El Salvador: Further information: Legal concern: Amnesty law for human rights violators awaiting imminent ratification

The General Amnesty Law for the Consolidation of Peace, which grants “broad, absolute and unconditional amnesty” to those responsible for human rights abuses during the conflict of 1980-1992, was approved by the Legislative Assembly on 20 March 1993. It is expected to be ratified imminently.

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