9 any means, a disruption of the social or political order or of trade union organizations. When they join associations that have direct or indirect political ends. When they interfere in the organization or direction of marches, assemblies, or any kind of public demonstration that is political in nature or contrary to the decisions of the supreme government, or issue statements or publications that are in the same vein or that are offensive to national institutions and/or authorities. When they in any way incite disobedience of the laws of the Republic or the legally constituted authorities; j) When they in any way undermine the good international relations of Bolivia or engage in agitation or propaganda activities against the governments of countries with which we have relations; k) When they violate the rules of residence that apply to them.5 2. On recognition of refugee status 53. Bolivia acceded to the United Nations 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 6 and its 1967 Protocol on February 9, 1982. Bolivia adopted the 1951 Convention as a law of the 7 Republic by Law 2071 of April 14, 2000. The pertinent portions of the decrees that governed recognition of refugee status at the time of the facts are as follows: Executive Decree 19639 de July 4, 1983 Article 1 Let the National Commission on Refugees be created and let it be composed of the following: 1 Delegate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship; 1 Delegate from the Ministry of the Interior, Migration and Justice; 1 Delegate from the Ministry of Labor and Social Development; 1 Delegate from the Church; 1 Delegate from the Permanent Human Rights Assembly; 1 Delegate from Universidad Mayor de San Andrés Law School; and 1 Delegate from the UNHCR This national commission, which shall be transitory in nature, shall advise both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship and the Ministry of the Interior, Migration, and Justice in determining refugee status. Article 2 The basic task of the National Commission will be to study the creation of a National Office for Refugees, which shall be composed of the above-mentioned national institutions, be administrative and supervisory in nature, and work in coordination with the UNHCR through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. The National Commission may, as appropriate and until the inception of the National Office for Refugees, perform a comparative study of country's laws in relation to the problems posed by the current reality and the enforcement of international instruments in this area. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship shall be in charge of the execution and implementation of this executive decree.8 Executive Decree 19640 of July 4, 1983 5 Appendix 36. Relevant domestic standards. 6 http://www.acnur.org/t3/fileadmin/scripts/doc.php?file=biblioteca/pdf/0506. 7 Appendix 36. Relevant domestic standards. 8 Appendix 36. Relevant domestic standards.

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