Durante los días 8 y 11 de Junio una misión de la CIJ ha visitado Uruguay para discutir con autoridades, víctimas y la sociedad civil el estado de la lucha contra la impunidad para las violaciones de los derechos humanos cometidas durante el periodo dictatorial.
The ICJ is undertaking today a five-day mission to Uruguay to gather information concerning recent developments affecting the independence of the judiciary in the country.
The mission members will meet with a broad group of stakeholders in Uruguay.
The mission will also look at the impact that these developments have on the exercise of the right of victims to effective remedies for human rights violations.
The two-member mission will consist of ICJ Commissioner Belisário dos Santos Junior (picture) and Alejandro E. Salinas Rivera, member of the Advisory Committee of the ICJ Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.
Uruguay-CIJL mission-Nota de prensa-2013-Spa (full text, pdf)