PARAGUAY

CCPR

DEROGATIONS: NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 4 (3) OF THE COVENANT

27 April 2010

Through note DM/No. 105/2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Paraguay notified the Secretary-General that in response to criminal acts that are causing serious internal disturbances within the Republic and which pose an immediate threat to the proper functioning of constitutional bodies and to the lives, liberty, rights and property of the populations concerned, by act No. 3,994/10, a state of emergency was declared in the Departments of Concepción, San Pedro, Amambay, Alto Paraguay and Presidente Hayes for a period of 30 days as from 24 April 2010.