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273. On 25 July 1991 the Government of the Philippines transmitted to the
Special Rapporteur a list of 42 members of the military who had been convicted
of serious human rights violations in the country since 1986.
274. By letters dated 17 October addressed to the Government of Peru
and 21 October 1991 addressed to the Governments of Honduras and Guatemala,
the Special Rapporteur again requested those Governments to inform him of any
measures they might have taken in pursuance of the recommendations made
following his visits to their countries (see E/CN.4/1989/15, para 187 and
E/CN.4/1990/17, paras. 216 and 254). In this connection the Government of
Peru informed the Centre for Human Rights that Legislative Decree No. 685
had been enacted authorizing access by officials of the Office of the
Attorney General to military installations and police detention centres in all
areas throughout the country in which states of emergency were in effect to
verify the situation of persons who had been detained.
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