In spite of the use in certain political forums with clearly negative connotations, the term globalization has a neutral meaning that also can apply to some purposes of undoubted kindness. This way, the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights and other international instruments approved by the United Nations are globalizing rules, arisen with the idea of extending the force of the basic rights of the person to all the countries of the world. From this another vision of the globalization, obtaining the effective force of the human rights in the countries of Central America turns out to be a particularly urgent and necessary task. In effect, except Costa Rica, which can be considered to be a lucky exception in the turbulent political Central American history, all the rest States of the region share a past marked by the serious internal conflicts and the scanty economic development, circumstances both that explain in good part a present characterized by the weakness of the institutions, the lack of social cohesion and, in consequence, the insufficient guarantee of the most basic rights of the majority of the population. In this context, and from their commitment with the improvement of the material conditions of life of their least favoured fellow-citizens, six authors and authoresses Central Americans approach, from different perspectives, the current situation of the fundamental rights in their respective countries.
