A/HRC/17/18 requires the teaching of human rights at primary and secondary school levels. It made recommendations. 76. Peru highlighted the inclusive process for the elaboration of the national report, which also described the challenges faced by Paraguay in the promotion and protection of human rights. It noted progress, such as the establishment of the Truth and Justice Commission, important efforts to address poverty and efforts to ensure free and mandatory basic education and bilingual education in Guaraní and Spanish. Peru made recommendations. 77. Uruguay recognized efforts made by Paraguay to provide human rights training to Government officials and poverty reduction strategies and programmes. It highlighted the importance of incorporating the recent history in the school textbooks, as well as the search of disappeared persons. It shared concerns in the region regarding the security of persons and asked if Paraguay had an official registry of police arms. Uruguay made recommendations. 78. The Dominican Republic acknowledged the progress made by Paraguay in the area of human rights and made a number of recommendations. 79. At the beginning of the concluding remarks, the delegation of Paraguay addressed the issue of public safety. The Ministry of Interior had developed and recently submitted a Concept Paper on National Public Security Policy, which aimed to outline general guidelines for specifying levels of public safety and governance that allowed the full exercise of rights and liberties. The application of this basic document explicitly implied protecting, promoting and protecting human rights. It focused on the prevention and investigation of the crime in line with recognized international standards. In line with the modernization and reform of the National Police of Paraguay, the Ministry had the goal of preparing policing protocols (none previously) in order to provide both a practical tool and a monitoring and control device which would allow the police to attain the highest standards in the area of promoting and protecting human rights. 80. The delegation also referred to the issue of trafficking in persons and described the efforts undertaken to combat it. At the international level, it called for enhanced cooperation to comply with the international instruments on that issue. At the national level, it explained that as of 2009 the Paraguayan police had established a special unit to combat trafficking. 81. The delegation also mentioned the fact that mass graves belonging to political prisoners of the dictatorship had recently been discovered. Currently, the competent authorities were digging them and trying to identify the remains. 82. Finally, the delegation answered the questions relating to the rulings of the InterAmerican Court on Human Rights related to indigenous issues in Paraguay. In order to facilitate their compliance it was necessary to reach consensus with various stakeholders within Paraguayan society. The cases were complex and required a high content of mutual understanding and concessions from all parties. 83. The delegation acknowledged all delegations for the fruitful interactive dialogue and for the recommendations put forward, that would be carefully considered. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 84. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below enjoy the support of Paraguay: 13

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