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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Cuban Authorities Must Cease Harassment of UNPACU Activists
Tags Share In response to the uninterrupted acts of intimidation and violence committed in the last two months by Cuban authorities against members of the dissident organization Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), its leader José Daniel Ferrer, and his family, more than 30 Cuban and international human rights organizations issued the following statement: We call…
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The Struggle Against Statelessness Continues
We urge the new Dominican government to restore the citizenship of denationalized Dominicans.
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Colombian Supreme Court Condemns Violent Repression of Anti-Government Protests
Tags Share On 22 September 2020, the Supreme Court of Colombia handed down judgment condemning the violent repression of anti-government protests in November 2019, during which security forces attacked, arrested and detained protesters, human rights defenders and journalists reporting on the national demonstrations. The Court ruled on a tutela*, filed by several citizens and civil…
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Alto a la prisión preventiva de los defensores del agua de Guapinol y San Pedro
Tags Share Estimado Fiscal General: Las organizaciones abajo firmantes le escribimos para mostrar nuestra preocupación por el mantenimiento de la medida cautelar de prisión preventiva para los Sres. Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, José Abelino Cedillo, Kelvin Alejandro Romero, Arnold Javier Alemán, Ever Alexander Cedillo, Orbin Nahún Hernández y Daniel Márquez y Jeremías Martínez, que pertenecen a…
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Stop the Pretrial Detention of Guapinol and San Pedro Water Defenders
Tags Share Dear Mr. Attorney General: The signatory organizations are writing to show our concern for the ongoing imposition of the precautionary measure of pretrial detention for Mrs. Porfirio Sorto Cedillo, José Abelino Cedillo, Kelvin Alejandro Romero, Arnold Javier Alemán, Ever Alexander Cedillo, Orbin Nahún Hernández and Daniel Márquez and Jeremías Martínez who belong to…
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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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