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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Combating Statelessness in the Dominican Republic
Tags Share In 2013, the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic issued a landmark ruling, Judgment 168-13, which retroactively took away citizenship rights from Dominicans of Haitian descent. In the five years since, the issue of statelessness has only grown more complex, leaving countless Dominicans of Haitian descent without access to nationality documents. Far from…
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RFK Human Rights Submit Amicus Brief on Gómez Virula Case
The brief highlights the dire situation faced by labor unionists like Gómez in Guatemala, as well as the state’s failure to prevent Gómez’s forced disappearance and murder 23 years ago.
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Statement on the Murder of Guillermo Cano
Tags Share Statement from the Cano Busquets family and the organizations working on the case on the murder of Guillermo Cano / Comunicado de la familia Cano Busquets y organizaciones por el caso del asesinato de Guillermo Cano Guillermo Cano was a journalist and director of the Colombian newspaper El Espectador who was killed in…
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Human Rights Organizations Demand Respect for Judicial Independence in Guatemala
Tags Share The Americas, September 6, 2018.- On September 4, it was made public that the President of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, had decided to prohibit Commissioner Iván Velásquez Gómez from entering the country. This was in accordance with a recommendation of the National Security Council, which indicated that the head of the International Commission against…
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The Bonfilio Rubio Villegas Case
An example of the relationship between military checkpoints and gross human rights violations in Mexico.
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Joint Letter: Secretary Pompeo Must Prioritize Human Rights During Mexico Visit
The signing organizations expressed deep concern over the closing of space for human rights defenders and journalists to carry out their work without threats to their life.
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Alternative Report on Violence Against Women in Mexico
Tags Share In Mexico, violence against women is undeniably widespread and pervasive, normalized by a culture of discrimination and perpetuated by enduring impunity. It’s estimated that at least 66 percent of Mexican women have suffered some type of gender-based violence in their lives. In particular, femicides, or the killing of women due to their gender,…
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Mexico’s Presidential Election is a Critical Moment for Human Rights
The new leader of Mexico will inherit the country in a state of crisis. His agenda must prioritize tackling the widespread violence and human rights abuses occurring throughout the country.
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Two Soldiers Convicted for Sexual Torture of Valentina Rosendo
Tags Share The undersigned organizations that form part of the International Observatory on Human Rights in Mexico welcome the historic ruling that sentenced two members of the Mexican military to prison for violating the human rights of Valentina Rosendo Cantú in 2002. Sixteen years after the crimes took place, and eight since the Inter-American Court…
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In Memory of Vicky Hernandez: A Long Struggle for Justice
Tags Share Nine years ago today, June 29, 2009, a 26-year-old Honduran transgender woman was killed for expressing her gender identity. Honduran security forces shot Vicky in the head during the night of June 28 – 29, 2009 during a curfew imposed soon after the coup d’etat. Nine years later, and despite evidence that Vicky…
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Landmark Ruling for Freedom of Expression in the Americas
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights held the State of Colombia accountable for failing to provide justice in the murder case of journalist Nelson Carvajal.
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El caso Valentina Rosendo Cantú: oportunidad única de frenar la impunidad en casos de abusos militares
Tags Share Próxima sentencia en el caso Valentina Rosendo Cantú, oportunidad única de frenar la impunidad en casos de abusos militares: Observatorio Internacional sobre México Organizaciones internacionales resaltan la importancia del caso de Valentina Rosendo Cantú en la discusión sobre la militarización de la seguridad pública y la Ley de Seguridad Interior en México. En…
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