Paraguay

Amnesty’s 2023 report on Paraguay

Amnesty’s 2023 report on Paraguay highlights the Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemnation of the state’s use of torture.  It also notes reports of illegal use of force, arbitrary detentions and criminalisation of social protest after the general elections; forced evictions of Indigenous and peasant communities and their exposure to toxic substances; the rejection by the judiciary of name recognition claims of transgender people; sexual abuse of children and adolescents and forced pregnancy of girls; and violence against women.

Significant Events from Newsletters 2024

June

In a new report, Paraguay’s Bill of Health, Amnesty has identified that severe and unequal gaps in access to Paraguay’s public health system, caused by under-investment and inefficient use of resources, are putting people’s lives and health at risk and seriously affecting their income. Paraguay is a party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which identifies primary health care as a basic and mandatory right.