
government
of
EI Salvador declared
the
state
of
siege
and
the
declaration has
been
the
basis for grave violations
of
the right to
personal liberty, especially
that
of members of churches
and
humanitarian
organizations,
The
increase in arrests has brought
about
an increase in
violations
of
the
right to personal integrity, in
the
form
of
torture of
political prisoners.
The
techniques follow a
pattern
similar to that of all
repressive governments: prolonged interrogations without a
break
to sit
down on rest;
repeated
blows; electric shocks;
rape
and
sexual abuse
of
women
and
sometimes
of
men;
death
threats,
and
others.
The
government
has
denied
these allegations,
but
has admitted
that
prisoners
are
blindfol-
ded
while
under
interrogation "to prevent them from being able subse-
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