The Digest compiles and comments on sentences invoking international law that form the foundation of a growing jurisprudence that protects and strengthens victims and their families.
Indigenous and tribal peoples in the Latin American region invoke the right to self-determination to defend their territories, ways of life, political and social institutions, among other rights. Despite this right being internationally recognized and acknowledged by some countries, these peoples face various challenges in making it a reality.
President Nayib Bukele has become known for reducing gang-related criminality in El Salvador. But as national and international organizations have warned with increasing alarm, this security has come at a high cost for human rights.
Following the end of armed conflict or a repressive regime, an essential part of the transitional justice process is knowing and remembering the truth about the human rights violations committed. All victims and survivors are entitled to the truth, and to recognition and memory of the abuses carried out against them.
DPLF, along with Protection International Mesoamerica, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, Guatemala Human Rights Commission, Impunity Watch, Latin America Working Group Education Fund, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), International Platform Against Impunity (PICI), ACTuando Juntas Jotay Program, and Robert F.
A little over 40 years ago, the village of El Mozote and its surroundings was the scene of an unprecedented massacre. It was December 1981 when, in that community in northeastern El Salvador, almost 1,000 people were executed by the military in the worst massacre of civilians that the country experienced during the armed conflict (1980-1992). More than half the victims were children.
Enforced disappearance, which has been used as a tool of repression in a range of settings worldwide, is both a grave human rights violation and, in some circumstances, a crime against humanity.
Enforced disappearance of persons is a serious human rights violation that, according to international instruments, can be perpetrated by State agents or by non-State actors acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State.
Thirty years ago, a new era began in El Salvador. On January 16, 1992, the government signed a peace agreement with left-wing guerrillas ending the 12-year-long civil war, during which at least 75,000 people perished.
On May 1, 2021, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador irregularly removed all the judges and alternate judges of the Constitutional Chamber of El Salvador and imposed a new direct appointment system to confirm their replacements.
