2.1 Are there civil and criminal legal remedies for domestic violence victims?
There are civil and legal remedies for domestic violence victims in El Salvador.
2.2 Is domestic violence identified in national law as a human right (noting that at a European level protection from domestic violence has not been explicitly identified as a human right but is indirectly captured by the other provisions)?
The El Salvadorian legal system recognizes domestic violence as a violation of human rights under the IAC. In 1995, El Salvador signed the convention, which defines violence against women; establishes that women have the right to live a life free of violence and that violence against women constitutes a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms; and calls for the establishment of mechanisms to protect and defend women's rights as essential to combating violence against women's physical, sexual and psychological integrity, whether in the public or the private sphere, and for asserting those rights within society (IAC).
2.3 Has your country signed and ratified the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention (2011) preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210)?
El Salvador has not signed or ratified the 2011 Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210). This is not unusual. El Salvador it is not a member of the Council of Europe and no other Central American country has signed or ratified it.
2.4 If it has ratified the Istanbul Convention, how has this convention been implemented into national law?
N/A — El Salvador has not ratified the Istanbul Convention.
2.5 If it has not ratified or signed the Istanbul Convention, is it envisaged that your country will do so?
The Istanbul Convention concerns the Council of Europe. While the Istanbul Convention is open for accession by nonmember states and for signatures by nonmember states that participated in its elaboration, El Salvador is unlikely to sign it.
2.6 If it has ratified the 1979 Convention, how has the recommendations part of General Comment No. 35 been implemented into national law?
El Salvador signed the 1979 Convention on 14 November 1980 and ratified it on 19 August 1981 (Ratification Status for El Salvador — OHCHR.org).
2.7 If the 1979 Convention has not been ratified or signed, is it envisaged that your country will do so?
N/A — El Salvador signed the 1979 Convention on 14 November 1980 and ratified it on 19 August 1981 (Ratification Status for El Salvador — OHCHR.org).