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Andean Group - June 2017 (ISSN 1741-4466)
Proposed reform to criminal code proves controversial
Bolivia’s bicameral national legislature is in the process of approving changes to the criminal procedure code. This is one of three bills sent down to congress by the executive led by President Evo Morales at the start of the year, aimed at eradicating the notorious inefficiencies in Bolivia’s judiciary. (The others are to establish a basic law of public and municipal conciliation and to modify the law of legal practice). The most controversial aspect of the changes has been the moves to relax provisions on abortion which, while hailed by international human rights institutions like the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bolivia, have unsurprisingly prompted an outspoken response by the Catholic Church.
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