Press Releases

7 de April de 2023 Press Release

Miskito divers: Honduran authorities assume responsibility and express their apology for the problems of diving in the region.

San José, 31 March 2023 Yesterday, representatives of the State of Honduras visited Puerto Lempira, the department of Gracias a Dios, to celebrate the “Public Act of Recognition of International Responsibility, Reparation,... View Article

30 de March de 2023 Press Release

Representative Organizations welcome the OAS Permanent Council session where the situation in Nicaragua was addressed and a further request for States to continue seeking the respect for life, integrity, and security of Nicaraguans at risk was made.

Washington DC, March 29, 2023. Through a resolution on the 22nd of November 2022 and the 8th of February 2023, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the President of the High... View Article

20 de March de 2023 Press Release

NGOs call for gender parity in the next composition of the UN Committee on the Migrant Workers

GQUAL, CEJIL, Dejusticia, CELS, Red Jesuita con Migrantes (RJM-LAC), Amnesty International, Facultad de Derecho Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Diego Portales, Clínica Jurídica de Migrantes y Refugiados... View Article

28 de February de 2023 Press Release

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

26 de January de 2023 Press Release

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

23 de January de 2023 Press Release

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