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El Salvador: Hundreds of Human Rights, Environmental and Faith Groups Call on President Bukele to Reject Mining Projects in El Salvador
Over 300 organizations, academics, researchers, and legal experts from 44 countries, have signed a letter asking President Bukele to drop charges against five salvadoran water defenders and reject mining projects. San Salvador... View Article

Meta’s Oversight Board to Review Threat Against Human Rights Defender in Peru Posted on Facebook
The Oversight Board will evaluate a Facebook post in which an image of a human rights defender in Peru was manipulated. Organizations and individuals are invited to share their perspectives on this... View Article

Ahead Of January 10, International Organizations Call For Respect For Human Rights In Venezuela
The undersigned international organizations reiterate our deep concern about the human rights situation in Venezuela, particularly in the context of the upcoming presidential inauguration, scheduled for January 10, 2025, as established by... View Article

Inter-American Court Condemns El Salvador for Violating Beatriz’s Human Rights
El Salvador, December 20, 2024.- “I just want to live,” said Beatriz 11 years ago. Beatriz was a young mother of a small child, living in poverty and battling lupus. In 2013,... View Article

Urgent call to protect political asylees in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
We, the undersigned organizations, express our grave concern for the safety and other basic rights of the six members of the opposition party Vente Venezuela who have sought asylum in the Argentinian... View Article

The proposal for the first National Protection Plan for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) was presented to the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship.
This plan proposal was developed by the Sales Pimenta Technical Working Group, with the participation of CEJIL, in response to the reparative measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)... View Article