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February 26, 2025 News Release

Argentina: Milei Undermines Judicial Independence

Congress Should Review Dubious Appointments

Public hearing of the Agreements Committee of the Senate of the Nation, in which Federal Judge Ariel Lijo answered questions on his nomination to the Supreme Court, on August 21, 2024, in the Blue Room, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
February 24, 2025 Commentary

Towards the Expansion of the Right to Decide and the Recognition of Human Interdependence

The Procedure for the Extraordinary Appointment of Supports in Mexico’s Civil Procedure

February 24, 2025 News Release

El Salvador: Children to Be Moved to Adult Prisons

New Criminal Amendments Endanger Children

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February 19, 2025 News Release

Mexico: Serious Deficiencies in Homicide Investigations

Politicizing Justice and Militarizing Security Have Not Reduced Criminal Violence

Officials from the forensic medical service place unidentified bodies in a mass grave
February 18, 2025 News Release

Guatemala: Failed Response to Sexual Violence Against Girls

Inadequate Health Care, Education, Social Security, Justice for Young Survivors

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January 27, 2025 Dispatches

Canada’s Dangerous Retreat on Migrant Rights

Ottawa Asks to Jail Migrants, Asylum Seekers Despite Rights Violations

A protestor holds a sign outside a provincial jail in Toronto.
January 22, 2025 Dispatches

UN Committee Said Ecuador, Nicaragua Violated Girls’ Rights

Girls Were Denied Abortion, Forced into Motherhood

Niñas no Madres movement performance, Quito, Ecuador, May 2019.
January 17, 2025 Dispatches

Panama Floods Show Need for Planned Relocation Policy

Safeguard Rights of Indigenous Communities Facing Climate Crisis

The Guna Indigenous community of Ukupa in Panama during a flood in December 2024.
January 17, 2025 Statement

Need for Compliance with International Obligations in Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Joint Statement by Human Rights Organizations in Latin America

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January 17, 2025 Dispatches

Ecuador High Court Upholds Rights of Trans Student

School Found to Violate Rights to Equality, Education, Best Interests of the Child

The Constitutional Court building, in Quito, Ecuador, February 7, 2024.
January 17, 2025 Commentary

Ecuador Needs a Different Approach to Fighting Organized Crime

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January 16, 2025 News Release

Venezuela: Rights Crisis Deepens as Maduro is Sworn in

Widespread Repression, Unaddressed Humanitarian Emergency

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January 16, 2025 News Release

Haiti: Escalating Violence; Humanitarian Crisis

UN, Foreign Governments Should Support Comprehensive Response

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January 16, 2025 News Release

Brazil: Lead COP30 by Example

Phaseout of Fossil Fuels, Robust Forest Protection Needed

Boats stranded over exposed sandbanksdue to drought at the Solimoes River, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River, during the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950
December 23, 2024 Commentary

Inter-American Court Finds El Salvador Responsible for Obstetric Violence in Landmark Ruling

Lack of Legal Certainty, Clear Protocols Denied Woman Essential Medical Care

A vigil in memory of Beatriz prior to the hearing at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights taking El Salvador to task for denying her an abortion despite doctors knowing she was carrying a non-viable fetus at great risk to herself, outside the IACHR in San José, March 21, 2023.

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