OEA/Ser.L/V/ll.76
Doc. 16 rev.2
9 November 1989
Original: Spanish

REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PANAMA

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 

1.  Recent historical development

 

2.  The activities of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

 

3.  Method and sources

CHAPTER I     THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEM OF PANAMA

1.  Organization of the State

2.  The human rights guaranteed in the Constitution of Panama

3.  Legal restrictions on the exercise of human rights in Panama

4.  Panama’s international obligations in the area of human rights

CHAPTER II       RIGHT TO LIFE

CHAPTER III      RIGHT TO HUMANE TREATMENT

CHAPTER IV       RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY

CHAPTER V        THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW

CHAPTER VI       FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE

CHAPTER VII     RIGHT OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE

CHAPTER VIII    POLITICAL RIGHTS

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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