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First Year of the Prosecutor General in Mexico Concludes with Few Advances in the Fight Against Impunity

21 Jan 2020   |   Press Release
Joint pronouncement Lack of transparency, appointments without public calls for applications, and the closing of spaces forcivil society participation mark the first year of the Prosecutor General’s management Worrisome announcements of legislative reforms that could generate serious setbacks and theconsolidation of impunity... More

National and International Human Rights Organizations Alert Against Developments that Threaten Continuity of the MACCIH in Honduras; Urge Mandate be Renewed

16 Dec 2019   |   Press Release
The Americas and Europe December 16, 2019 National and international organizations with outstanding human rights records in Honduras warned that on December 10, International Human Rights Day and one day after International Anti-Corruption Day, the National Congress of Honduras approved a report on the actions, progress and results achieved by th... More

State of Honduras Remains Endebted for Murder of Berta Cáceres

05 Dec 2019   |   Press Release
December 5, 2019. This week, more than a year after issuing a guilty verdict, the First Chamber of the Sentencing Court in Tegucigalpa, Honduras issued the sentence and individualized the convictions of seven people responsible for carrying out the murder of Lenca leader Berta Cáceres Flores and the attempted murder of Mexican environmentali... More

Institutional crisis in Bolivia should be resolved peacefully, through constitutional measures, respecting international human rights standards

13 Nov 2019   |   Press Release
Washington, D.C. and La Paz, November 13, 2019 – On Sunday, November 10, President Evo Morales announced his resignation following three weeks of an acute political crisis, violent confrontations, and acts of vandalism perpetrated by both government sympathizers and the opposition. Yesterday Jeanine Añez, the second vice-president of t... More

DPLF and other international organizations warn the IACHR of the impacts of the climate crisis on human rights

27 Sep 2019   |   Press Release
Historic hearing! ORGANIZATIONS WARN THE IACHR OF THE IMPACTS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Washington D.C. In its 173rd period of sessions, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard from representatives of national and regional civil society organizations on the impacts of climate change on the human rights of groups in situa... More

Three years after the annulment of the Amnesty Law: Victims of the armed conflict defeat a renewed attempt at Codifying Impunity in El Salvador, but the fight is far from over

08 Jul 2019   |   News
In 2016, the Salvadoran Constitutional Court struck down a blanket amnesty law for perpetrators of human rights violations that had been in place since 1993. This judgment seemed to be a major leap forward after decades of strategic advocacy by victims of El Salvador’s armed conflict. This provided an unprecedented opportunity for the country... More

More than 100 national and international organizations condemn criminalization of nine indigenous tolupan authorities from San Francisco Locomapa

24 Jun 2019   |   Press Release
Americas, June 24, 2019.- National and international organizations condemn new efforts to criminalize indigenous leaders of the indigenous Tolupan Tribe of San Francisco Locomapa. We denounce that the Honduran State, intentionally and systematically, seeks to silence Indigenous Peoples who legitimately exercise their right to protest and who demand... More

International Organizations Urge the Government of Guatemala to Guarantee the Protection and Access to the Historic Archive of the National Police

30 May 2019   |   Press Release
Guatemala City, Washington D.C., Geneva, and San Jose, May 30, 2019. - As international organizations we express our profound concern regarding the risks facing the Historic Archive of the National Police (Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional, AHPN) in Guatemala, given the recent declarations of the Minister of the Interior, who a... More

DPLF Statement on recent developments in the Human Rights community related to a safe professional environment

08 May 2019   |   Press Release
As an organization committed to promoting respect for all human rights, the Board of Directors and staff of Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) unequivocally support women’s rights and the right to an environment free of sexual and gender-based harassment. We promote this in our own workplace and for our colleagues throughout the region. As... More

DPLF Board of Directors announcement of April 6, 2019

24 Apr 2019   |   Press Release
The Board of Directors of the Due Process of Law Foundation announces that Ariel Dulitzky is no longer a member of the board effective April 5, 2019. More

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