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Feminicide of Marcia Barbosa de Souza will be judged in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in February, 23 years after the facts
Rio de Janeiro, February 1, 2021 .- The case of Márcia Barbosa de Souza is a femicide case of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered by a powerful congressman from the state... View Article

Case of the Los Josefinos Massacre will be tried in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
After 39 years of the events, on February 17th and 18th, the victims and survivors of the massacre that occurred in Petén at the hands of the Guatemalan Army, will be heard... View Article

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