A/HRC/28/5 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its twentieth session from 27 October to 7 November 2014. The review of El Salvador was held at the 2nd meeting on 27 October 2014. The delegation of El Salvador was headed by Carlos Alfredo Castaneda, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. At its 10th meeting, held on 31 October 2014, the Working Group adopted the report on El Salvador. 2. On 15 January 2014, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of El Salvador: China, Ethiopia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to 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.6/20/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.6/20/SLV/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/20/SLV/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by the Czech Republic, Germany, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to El Salvador through the troika. Those questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation stated that the preparation of the oral presentation was the result of consultations between different government institutions, coordinated by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 6. The second review has allowed El Salvador to take stock of progress made in human rights since its first universal periodic review in 2010. The recommendations received and the voluntary pledges put forward on that occasion had shaped some objectives established by the Government, which had contributed to the reconstruction of democracy. 7. The progress identified had not prevented the Government from acknowledging that El Salvador was a country facing several challenges that needed to be overcome before it attained the full enjoyment of the rights of its people, in compliance with its human rights obligations. 8. The Government had a firm commitment to work for the strengthening and protection of human rights as part of State policy and as a cornerstone of its foreign policy. The new Administration was inaugurated on 1 June 2014, after the Salvadoran people expressed its will through a democratic exercise. The new Government was working on the validation of its five-year development plan, as the main guiding public policy tool. As part 3