Improved Rights Seen in Salvador Since War’s End

A top U.N. official said Thursday that the recent end to El Salvador’s civil war has brought a clear improvement in human rights but that a wave of recent killings and a flawed judicial system continue to cause concern.

Philippe Texier, human rights chief of the U.N. mission monitoring El Salvador’s peace process, said his team has seen a 20% reduction in the number of complaints of human rights violations since the civil war ended with peace accords signed in January.

“This improvement is in large part due to the cease-fire because many complaints were directly linked to the conflict and they have been reduced bit by bit,” Texier told reporters.