El Salvador: Constitutional reforms without guarantees of public participation or consultation put human rights at risk

By Amnesty International

The recent approval by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly of a constitutional reform that modifies key elements of the political and electoral system is the latest example of a worrying trend towards the use of legislative power, without effective checks and balances, to introduce structural changes to the Constitution and other basic legislation that put human […] The post El Salvador: Constitutional reforms without guarantees of public participation or consultation put human rights at risk appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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