A/HRC/43/5 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its thirty-fourth session from 4 to 15 November 2019. The review of El Salvador was held at the 2nd meeting, on 4 November 2019. The delegation of El Salvador was headed by Ana Geraldina Beneke Castaneda, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Integration and Economic Development. At its 10th meeting, held on 8 November 2019, the Working Group adopted the report on El Salvador. 2. On 15 January 2019, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of El Salvador: Burkina Faso, Japan and Mexico. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of El Salvador: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/34/SLV/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/34/SLV/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/34/SLV/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Canada, Germany, Portugal, on behalf of the Group of Friends on national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay was transmitted to El Salvador through the troika. These questions are available on the website of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of El Salvador referred to its ratification of international instruments and to its efforts to harmonize its domestic legal framework with international human rights standards. It highlighted the creation of several institutions and the adoption of public policies focused on different groups in the population. El Salvador had paid particular attention to economic, social and cultural rights, public security, administration of justice and the fight against impunity. 6. El Salvador had ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and withdrawn its reservation to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. It had adopted the following laws: the Access to Public Information Act (2011), the Special Act against Trafficking in Persons (2014), the Reparations for Moral Damage Act (2015), the Special Act on Adoption (2016), the Culture Act (2016), the Administrative Disputes Act (2017), the Mental Health Act (2017), the Administrative Procedures Act (2018), the Special Act for the Regulation and Establishment of Employer-Sponsored Childcare Facilities (2018), the Regulatory Improvement Act (2018), the Elimination of Bureaucratic Barriers Act (2019), the National Comprehensive Health System Act (2019) and the Special Act on Migration and Alien Affairs (2019). 7. In relation to the rights of children, the delegation referred to the National System on Comprehensive Protection; the adoption of the National Policy on Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents 2013–2023 and its National Plan of Action 2014– 2019, which incorporated a model of indicators; the reform to the Family Code which eliminated child marriage; the development of communication campaigns for the 2