THE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday called on El Salvador to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights in the country.

The regional human rights body noted that plunging rates of violence in El Salvador made clear that the state of emergency was no longer justifiable.

“They show the emergency situation has been overcome, and thus a situation that justifies maintaining active the suspension of rights and protections in line with the American Convention no longer exists,” the commission said in a report.