E/CN.4/1993/26 page 126 566. In the course of 1991 correspondence was exchanged between the President of the Republic and Professor Tomuschat, the Commission on Human Rights expert, with a view to informing him of the Government's progress in the field of human rights and furnishing the information regarding complaints received which Professor Tomuschat has requested as Special Rapporteur. 567. In 1991 peace talks were begun with the Guatemalan guerrilla movement and in the course of various meetings gradual advances have been made in the search for peace. 568. By letters dated 5 October 1992 addressed to the Government of Peru (visited in April 1988), Honduras (visited in September 1989), Zaire (visited in January 1990) and the Philippines (visited in September 1990), as well as by letter dated 4 September 1992 addressed to the Government of Indonesia (visited in November 1991), the Special Rapporteur requested those Governments to inform him of any (further) measures they might have taken in pursuance of the recommendations made following his visits to their countries. With respect to Indonesia, it may be recalled that on 4 March 1992 the Chairman of the Commission read a statement on the situation of human rights in East Timor, which had been agreed by consensus at the Commission. This statement contains the following sentence: "The Commission (...) urges the Indonesian authorities to take the necessary steps to implement its recommendations [contained in the Special Rapporteur's report on his visit to Indonesia and East Timor] and looks forward to a report thereon." 569. By letter dated 20 November 1992 the Government of Peru provided the Special Rapporteur with the following information. 570. Some of the Special Rapporteur's suggested recommendations imply modification of the existing legal order. The Democratic Constituent Congress which will be inaugurated on 3 January 1993 will be empowered to amend the present Constitution, as well as having legislative functions. The Constituent Congress and the Constitution that will emerge from it will furnish the institutional framework needed for the adoption of the most expedient legal provisions for the country's pacification. 571. The legal rules in force establish the mechanisms and procedures to be employed in determining liability for violations of human rights. These procedures guarantee the timely and proper administration of justice in Peru. 572. The military authorities responsible for detainees discharge their obligations in respect of those rights within the existing legal framework and to this end accord appropriate facilities to the judicial authorities, the department of the public prosecutor and the delegates of the ICRC. Specific legal and administrative provisions have been promulgated in this connection among them Legislative Decree No. 665 of 2 September 1991 and Ministerial Order No. 1302-91/DE-SG of 11 November 1991 which permits the entry of prosecutors into military installations in the emergency areas.

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