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Wrapping up visit, UN rights chief urges El Salvador to address femicide and abortion ban

Nov 18, 2017, at 10:33 am

New York, Nov 18 (Just Earth News): At the end of his first visit to El Salvador, the United Nations human rights chief on Friday highlighted the Government's stated commitment to human rights, as well as several issues facing the Central American country, including the highest rate of femicide in the region and the abortion ban that punishes women “for apparent miscarriages and obstetric emergencies.”