Washington, DC—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) remains very concerned about the impact on human rights of the excessive, unwarranted extension of the state of emergency regime in El Salvador. The IACHR once again calls on the State to stop its...
On January 27, 2025, Legal Humanitarian Aid (SJH) and the Center for Exchange and Solidarity (CIS) presented a report on enforced disappearances, torture, and deaths documented during the state of exception in El Salvador to various United Nations (UN) rapporteurs....
In 2025, El Salvador consolidated a “repressive model” marked by “mass and arbitrary” detentions and the criminalization of human rights defenders, under the extension of a state of exception that has been in place since March 2022 and suspends...
In 2025, El Salvador consolidated a “repressive model” under the extension of a state of exception—in effect since March 2022 and which suspends constitutional guarantees—marked by “mass and arbitrary” arrests and the criminalization of human...
The setting is idyllic. The colonial city of Antigua Guatemala, a World Heritage site nestled in a valley surrounded by volcanoes, is the venue for the 2022 summit of attorneys general and chief prosecutors. What is not so idyllic are the résumés of some of the...
Rising extreme heat in El Salvador increasingly limits physical activity for older adults and puts their health at risk There are everyday tasks people routinely carry out without thinking about the physical toll involved, such as climbing the stairs at home, walking...
