Latin America
We work alongside local organizations and human rights defenders to defend civic space and combat violence, repression, and discrimination in the region. Through strategic litigation and legal advocacy before the Inter-American Human Rights system and the United Nations, we work toward protecting human rights, seeking truth, justice, and redress for victims of human rights violations. From combating gender-based violence in Central America, historic racism against Dominicans of Haitian Descent, and systematic repression against critics in Venezuela and Guatemala to protecting freedom of the press in Colombia and Brazil, our mission is to create a region where justice, dignity, and equality prevail for all.
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Preocupante suspensión de audiencia: Persisten dilaciones en el caso de criminalización del periodista comunitario Carlos Choc en Guatemala
Tags Share El Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH), Protection International, Artículo 19, Freedom House, Free Press Unlimited, Reporteros Sin Fronteras y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, expresamos nuestra preocupación por el aplazamiento de la audiencia programada para el pasado jueves 7 de diciembre de 2023, por el Juez Fabián De León…
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Worrying suspension of hearing: Delays persist in the criminalization of community journalist Carlos Choc in Guatemala
Tags Share The Center for Legal Action on Human Rights (CALDH), Protection International, Article 19, Freedom House, Free Press Unlimited, Reporters Without Borders, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, we express our concern at the regrettable postponement of the hearing scheduled for the past Thursday December 7, 2023, by Judge Fabián De León Pérez, of…
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New York Times: Court May Force Honduras to Better Protect Trans People
Tags Share Outraged by the long-ignored murder of trans activist Vicky Hernández, RFK Human Rights and Red Lésbica Cattrachas have brought her case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights demanding the state of Honduras be held accountable. It is the first time the Inter-American Court will rule on whether governments have done enough to…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Launches Civic Space Case-Tracker
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 29, 2023 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the public launch of the Civic Space Case-Tracker, an interactive tool mapping some of the most significant ongoing human rights cases around the world – particularly those related to freedom of expression, assembly, and association. The tracker is launched in…
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Foro Penal and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) call for the Honorable Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to uphold the Pre-Trial Chamber I Decision to resume investigations into crimes against humanity in Venezuela
Tags Share In a landmark two-day hearing, the Appeals Chamber of the ICC engaged in a comprehensive review of the State of Venezuela’s appeal against Pre-Trial Chamber I Decision on the Resumption of investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office. This historic hearing marked the first time a public hearing was held on this situation, and victims…
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El Foro Penal y Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) piden a la Honorable Sala de Apelaciones de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) que confirme la decisión de la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares I de reanudar las investigaciones sobre crímenes de lesa
Tags Share En una histórica audiencia de dos días, la Sala de Apelaciones de la CPI llevó a cabo una revisión exhaustiva de la apelación del Estado de Venezuela contra la Decisión de la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares I sobre la reanudación de las investigaciones por parte de la Fiscalía. Esta audiencia marcó la primera…
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Las víctimas de Crímenes de Lesa Humanidad en Venezuela tendrán voz este martes 7/11 en audiencia de la Corte Penal internacional
Tags Share La Haya, 6 de noviembre de 2023: La Sala de Apelaciones de la Corte Penal Internacional ha programado la primera audiencia pública de la Situación Venezuela I para los días martes 7 y miércoles 8 de noviembre a las 9 de la mañana, hora estándar de Europa Central (CET). La Situación Venezuela I,…
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The victims of Crimes against Humanity in Venezuela will have a voice this Tuesday, 7/11, in a hearing at the International Criminal Court
Tags Share The Hague, November 6, 2023: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has scheduled the first public hearing for Situation Venezuela I for Tuesday, November 7, and Wednesday, November 8, at 9 a.m. Central European Time (CET). Situation Venezuela I focuses on the investigation of crimes against humanity, including arbitrary detentions, torture,…
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RFK Human Rights, CERJ bring case of four forcibly disappeared Guatemalan human rights defenders to Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Tags Share On October 11th, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held a hearing on the Pérez Lucas and others v. Guatemala case, regarding the enforced disappearance of four Indigenous human rights defenders during the country’s internal armed conflict. In 1989, as a result of their relentless work halting the forcible conscription of Indigenous peoples,…
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La Corte Interamericana celebrará una audiencia pública sobre caso de defensores de derechos humanos desaparecidos en Guatemala
Tags Share BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, 10 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023 – La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebrará una audiencia pública a las 9:30 a.m. CST el 11 de octubre sobre el caso Pérez Lucas y otros vs. Guatemala, los cuatro defensores de derechos humanos desaparecidos forzadamente por el Ejército de Guatemala en 1989 y cuyo…
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Inter-American Court to hold public hearing on disappeared Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, OCTOBER 10, 2023 – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. CST on October 11 on the case of Pérez Lucas et al. v. Guatemala, the four human rights defenders forcibly disappeared by the Guatemalan Army in 1989 whose whereabouts continue to be unknown.…
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Mexico Should Address Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders
Tags Share The undersigned organizations express our deep concern at the continuing lack of accountability for acts of criminalization, including undue investigation of cell phone records, against human rights defenders Ana Lorena Delgadillo (director and founder of the Foundation for Justice and the Democratic Rule of Law (FJEDD)), Mercedes Doretti (scientist and expert in cases…
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