The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), CARECEN-DC, SHARE El Salvador, the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), and the United Methodist Church-General Board of Church and Society are pleased to invite you to
a briefing and reception on:
Human Rights Prosecutions and El Salvador’s Justice System
Featuring
Alejandro Diaz
Executive Director, Tutela Legal Dr. María Julia Hernández
José Artiga
Executive Director, SHARE El Salvador
Leonor Arteaga
Senior Program Officer, Due Process of Law Foundation
Moderated by
Geoff Thale
Program Director, WOLA
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
(Reception to follow)
WOLA
1666 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
To RSVP, please click here.
For more information, please contact Carolyn Scorpio at (202) 797-2171 or cscorpio@wola.org.
This event will be taped and posted at www.wola.org
If the government of El Salvador is to succeed in facing the challenge of gang violence and organized crime, and generate sustained economic growth that benefits all Salvadorans, it will have to overcome the weaknesses of its criminal justice system and demonstrate its ability to enforce the law without fear or favor. One major test of the criminal justice system’s competence will be the successful prosecution of long-standing human rights cases, including the Jesuit killings, the massacres at El Mozote and the Rio Sumpul, and the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero.
There has been renewed interest in these cases in recent months, both in El Salvador and internationally. The movement has emboldened victims and their families and has put the criminal justice system, especially the attorney general, to the test. Please join us for an update on the status of these key human rights cases and the capacity of El Salvador’s criminal justice system to respond.