 Article 200 of the Constitution of 1996 states that the duties of the GNNT are the protection of politicians and government officials, guarding government buildings, the maintenance of order in rural areas, and guarding prisons and prisoners.Even though the Constitution adds, in Article 201, that the GNNT must "respect the liberties and rights of man" when exercising its functions, the GNNT has been accused of perpetrating serious human rights violations, as reported by Amnesty International.Following the murder of a corporal of the GNNT, the suspect in the case was extrajudicially executed on November 17, 1996, by the GNNT.