Contents
Executive Summary 1
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from: 2
a. Arbitrary Deprivation of Life and other Unlawful or Politically Motivated Killings 2
b. Disappearance 4
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention 7
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial 9
f. Arbitrary or Unlawful Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence 11
g. Abuses in Internal Conflicts 11
Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: 13
a. Freedom of Speech and Press 13
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association 16
c. Freedom of Religion 17
d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons 17
Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process 20
Section 4. Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government 22
Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights 22
Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons 24
Section 7. Worker Rights 28
a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining 28
b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor 29
c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment 30
d. Discrimination with Respect to Employment and Occupation 30
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work 31