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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USA Today: Unjustly deported, I’m pleading for a chance to come home
Tags Share Unjustly deported to Haiti in 2021, RFKHR client and longtime New Yorker Paul Pierrilus is still fighting for a chance to come home. Writing for the USA Today Network, Paul describes his daily struggle to survive in a country torn apart by gang violence, kidnappings, and political instability and pleads with the Biden administration to facilitate…
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Guatemala: Organizaciones Internacionales Piden A La Corte Suprema De Justicia (CSJ) Responda La Solicitud De Amparo De José Rubén Zamora Para Mantener Su Libertad
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes vemos con preocupación la falta de respuesta por parte de la Cámara de Amparo y Antejuicio de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, al amparo presentado por la defensa del destacado periodista José Rubén Zamora del 15 de noviembre de 2024, para evitar su regreso a la prisión. En una audiencia…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding As of Thursday afternoon, more than 180,000 Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate as deadly fires ravage the city. Hurricane-force winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour whipped the blazes into a frenzy. According to an analysis by The Appeal, dozens of jails, prisons, and…
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Ahead Of January 10, International Organizations Call For Respect For Human Rights In Venezuela
Tags Share The undersigned international organizations reiterate our deep concern about the human rights situation in Venezuela, particularly in the context of the upcoming presidential inauguration, scheduled for January 10, 2025, as established by the Venezuelan Constitution. The July 28, 2024 elections were marked by serious irregularities. The National Electoral Council did not publish detailed…
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De cara al 10 de enero organizaciones internacionales exigen respeto a los derechos humanos en Venezuela
Tags Share Las organizaciones internacionales firmantes reiteramos nuestra profunda preocupación por la situación de los derechos humanos en Venezuela, particularmente en el marco de la próxima toma de posesión presidencial, prevista para el 10 de enero de 2025, según lo establece la Constitución de dicho país. Las elecciones del 28 de julio de 2024 estuvieron…
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Llamado urgente para proteger a las personas asiladas por motivos políticos en la Embajada de Argentina en Caracas
Tags Share Las organizaciones firmantes expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la seguridad y otros derechos básicos de los seis miembros del partido de oposición Vente Venezuela que han solicitado asilo en la embajada de Argentina en Caracas, así como por el empleado de la embajada que ha sido detenido arbitrariamente. La comunidad internacional debe instar…
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Urgent call to protect political asylees in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations, express our grave concern for the safety and other basic rights of the six members of the opposition party Vente Venezuela who have sought asylum in the Argentinian embassy in Caracas, as well as for the employee of the embassy who has been arbitrarily detained. The international community should…
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Pens for Press: Students Stand with Carlos Ávila
Tags Share Amidst final exams and end-of-year projects, young people across the country spent hours writing letters and sending emails on behalf of Honduran journalist, Carlos Ávila. On November 2nd, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the RFK Human Rights’ Civic Space Case Tracker launched Pens for Press 2024, a youth…
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Guatemala: Preocupan Retrocesos En Justicia Transicional
Tags Share Las Américas, 6 de diciembre de 2024 Las organizaciones internacionales firmantes alertamos sobre el grave retroceso que enfrentan los procesos de justicia transicional, a raíz de los recientes cambios que realizó la fiscal general Consuelo Porras en la Fiscalía de Derechos Humanos, así como las recientes resoluciones de las Salas de Apelaciones que…
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Impact of State Censorship Measures on the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Americas
Interested in freedom of expression and state censorship? Subscribe to the Justice Roundup newsletter to get more of the latest on civic space advocacy and litigation, delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share This report details the information provided during the regional thematic hearing “Impact of State censorship measures on the right to freedom of…
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Nuevo informe señala tendencias regionales de afectaciones al derecho a la libertad de expresión por medidas estatales de censura indirecta
Tags Share Un grupo formado por 25 organizaciones de la sociedad civil de siete países latinoamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, México y Nicaragua) presentó ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) un informe sobre las tendencias de la censura indirecta a la libertad de expresión en la región. En la audiencia “Afectaciones…
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New report highlights regional trends in violations of freedom of expression rights due to indirect state censorship measures
Tags Share A group of 25 civil society organizations from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua) presented a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on trends in indirect censorship of freedom of expression in the region. At the hearing “Affectations to the right to freedom…
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