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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

Migrants’ rights organizations deliver petition with 2000+ signatures against the Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs)
July 22, 2020.- Today, a broad coalition of Central and North American organizations delivered a petition to the U.S. Congress with more than 2000 signatures against the Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs).... View Article

The Colombian government’s neglect and COVID-19 are increasing the risk of physical and cultural extinction of the indigenous Siona Nation
Washington, D.C., Quito and Bogota, July 9, 2020.- Colombia has yet to comply with the precautionary measures issued two years ago by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on behalf of... View Article

International organizations send an open letter to Daniel Ortega
The Americas, June 17, 2020- Amnesty International, Just Associated (JASS) Mesoamerica, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women... View Article

Communities in Resistance III
On Thursday, May 28th, CEJIL held its final webinar on the situation faced by indigenous peoples and COVID19, featuring five leaders who are women from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico and Guatemala. The... View Article