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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:
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