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New report by JCAP suggests widespread violence is just part of doing business for many Canadian mining companies in Latin America
The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP), a legal aid group based at Osgoode Hall Law School, released this week a report entitled “The Canada Brand” which concludes that violence is generalized and widespread in the activities of Canadian mining projects in Latin America. The report discusses incidents (can we say... More
International organizations request that due process and the personal integrity of the prosecutor Orlando López be respected
Guatemala City, San Jose and Washington D.C., 28 September, 2016.- Orlando Salvador López, who was recently removed from his office as Chief Prosecutor of the Human Rights unit of the Public Ministry of Guatemala, was detained at his home this past Thursday, September 22nd. Mr. López is accused of having caused the death of a pedestri... More
Members of Congress Call for Obama and Sánchez Cerén to Take Action on Enforced Disappearances in El Salvador's Civil War
On August 15th, 2016, Representatives Jim McGovern and Norma Torres led a group of 26 members of Congress in a letter calling on President Obama to declassify U.S. military and intelligence records and reports that have not been previously released that relate to unresolved cases of disappearances and human rights abuses during the period of the ci... More
DPLF, jointly with the ITTC and Cimi, launch the Portuguese translation of “Manual to Defend the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
DPLF, jointly with the ITTC (Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania) and Cimi (Conselho Indigenista Missionario), launch the Portuguese translation of the “Manual to Defend the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, originally created by DPLF.
The manual addresses the international instruments and mechanisms for the protection of indigenous... More
Guatemala: international organizations present amicus brief with arguments in favor of removing Congressman Edgardo Ovalle’s parliamentary immunity
On January 6, 2016, the Public Ministry (Attorney’s General Office) filed a lawsuit (antejuicio) before the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala seeking to remove Edgar Justino Ovalle Maldonado’s parliamentary immunity. Ovalle Maldonado is personally close to president Jimmy Morales, and has been a member of Congress since January 14,... More
Organizations demand that El Salvador’s Government create a National Search Commission for Disappeared Persons during the Armed Conflict
On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, various Salvadorean and allied organizations held a meeting with the Secretary of Governance of El Salvador, Hato Hasbún to jointly present a signed letter requesting the adoption of a Search Commission for Disappeared Persons during the country’s internal armed conflict, including the creation... More
Venezuela Should Revoke Emergency Decree
The international community should press Venezuela to revoke the recent “State of Exception and Emergency Decree” that granted the government powers to restrict rights, suspend international cooperation for civil society groups, including human rights organizations, and limit the constitutional powers of the National Assembly, 125 human... More
Organizations explain to the Inter-American System how the privatization of Mexican prisons threatens human rights
Mexico City, April 14 2016
“My relative stayed 23 hours in his cell and spent one hour outside… to go to any area, for example during a visit, he had to move about with his feet and hands chained; the handcuffs leave marks on the wrists and ankles, making it difficult to walk, such that he would trip and... More