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IACHR asks the State of Nicaragua to comment on the CENIDH case
The IACHR requested Nicaragua to file an update in three months regarding a petition presented by members of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) and the Center for Justice and International... View Article

Standing in solidarity with Venezuelan human rights defenders
Washington, D.C. 5 de febrero, 2021.- The recent, ongoing and unwarranted detention of five members of the Venezuelan NGO ‘Azul Positivo’ is one more event in a series of threats, harassment, attacks,... View Article

19 Years of Guantanamo: Incoming administration has the opportunity to make history and shut down prison camp
The incoming Biden administration must shut down the detention center in accordance with the United States’ international human rights obligations. Washington, D.C. January 11, 2021.- On the 19th anniversary of the opening... View Article

Civil Society Organizations Denounce DHS Border Externalization in Guatemala, Call for Immediate Investigation
October 22, 2020.- The undersigned civil society organizations denounce the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border externalization operations in Guatemala as documented by a new Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Democratic Staff... View Article

Webinar: “Situation of forced displacement in North Central America and the need to have protection mechanisms and comprehensive public policies to address it”
Forced internal displacement constitutes an additional step on the path of human mobility, which is usually the moment prior to migration and the search for international protection. In the northern countries of... View Article

Inter-American Court of Human Rights requests information from Colombia as part of a request for measures to protect victims of ex-paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, facing possible deportation to Italy
Bogotá and Washington, D.C. August 25, 2020.- The Colombian government will need to respond to an information request made by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I-A Court) yesterday with regards to... View Article