The repeated extension of the state of emergency in El Salvador – which has now been in force since March 2022 – is seriously concerning, especially given the consequences for people’s human rights...

GENEVA (22 May 2023) – UN experts* today expressed dismay at the renewal of El Salvador's state of emergency, which has now been in place for more than a year. They called for the state of emergency...

GENEVA (13 April 2023) – The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) today issued its findings on El Salvador, Morocco, Nigeria and the...

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the...

The Committee on Migrant Workers this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of El Salvador on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the...

The state of emergency has now been in force in El Salvador for a year – a year during which the authorities have taken several measures that raise serious human rights concerns. An initial month-long...

GENEVA (23 March 2023) - The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) will hold its upcoming session from 27 March to 6 April, during...

Also Adopts Final Concluding Observations on Nicaragua The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of...

GENEVA (25 November 2022) – The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on Friday issued its findings on Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Somalia and Uganda after reviewing the States parties in the...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of El Salvador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s domestic violence legislation and raising...