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Independent experts evaluate candidates for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(Spanish version only)
Expertos/as independientes evalúan candidatos/as a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Washington D.C., 27 de abril del 2018.- Las candidaturas que concursan en junio por los tres puestos vacantes en la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) serán evaluadas por un g... More
Dialogue with candidates for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Watch live here (this forum will be held in Spanish without interpretation). More
The Uses of Truth: Truth Commission Archives, Justice and the Search for the Disappeared in El Salvador
Watch the event here.
Read the transcription of the event here.
Falling on the heels of the United Nations Day on the Right to Truth and the 25th Anniversary of the El Salvador Truth Commission, the Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR) and the Transitional Justice Observaroty hosted an event, on April 23, 2018, to dra... More
Search Commission for Disappeared Persons in El Salvador: Appointment of its members and preparation for installation
Leonor Arteaga, DPLF Senior Program Officer, has been named Commissioner for the National Commission for the Search of Persons Disappeared during the armed conflict in El Salvador (CONABÚSQUEDA).
The CONABÚSQUEDA was created by presidential decree on August 21, 2017, and will head the investigation on the whereabaouts of 10,... More
We Urge Guatemala to Prioritize Armed Conflict Cases
Guatemala City, San Jose, Utrecht and Washington D.C., April 4, 2018 - In light of the recent death of the former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, the stagnancy and permeability of the Guatemalan judicial system has become evident. The search for justice for the genocide of the Maya-Ixil people has lasted over 18 years without reachi... More
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds important hearing on implications of Mexico’s new Internal Security Law
Washington, D.C. / New York City / Stuttgart / Geneva, March 20, 2018 - The International Observatory on Human Rights in Mexico remains deeply concerned about the new Internal Security Law and the Mexican Government’s refusal to accept the Law’s implications. The International Observatory urges the Inter-American Commission on Human Rig... More
25 years after the El Salvador Truth Commission Report: What do its findings and recommendations say today?
See the invitation here.
March 15, 2018
4:30 to 6:30 pm
Hotel Sheraton Presidente,
San Salvador, El Salvador
OPENING REMARKS
Representative, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central America.
Hans-Geor... More
Citizen Participation for Enhancing Accountability in Public Appointments
About the Webinar
Public agencies have greater chances of meeting their mission when people leading them have not only the technical expertise, but previous proven commitment to the public good and human rights’ realization. This is particularly relevant in public agencies providing public services or upholding peoples’ rights. For thi... More
Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the 25th anniversary of the Truth Commission for El Salvador
Date: Monday February 26, 2018
Location: Tequendama Hotel, Carrera 10 No. 26-21, Bogota, Colombia
Time: 10:15 a.m.
Amidst the 167th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), to be held in Bogota, Colombia, and regarding to the 25th anniversary of the publication of the report "From madness to hope. The 12-year war in... More
Promoting Accountability in El Salvador: The Case of El Mozote
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 2:00pm
340 Cannon House Office Building
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on efforts to ensure accountability for grave human rights abuses committed during El Salvador’s civil war, examined through the lens of the El... More