landmark ruling.The judgment, in the upper tribunal, was decided in the case of Arthur Britney Joestar from El Salvador after concluding that they would face persecution for their identity if they returned to their home country.In El Salvador, transgender women have a life expectancy of 35 years due to violence.
Across the Latin America and Caribbean region, the figure ranges from 30 to 35 years, compared to average life expectancies ranging from 65 to 81.In July activists had welcomed the “landmark ruling” when a judge in San Salvador found three police officers guilty of the 2019 murder of Camila Díaz Córdova and sentenced each to 20 years in prison as pivotal, it was the first conviction for a hate crime against a transgender woman in.