{"id":20663,"date":"2020-08-20T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/?p=20663"},"modified":"2024-09-09T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:47:18","slug":"opening-of-our-new-office-in-el-salvador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/2020\/08\/20\/opening-of-our-new-office-in-el-salvador\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of our new office in El Salvador"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As of August, DPLF, a regional organization based in Washington DC, that uses advocacy and research to promote stronger rule of law and more effective justice systems across Latin America,\u00a0will now have permanent representation in El Salvador, which will continue \u2013and strengthen- our work around justice and human rights issues in Central America.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Respect for rule of law,\u00a0de<\/span>dication to upholding\u00a0de<\/span>mocratic principles, and protecting human rights are critical issues as Central America contends with challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic and new waves of authoritarianism. Our permanent office in El Salvador will progressively increase the focus of its work to include neighboring countries, such as Guatemala and Honduras.<\/div>\n
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Our El Salvador office is led by\u00a0Sonia Rubio-Padilla<\/strong>, a Salvadoran-Mexican lawyer and political scientist, with a PhD in Rule of Law and Global Governance from the University of Salamanca, and\u00a0Juan Carlos S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, a Salvadoran journalist, with studies in law and social anthropology. They will work in coordination with\u00a0Leonor Arteaga<\/strong>, DPLF\u2019s Program Director for Impunity and Grave Human Rights Violations, who is based in Washington DC. Leonor is also a Salvadoran lawyer, and Commissioner of the National Commission for the Search of Adult Disappeared Persons in the Context of the El Salvador Armed Conflict (CONABUSQUEDA), an\u00a0ad honorem\u00a0position.<\/div>\n
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This team will monitor and report on issues such as\u00a0judicial independence, transitional justice, corruption and impunity, and human rights concerns related to public safety policies.\u00a0<\/strong>The new office will work to create broad alliances with different national actors and promote the effective and strategic use of international human rights mechanisms and standards.<\/div>\n
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DPLF was founded 23 years ago by the members of the UN Truth Commission for El Salvador, based on the conviction that human rights could only be guaranteed by strong and independent national judicial systems. Several years ago, DPLF became one of the first organizations to use international standards to open the selection processes for high court judges in Latin America to public scrutiny. Our recent efforts in El Salvador were instrumental in urging the\u00a0Supreme Court to annul the amnesty law<\/a>,\u00a0and in the\u00a0establishment of a National Commission to search for those forcefully disappeared during the armed conflict<\/a>.\u00a0We also analyzed\u00a0El Salvador\u2019s challenges in addressing rampant corruption<\/a>\u00a0and presented concrete\u00a0recommendations for improving the country\u2019s Attorney General selection process<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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DPLF\u2019s El Salvador office will be located at final Calle La Mascota y Avenida Jerusal\u00e9n Sur. N\u00famero 1015, Urbanizaci\u00f3n Maquilishuat. San Salvador, El Salvador.<\/div>\n
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Our team can be reached via email at\u00a0srubiop@dplf.org<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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