E/CN.4/2005/88/Add.2 page 3 all armed groups and the creation of indigenous peace zones, free from all military operations and subject to international supervision; immediate investigations by the prosecution services and the application of the law in all cases concerning complaints of abuses and violations committed against members of indigenous communities by the armed forces and the police; the discontinuation of schemes for indigenous children and youngsters, such as the network of informers, the introduction of peasant soldiers and the “soldiers for a day” programme; and due application by the relevant State bodies of the precautionary measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for various indigenous peoples. In the context of the new anti-terrorist measures, the Special Rapporteur calls on the military not to detain any indigenous people unless a warrant for their arrest has been issued by a competent judicial authority. He also recommends that the original powers of the Constitutional Court, and in particular the amparo procedure - one of the principal mechanisms for the defence of indigenous peoples’ human rights - should be fully respected.

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