| | For The Record 2003 - 0342112 |
 | | Cape Verdean society emerged from a historic background of settlement by men and women of different races and cultures, of land occupation based on slavery, of colonization and of political and administrative domination of the territory. |
 | | Cape Verde has already ratified the main international legal instruments concerning human rights (universal instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights, universal instruments on human rights concerning specific matters, universal instruments on human rights concerning specific groups, regional instruments for the protection of human rights). |
 | | Cape Verde, which has been independent since 1975 and has been a democratic State under the rule of law since 1991, has always made efforts to ensure the well-being of all those living within its borders, especially through the promotion of human rights and its opposition to all forms of racial discrimination. |
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