El Salvador - NGO Law Monitor - Research Center - ICNL

El Salvador - NGO Law Monitor - Research Center - ICNL
Reports
http://www.icnl.org/research/monitor/elsalvador.html[11/2/2012 12:40:52 PM]
UN Universal Periodic Review Reports 7th Session 2010
Reports of UN Special Rapporteurs
USIG (United States International
Grantmaking) Country Notes
U.S. State Department
El Salvador
Not available
Country report on human rights practices (2011)
Advancing Freedom and Democracy Report (2011)
Failed States Index Reports Foreign Policy: Failed States Index 2012
IMF Country Reports El Salvador and the IMF
International Commission of Jurists Not available
International Center for Not-for-Profit
Law Online Library
News and Additional Resources
El Salvador
Back to Top
Back to Top
While we aim to maintain information that is as current as possible, we realize that situations can rapidly
change. If you are aware of any additional information or inaccuracies on this page, please keep us
informed; write to ICNL at ngomonitor@icnl.org.
General News
Dr. Tillemann travels to Peru and El Salvador(October 2012)
On October 18, Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies, traveled to
San Salvador, El Salvador to meet with government and civil society leaders in preparation for El Salvador’s
upcoming presidency of the Community of Democracies (CD). The Community of Democracies is an
intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries established in 2000 with a stated
commitment to strengthening and deepening democratic norms and practices worldwide.
CSOs petition to halt REDD program (August 2012)
Civil society organizations are asking the World Bank to reject the Salvadoran government’s proposal to join a
program for reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to deforestation on the argument that it will actually
harm the environment. They argue that, beyond the praiseworthy aim of preserving forests in developing
countries, the mechanism does nothing to enforce reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by the
industrialised countries that are the prime causes of the pollution. According to the UN-REDD program’s
website, it is “an effort to create financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for
developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable
development.
Civil society speaks out on constitutional crisis (July 2012)
Civil society in El Salvador has been critical of the National Assembly and its refusal to acknowledge the
rulings of the Constitutional Chamber. Currently there is a dispute about who has the last word when there is
a constitutional issue. El Salvador's Constitution appears to give that power specifically to the Constitutional
Chamber, but the National Assembly has refused to accept this interpretation. As a result, there are now two
sets of judges in the country each claiming to be the Supreme Court.
Trade unionists denounce persecution in El Salvador (June 2012)
Persecution of trade unionists remains a problem in El Salvador, in spite of the fact that the country is
governed by a left-wing party that advocates labour rights, union leaders say.
Progress can prevail in El Salvador (May 2012)
El Salvador is suffering under extraordinary levels of violence fueled by economic desperation, arms supply,
organized crime, gang violence, state sponsored violence, banditry, and domestic violence. The companion
paper Violence and Poverty Entangled in El Salvador describes these in detail. This paper sets out to suggest
simple outlines of solutions, applaud positive developments, and bring models of success from other