Press Releases
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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
50,000 people freed from slave labor in Brazil since 1995
San Jose, February 18 2016.- Father Xavier Plassat, Coordinator for the Land Pastoral Commission’s campaign against slave labor, and Beatriz Affonso, the Brazil Program Director for CEJIL, provided information at a press... View Article
Ecuador grants indigenous territory to Chinese petroleum consortium
Washington D.C., January 28th, 2016.- The Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) denounces Ecuador’s decision to grant two land blocks located on indigenous territory for oil exploration, thereby putting inhabitants’ cultural... View Article
CEJIL will participate in six hearings and six working meetings during the 144th Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Washington D. C. March 22, 2012- Alongside over 20 civil society organizations from the Americas, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will participate in six public hearings and six private... View Article