Human Rights

Tokyo, July 11, 2011

 On June 2, a constitutional crisis erupted in El Salvador. The Salvadoran Legislative Assembly approved Decree 743, which mandates that the five members of the Constitutional Court must rule unanimously instead of with the previous four-person majority.

"If the Government ratifies the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the invisible voices can finally be heard" - says GCAP Philippines

The 8th June, GCAP Argentina member the Citizen Participation Forum for Justice and Human Rights, FOCO along with the Asociación Ecologista Inti Chuteh (San Juan); Asamblea Popular por el Agua (Mendoza); Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos de La Matanza; Bienaventurados los Pobres (Catamarca);