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Pages in category "Law of El Salvador" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abortion in El Salvador;
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.
Title One enumerates the rights of the individual, among them: the right to free expression that "does not subvert the public order"; the right of free association and peaceful assembly for any legal purpose; the legal presumption of innocence; the legal inadmissibility of forced confession, and the right to the free exercise of religion with the stipulation that such exercise remain within ...
Proponents call it modernization, but watchdogs see a path to censorship.
Abortion in El Salvador is strictly illegal, and the law allows for no exception. In El Salvador, if a woman miscarries, it is frequently assumed she deliberately induced an abortion or could have saved the baby but opted not to. Women who did not know they were pregnant or who could have prevented a miscarriage, face long prison terms. [9] [10]
Gender inequality can be found in various areas of Salvadoran life such as employment, health, education, political participation, and family life. [1] [2] [3] Although women in El Salvador enjoy equal protection under the law, they are often at a disadvantage relative to their male counterparts.
The Bitcoin Law was passed by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on 9 June 2021. Bitcoin officially became a legal tender on 7 September 2021. [128] [129] [130] As part of the law, foreigners can gain permanent residence in El Salvador if they invest 3 Bitcoin into the country. [131]
In 2019, the Salvadoran government estimated that extortion accounts for 80 percent of the gangs' finances, accounting for 3 percent of the country's gross domestic product. [9] According to an opinion poll conducted by the Central American University during the 2000s, 20.8 percent of Salvadorans believed that gangs were the biggest problem ...