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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Former Judge Erika Aifán from Guatemala joins RFK Human Rights as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Tags Share Contact: Emma Gillett gillett@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C., April 19, 2022 –– Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is honored to welcome former Judge Erika Aifán as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Dr. Aifán will be working closely with the International Litigation and Advocacy team and will help expand its work on the rule of law, human…
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Ex jueza Erika Aifán de Guatemala se une a RFK Human Rights como Distinguida Asociada Visitante
Tags Share Contacto: Isabel C. Roby Roby@rfkhumanrights.org Washington, D.C. 19 de abril, 2022- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights tiene el honor de dar la bienvenida a la Ex jueza Erika Aifán como Distinguida Asociada Visitante. La Dra. Aifán trabajará en estrecha colaboración con el equipo de Incidencia y Litigio Internacional y ayudará a ampliar el…
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Pronunciamiento de organizaciones de sociedad civil sobre Oficina Descentralizada de la Fiscalía de la CPI en Caracas
Tags Share [Caracas/Washington D.C. Ginebra, 12 de abril, 2022] Las organizaciones de derechos humanos firmantes saludamos el reciente anuncio del Fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional, Karim A.A. Khan, sobre el establecimiento de una oficina descentralizada de la Fiscalía de la CPI en Caracas, y que la misma trabajará de manera conjunta con importantes aliados…
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Statement by civil society organizations on the Decentralized Office of the ICC Prosecutor in Caracas
Tags Share [Caracas/Washington D.C. Geneva, April 12, 2022] The undersigned human rights organizations welcome the recent announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan, on the establishment of a decentralized office of the ICC Prosecutor’s Office in Caracas, and the declaration that the Office will work jointly with important international allies.…
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Vicky Hernández et al. v. Honduras and Its Significance
Tags Share Vicky Hernández was an LGBTQ+ rights activist in Honduras who advocated for rights of trans individuals and sex workers. Vicky’s murder occured on June 28, 2009 during the coup d’etat while a curfew was in place. It was followed by subsequent negligence on the part of the Honduran State that led to her…
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Constitutional Court of Guatemala to Rule on the Swearing In of Magistrate Gloria Porras
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva, Washington D.C. March 21, 2022 The international organizations that make up the International Observatory on Guatemala express grave concerns regarding news that today, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala will be hearing an amparo (a legal protective mechanism) related to the swearing in of Gloria Porras. Porras was reelected in April…
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Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala decidirá sobre juramentación de la magistrada Gloria Porras
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C. 21 de marzo de 2022 Las organizaciones que conformamos el Observatorio internacional sobre los derechos humanos en Guatemala vemos con preocupación que, según medios de comunicación, el día de hoy la Corte de Constitucionalidad estaría conociendo un amparo relacionado a la juramentación de la magistrada electa…
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International organizations demand publicity and announce observation of Erika Aifán’s deposition hearing before the investigating judge
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva and Washington D.C. March 3, 2022 Next Friday, March 4, a hearing will be held to hear the statement of Judge Erika Aifán Dávila, before the investigating judge Roaldo Isaías Chávez Pérez. This proceeding is part of the antejuicio procedure promoted by the Attorney General’s Office against her, with the…
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Organizaciones internacionales exigimos publicidad y anunciamos observación de la audiencia de declaración de la jueza Erika Aifán ante juez pesquisidor
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C 3 de marzo de 2022 El próximo viernes 4 de marzo se llevará a cabo la audiencia en la que se escuchará la declaración de la jueza Erika Aifán Dávila, ante el juez pesquisidor Roaldo Isaías Chávez Pérez. Esta diligencia forma parte del procedimiento de antejuicio…
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Legal autocracies under the guise of “democracies”
From the rise of recent autocracies, from Hungary to Brazil; to the growing challenge of legitimacy confronting international institutions; and even to a failed insurrection at the steps of the U.S. Capitol; we are witnessing a true decline of democracy that is tied to the inherent malleability of law.
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International Organizations Reject the Criminalization of Judge Pablo Xitumul and Denounce the Persecution of Justice Operators in Guatemala
Tags Share Guatemala City, Geneva and Washington D.C. February 10, 2022 On February 9, 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice declared admissible the request to strip Judge Pablo Xitumul de Paz of his judicial immunity, leaving him vulnerable to impeachment. Pablo Xitumul de Paz is the judge of the First Court of Criminal Sentencing, Drug…
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Organizaciones Internacionales Rechazamos Criminalización del Juez Pablo Xitumul y Denunciamos la Persecución de Operadores de Justicia en Guatemala
Tags Share Ciudad de Guatemala, Ginebra y Washington D.C 10 de febrero de 2022 Ayer, 09 de febrero, la Corte Suprema de Justicia decidió declarar con lugar la solicitud de antejuicio interpuesta contra el juez Pablo Xitumul de Paz, juez del tribunal primero de sentencia penal, narcoactividad y de delitos contra el ambiente, con competencia…
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