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Victims of sexual crimes in El Salvador are disproportionately women. Of the total 3,436 sexual abuse convictions in 2011, 88% of the victims were female. In 2011, there were 224 rape convictions, though many incidents are not reported due to social and cultural factors. [32] In 2016, El Salvador reported 524 femicides cases (one every 18 hours).
There have been persistent concerns over human rights in El Salvador. Some of these date from the civil war of 1980–92. More recent concerns have been raised by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. They include women's rights, child labor, and unlawful killings and harassment of labor union members and other social activists. [1]
Prostitution in El Salvador is not prohibited by national law, [1] but may be prohibited by local municipal ordinances. [2] Municipal ordinances may also prohibit the purchase of sexual services. [2] Related activities such as facilitating, promoting or giving incentives to a person to work as a prostitute (pimping) are illegal.
Blue Room of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. Until 2024, it was made up of 84 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election.
Judiciary of El Salvador (1 C, 2 P) Salvadoran jurists (1 C, 1 P) L. ... Pages in category "Law of El Salvador" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 ...
El Salvador's Congress has approved a migration law granting expedited citizenship to foreigners who make bitcoin "donations" to government social and economic development programs. In a surprise ...
The organizations IPAS, MADRE, and Women's Link Worldwide submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in which they contended that the El Salvadoran law against abortion violates several treaties that El Salvador has ratified: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); the ...
Proponents call it modernization, but watchdogs see a path to censorship.