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HRC52: Support consensus renewal of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
Human rights defenders are people who act with humanity, serve humanity and who contribute to and bring out the best in humanity. They are key to our daily lives – they work... View Article

International organizations express concern over bill that seeks to criminalize and hinder the work of civil society organizations in Venezuela
[Geneva and Washington D.C. 26 January, 2023]. The undersigned organizations express our deep concern over the approval in the first round of a bill that seeks to criminalize and further hinder the... View Article

We call for a condemnation and diligent investigation into the human rights violations in Peru in the face of permanent repression and the criminalization of protests
January 20, 2023, Washington D.C. The Center of Justice and International Law (CEJIL) denounces the lack of a response that guarantees human rights in Peru during the demonstrations that have swept across... View Article

Guantanamo is overdue for closure
Washington, D.C., January 11th, 2023. Twenty-one years have passed since the opening of the Guantánamo detention center and the Biden administration continues to fail to close it, in violation of its international... View Article

Concern for the security of members of the Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas in the Dominican Republic
December 16th, 2022. Approximately 20 people, including army personnel and people in plain clothes, broke into the offices of the Dominican-Haitian Women’s Movement (MUDHA) without showing a warrant on the morning of... View Article

Guantanamo: 20 years later, closure of prison still pending
Washington, D.C., October 28th, 2022. The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law – CEJIL addressed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today in a public... View Article