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Human rights organizations presented an amicus curiae for the Jesuits case in El Salvador
The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), along with the Salvadorian human rights organizations Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos (PRO BUSQUEDA) and Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD), presented an amicus brief before the Salvadorian Supreme Court of Jus... More
Over 180 organizations urge Canadian Prime Minister to promote effective regulation of Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America
Justin Trudeau must implement reforms to ensure that Canadian mining companies comply with the highest international human rights standards.
Washington, DC. April 25, 2016.- Today, over 180 organizations from Latin America, Europe and the United States presented a public letter to the Prime Minister of Canada urging his government to promote lega... More
Enforced dissapearances in El Salvador: past and present
This week, DPLF, WOLA, the Mauricio Aquino Foundation, and the University of Washington Center for Human Rights will carry out a series of activities in Washington, DC, linking together information and analysis on the current situation of forced disappearances that occurred in El Salvador during the armed conflict.
Accompanied by the organizations... More
An Open Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the Murder of Honduran Indigenous and Environmental Activist Berta Cáceres
Dear Secretary of State Kerry,
We write in shock and deep sorrow regarding the murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres, founder and general secretary of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). We urge a response from the State Department that is not business as usua... More
International NGO Coalition calls for Guatemalan Constitutional Court Selection to be Merit-based; Urges President Morales to Act Transparently
As a coalition of international human rights groups, we have followed with great interest the selection process for the Guatemalan Constitutional Court (Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala), an autonomous tribunal of last instance with a crucial role in the country’s legal system. Electoral authorities have a unique opportunity and duty... More
Brave women break silence and impunity in Guatemala: The Sepur Zarco Case
The Guatemalan justice system has issued an exemplary ruling in convicting two perpetrators responsible for subjecting Q’eqchi’ women to sexual slavery and domestic slavery in the military base located in the Sepur Zarco community in the 1980s. On February 26, the High-Risk Court A sentenced lieutenant coronel Esteelmer Reyes Gir... More
International organizations denounce irregularities in Honduras’ Supreme Court selection process
Ciudad de Guatemala, San José and Washington, DC, February 16, 2016.- Several international organizations have highlighted the irregularities observed during the nearly six month-long process to select the Justices of the Honduran Supreme Court.
Lack of clarity regarding methodology, lack of rigor in questioning, politicizatio... More
NGOs Denounce Defamation Campaign against the GIEI Investigating the Enforced Disappearance of the 43 Students in Mexico
Joint Statement
February 5, 2016
Campaign is an Attempt to Hide the Truth and Obstruct Justice
There is a coordinated defamation campaign gaining greater coverage in the Mexican media against the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI, by its acronym in Spanish). Through an agreement between the Mexican government, the Inte... More
WOLA and DPLF to Observe Landmark Military Sexual Violence Trial in Guatemala
WOLA and DPLF to Observe Landmark Military Sexual Violence Trial in Guatemala
Guatemala City—On Monday February 1, a Guatemalan high-risk court is set to begin the landmark Sepur Zarco trial, making history in Guatemala and around the world. The trial will mark the first time that a Guatemalan court co... More