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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Organizaciones de las Américas demandamos respeto a la autonomía de la Comisión Interamericana
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes, usuarias del Sistema Interamericano de Protección de Derechos Humanos, expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la decisión anunciada por el Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) de no renovar el mandato del Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH). Las organizaciones firmantes consideramos que…
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Undermining the IACHR’s Authority Puts Human Rights at Risk
Tags Share We, the signatory organizations, users of the Inter-American system of protection of human rights, express our profound concern regarding the decision announced by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) not to renew the mandate of the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). We consider that…
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Human Rights Law Must Recognize Short-Term Enforced Disappearances
Tags Share In our recent report on enforced disappearances in Venezuela, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partner organization Foro Penal focused on Venezuelan security forces’ practice of disappearing victims for, on average, about five days and then either presenting them to the judicial authorities or releasing them without presentation. Enforced disappearances, we noted in…
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Bahamian Emancipation Day Continues to Ring Hollow
Emancipation Day in The Bahamas cannot truly be celebrated for those at risk of statelessness.
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IACHR Grants Protective Measures for Maury Carrero
Tags Share On July 17, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures to Maury Carolina Carrero Mendoza, who had been arbitrarily detained on April 2 in Venezuela for her alleged connection to an advisor to National Assembly President Juan Guaido. Carrero was arrested at her home by members of the counterintelligence division…
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Defending Human Rights During COVID-19
States must address the underlying conditions threatening the work of human rights defenders, not just the symptoms.
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El Estado colombiano debe acoger las recomendaciones de la CIDH en materia de líderes sociales incluso durante la pandemia COVID-19
Tags Share En su informe reciente, la CIDH destaca de manera crucial la importancia de reconocer el derecho a defender derechos y el rol fundamental de líderes y lideresas sociales en Colombia, especialmente en el contexto actual de emergencia generalizada El informe Personas Defensoras de Derechos Humanos y Líderes Sociales en Colombia, presentado recientemente por…
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Colombia Should Implement the IACHR’s Recommedations for Protecting Civic Space
The work of human rights defenders and social leaders is essential and constitutes an indispensable pillar for the strengthening and consolidation of democracy.
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CNN: Forced Disappearances are Increasing in Venezuela
In Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro's security forces have used disappeareances to silence prominent political opponents and instill fear.
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11 Years of Impunity Show the Impact of Militarization in Mexico
In June 2009, Bonfilio Rubio Villegas was extrajudicially executed at a military checkpoint. His case, like so many others, was characterized by a context of poverty, inequality, militarization, and impunity.
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11 años De Impunidad Castrense Ilustran El Impacto De La Militarización De La Seguridad en México
Tags Share Washington D.C y Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero – El 20 de junio de 2009, fue ejecutado extrajudicialmente en un retén militar el joven nahua Bonfilio Rubio Villegas por elementos del ejército mexicano. Su caso, como muchos otros en el país, se vio fuertemente marcado por un contexto de pobreza, desigualdad, militarización e impunidad.…
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Venezuela Profiles: Stories of the Disappeared
The Bolivarian regime has found a sinister way to keep dissidents in check: kidnapping their loved ones to scare them into submission and silence.
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