Press Releases
CEJIL's latest news and press releases
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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

International organizations reject the criminalization of prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora and strongly denounce the persecution of critical voices in Guatemala
August 3, 2022 The international organizations that promote the defense and protection of human rights and, in particular, freedom of expression, condemn the arbitrary detention for political purposes of the prominent journalist... View Article

Indigenous Kichwa people of Sarayaku demand the removal of explosives from our land and recognition of the living forest as a rights-holder.
The indigenous community denounced serious non-compliance with the Inter-American Human Rights Court’s ruling after 10 years. Quito, June 10, 2022. In a hearing before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, the Kichwa... View Article

IACHR issues Merits Report in the case “Cuban and Haitian nationals detained at and deported from the Carmichael Road Detention Center vs. Commonwealth of the Bahamas”
Washington, D.C., April 20, 2022 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) released its merits report in the case “Cuban and Haitian nationals detained at and deported from the Carmichael Road... View Article