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Amicus Brief on Illegal and Arbitrary Detention in Mexico
The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), together with the University of Seattle Human Rights Clinic filed an amicus brief in the First Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court in the detention case of Hugo Sanchez Ramirez. In the brief, they analyzed the Constitutional limits of Mexico’s detention power in light of the American Convention... More
DPLF releases statement on the trial against judge Garzon in Spain
DPLF releases joint statement on the trial against judge Garzon
This statement, on the trial against Garzon that starts in Madrid on January 24, was prepared jointly by DPLF, Rights International, OMCT, Human Rights Watch, the Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos of Spain, the International Commission of Jurists, the European Center for Constitutional... More
DPLF participates in amicus brief presented to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights
The amicus is presented in the case Sarayaku vs. Ecuador, and centers around the requirement of active transparency that falls on the State
The member organizations of the Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Information - of which DPLF forms part - presented an amicus curiae before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in the c... More
DPLF and 71 other NGOs send letter to Salvadoran authorities
The letter was sent to several high-level Salvadoran authorities, to various international authorities and to diplomatic missions in the country
On Thursday June 30th, DPLF and a number of other NGOs that work in Latin America and represent some 71 civil society organizations, sent a letter to Salvadoran authorities regarding the current situation... More
DPLF co-organizes event on indigenous politics in Chile
Together with CEDER of the Universidad de los Lagos and ICCTMW - the Institute for Mapuche Culture, Science and Technology Willinche (ICCTMW)
The International Scientific Seminar: An Evaluation and Perspectives on Indigenous Politics in Chile, took place on Friday April 15, 2011, in the Universidad de los Lagos in Osorno, Chile.
The seminar consi... More
DPLF sends letter to US authorities on rule of law in Panama
Letters sent to State Department, members of Congress and the White House
Between April 27 and 29, President Martinelli of Panama paid a visit to US authorities in Washington.
On April 26, DPLF sent letters to various US authorities on the worrying state of the rule of law in Panama.
An example of this letter can be read here.
Mor... More
DPLF signs letter addressed to Peruvian Supreme Court
Concern that binding jurisprudence could severely limit access to a remedy to victims of grave human rights abuses
June 22, 2010
Dr. Javier Villa Stein
President of the Peruvian Supreme Court of Justice
Dear Mr. Villa Stein,
We are writing to share with you our analysis of the binding interpretation of the crime of enforced disappearan... More
DPLF presents report in Oaxaca
On Monday March 1st, DPLF presented its report Judicial Independence in Oaxaca, Mexico: Reality or Fiction? (Independencia Judicial en Oaxaca, México: ¿una ficción?) in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. The report was written in collaboration with FUNDAR, Centro de Análisis e Investigación, A.C. of Mexico City, and the... More
Hearing before IACHR on the administration of justice in Panama
On March 23, 2010, DPLF and the Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia had a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about the administration of justice in Panama.
The Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia and its 20 member organizations have done extensive work in the field of justice reforms throughout the years, and DPLF has published stu... More
DPLF participates in Amicus Curiae before the Supreme Court of Paraguay
Amicus presented by the Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Information
On 25 February 2010, DPLF – as a member-organization of the Regional Alliance for Freedom of Expression and Information – filed an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court petition) before the Supreme Court of Paraguay in the case Ombudsman vs. Municipali... More