Action Specific Human Rights Legislation for El Salvador

Abstract

This law journal note dating from the Central American civil wars of the 1980s discusses ways in which the US Congress could impose detailed action requirements related to human rights as a condition of continuing US military assistance to the government of El Salvador.

Keywords: Protection; Human Rights; Abuses; Foreign Assistance Act; El Salvador; Certification Requirement; Action Specific; Country Specific; Gross Violations; Arms Export Control Act; National Guardsmen; Good Faith Progress; Good Faith Efforts; Specter Amendment; Archdiocese of San Salvador

JEL Classification: B25; B29; B30; B31