UN General Assembly
2010

judicial system and has already ratified several international agreements and treaties concerning the promotion and protection of human rights, which have come to be an integral part of our legal system. Likewise, in the last 10 years the Government has made significant progress in updating and adapting its legislative, legal and administrative instruments with regard to the promotion and protection of civil and political rights, as well as social, economic and cultural rights. In addition to those enormous and ongoing efforts, the Government of Equatorial Guinea has taken several other relevant measures and provisions to strengthen the implementation of the laws in force in the country in order to promote human rights and the rule of law. A particular instance is the recent enactment of the new Organic Law of Judicial Power, which determines the overall organization of the judicial system and the operation of justice in Equatorial Guinea. In recent years, the world’s nations have witnessed an intensification and increase of violence in acts of terrorism, in particular starting with the tragedy