The credentials of Salvadoran human rights lawyer Ruth López are beyond question. As head of the Anticorruption and Justice Unit at Cristosal, an organization now operating from exile, she uncovered more than 50 corruption cases linked to President Nayib...
The Legislative Assembly fast-tracked a constitutional reform to allow life imprisonment in cases of homicide, rape, and terrorism, for which an amendment to the Penal Code is being prepared. Could the changes affect current administration officials sanctioned by the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that authorities in El Salvador must “put an end” to the state of exception, an anti-gang measure that has been in effect for four years amid complaints of human rights violations and the approval of a large part of the...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2026 – The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express their deep concern over reforms to the Juvenile Criminal Law in El Salvador that allow the imposition of life sentences on persons...
Of the total, 73.8% is debt accumulated prior to the reform passed by the Legislative Assembly in December 2022, and 26.2% is new debt acquired after the approval of the new Comprehensive Pension System Law that reformed the system. In one year, through February 2026,...
The organization stated that of the 500 cases addressed in the report, the Izalco prison accounts for a total of 210 deaths. “The Izalco prison is the largest torture center in El Salvador,” asserted Ingrid Escobar, a human rights defender and director of...
