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U.S. Supreme Court decision will foster cycles of impunity and violence against cross-border communities
The Americas, February 26, 2020.- We, the undersigned organizations, regret the decision issued by the Supreme Court of the United States which found that the family of Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, a... View Article

National and International Organizations concerned by political tensions in El Salvador
San Salvador and the Americas, February 10th 2020.- Twenty-seven national and international organizations spoke on Monday in the face of the events in that have occurred in San Salvador. We have included... View Article

International Organizations Condemn Recent Attacks Against Casa del Migrante; Reiterate Support for its Work in Guatemala City
The Americas, January 24, 2020.- International organizations closely monitoring human rights and human mobility in Central America condemn the recent attacks against the Scalabrini Mission “Casa del Migrante” (Migrant House) in Guatemala... View Article

Human Rights Leaders File Amicus Brief in the case of Chilean Indigenous Environmental Activist
Washington D.C., December 6, 2019. – Four international Human Rights Organizations, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment and an ex President of the Inter-American Commission of Human... View Article

Honduras must confirm conviction against the perpetrators of Berta Cáceres’ murder
San José, May 29, 2019.- On the 29th of November of 2018, the First Chamber of the Court of Sentencing issued an oral judgment in the first trial for the murder of the... View Article

Human rights defender and environmentalist Berta Caceres murdered
San José, March 3rd 2016.- Berta Cáceres was was killed in her home last night. The prominent indigenous leader and general coordinator of the Consejo Indígena de Organizaciones Populares de Honduras (COPIHN)... View Article