Reform to the Anti-Corruption Law advances in the National Assembly
Venezuela Impact | Positive Probability | High Civicus Rating | Repressed On July 26 the Comptroller Commission of the National Assembly launched the public consultation process on the bill of the partial reform of the Law Against Corruption of 2014, which had been approved in first discussion two weeks ago. The initiative broadens the concept […]
Bill to eliminate the obligation to consult Indigenous Communities moves forward
Brazil Impact | Negative Probability | Medium Civicus Rating | Obstructed The situation of Brazil’s indigenous peoples has been viewed with concern for decades due to their living conditions and lack of protection of their rights. This could now be aggravated if a bill to reform the so-called Statute of the Indian, which obtained a […]
Anti-corruption commissions in the Northern Triangle: failures and emerging civil society alternatives
Rest of Latin America On June 4, the International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES in Spanish) ceased working after a series of accusations and counter accusations with the government of President Nayib Bukele. It follows an established trend in the region, where in the last year and a half similar commissions in Guatemala […]
The government excludes civil society from the working group that will review the National Human Rights Program
Brazil Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed On February 11, the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights created a Working Group tasked with analyzing and proposing changes to the National Human Rights Program (PNDH-3, in Portuguese). As of today, not much information is available about its functioning, but what is known is that […]
President Alvarado rejected before the Assembly accusations of violating rights to privacy
Costa Rica Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Limited On February 10, and almost a year after its installation, the Special Committee investigating the alleged use of confidential information of Costa Ricans by the Presidential Data Analysis Unit (UPAD, in Spanish) summoned President Carlos Alvarado Quesada to provide explanations before the Legislative Assembly. During eight […]
The new Legislative Assembly aligned with the ruling party threatens judicial independence
El Salvador Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Obstructed On May 1st, a new period of legislative sessions began with the inauguration of the 84 deputies elected on February 28, a day in which the ruling party, represented by the Nuevas Ideas party, secured its own majority. In the inaugural session, the 56 ruling party […]
Colombia launches a new National Accountability System with citizen participation
Colombia Impact | Positive Civicus Rating | Repressed On March 2, President Iván Duque signed a decree creating the National Accountability System (SNRC, in Spanish), which will seek to facilitate citizen participation in the monitoring and evaluation of the management commitments of the different State entities at the national, departmental, district and municipal levels. The […]
Executive Branch accused of creating parallel institutions to fight corruption
Honduras Impact | Negative Civicus Rating | Repressed On November 6, President Juan Orlando Hernández created by decree the Secretariat of Transparency, an entity within the Executive branch authorized to take complaints from citizens and investigate alleged acts of corruption in public administration. Civil society and the Institute of Access to Public Information warned the […]
The Constitutional Court gives green light to law regulating the “state of exception”
Bolivia Impact | Positive Civicus Rating | Obstructed On September 15, the Constitutional Court rejected the constitutionality inquiry filed by Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez against the Law of States of Exception. Approved by the Plurinational Assembly, the norm establishes that the government may not suspend the exercise of political rights, the right to information and […]
Government reacts to wave of murders of social leaders
Colombia Impact | Positive Rating CIVICUS | Repressed The Ministry of the Interior will soon be presenting a comprehensive protection policy enshrining guarantees for social and community leaders, journalists and human rights defenders. The announcement came a few days after the Ombudsman’s Office revealed that 555 social leaders were killed between 2016 and 2019. The […]