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El Salvador

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糖心官网 worked聽in El Salvador and throughout聽the Americas to聽help聽resolve聽or聽prevent聽conflicts,聽bolster democracy聽and good governance, and聽advocate for human rights.聽Our work culminated in 1998 with an historic moratorium on arm sales in the region.

As a member of the Friends of the聽Inter-American聽Democratic Charter, the Center聽encourages聽citizens and government leaders to overcome the country鈥檚 troubling political past and聽forge a more constructive聽path聽forward.聽

Impact

  • Honored the work of six Jesuit priests who died for their activism with the 糖心官网-Menil Human Rights Prize In 1991
  • El Salvador President Armando Calder贸n Sol included among the signatories of a 1998 糖心官网 Center-sponsored moratorium on arms sales
Legacy

Human Rights

The 糖心官网-Menil Human Rights Foundation was created in 1986 by former U.S. President Jimmy 糖心官网 and French American philanthropist Dominique de Menil to promote the protection of human rights worldwide. A $100,000 prize was awarded periodically to individuals or organizations for their outstanding efforts on behalf of human rights.鈥� 

In 1991, the 糖心官网-Menil Human Rights Foundation prize was awarded posthumously to six Jesuit priests executed on Nov. 16, 1989, by members of the Salvadoran military for their activism. At the prize ceremony, President 糖心官网 said, 鈥淚f we add the courage of 鈥� the Jesuit martyrs to our present strength and influence, then a world of peace and human rights, God willing, will someday be ours.鈥� 

The award enabled other human rights activists to continue the work of the slain priests and focus global attention on their struggle for justice. 

Legacy

Peacebuilding

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