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International Organizations Applaud Work of CNA and FOSDEH Urge Honduran Authorities to Ensure their Safety in Light of Revelations Detailed in Study on Corruption in the Country
February 14, 2020 - Oxfam America, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Seattle International Foundation (SIF), the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), the Latin America Working Group (LAWG), and the Association of International Cooperation (Espacio ACI), which brings together 31 int... More
First Year of the Prosecutor General in Mexico Concludes with Few Advances in the Fight Against Impunity
Joint pronouncement
Lack of transparency, appointments without public calls for applications, and the closing of spaces forcivil society participation mark the first year of the Prosecutor General’s management
Worrisome announcements of legislative reforms that could generate serious setbacks and theconsolidation of impunity... More
National and International Human Rights Organizations Alert Against Developments that Threaten Continuity of the MACCIH in Honduras; Urge Mandate be Renewed
The Americas and Europe
December 16, 2019
National and international organizations with outstanding human rights records in Honduras warned that on December 10, International Human Rights Day and one day after International Anti-Corruption Day, the National Congress of Honduras approved a report on the actions, progress and results achieved by th... More
State of Honduras Remains Endebted for Murder of Berta Cáceres
December 5, 2019. This week, more than a year after issuing a guilty verdict, the First Chamber of the Sentencing Court in Tegucigalpa, Honduras issued the sentence and individualized the convictions of seven people responsible for carrying out the murder of Lenca leader Berta Cáceres Flores and the attempted murder of Mexican environmentali... More
Institutional crisis in Bolivia should be resolved peacefully, through constitutional measures, respecting international human rights standards
Washington, D.C. and La Paz, November 13, 2019 – On Sunday, November 10, President Evo Morales announced his resignation following three weeks of an acute political crisis, violent confrontations, and acts of vandalism perpetrated by both government sympathizers and the opposition. Yesterday Jeanine Añez, the second vice-president of t... More
DPLF and other international organizations warn the IACHR of the impacts of the climate crisis on human rights
Historic hearing!
ORGANIZATIONS WARN THE IACHR OF THE IMPACTS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Washington D.C. In its 173rd period of sessions, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard from representatives of national and regional civil society organizations on the impacts of climate change on the human rights of groups in situa... More
Three years after the annulment of the Amnesty Law: Victims of the armed conflict defeat a renewed attempt at Codifying Impunity in El Salvador, but the fight is far from over
In 2016, the Salvadoran Constitutional Court struck down a blanket amnesty law for perpetrators of human rights violations that had been in place since 1993. This judgment seemed to be a major leap forward after decades of strategic advocacy by victims of El Salvador’s armed conflict. This provided an unprecedented opportunity for the country... More
More than 100 national and international organizations condemn criminalization of nine indigenous tolupan authorities from San Francisco Locomapa
Americas, June 24, 2019.- National and international organizations condemn new efforts to criminalize indigenous leaders of the indigenous Tolupan Tribe of San Francisco Locomapa. We denounce that the Honduran State, intentionally and systematically, seeks to silence Indigenous Peoples who legitimately exercise their right to protest and who demand... More
International Organizations Urge the Government of Guatemala to Guarantee the Protection and Access to the Historic Archive of the National Police
Guatemala City, Washington D.C., Geneva, and San Jose, May 30, 2019. - As international organizations we express our profound concern regarding the risks facing the Historic Archive of the National Police (Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional, AHPN) in Guatemala, given the recent declarations of the Minister of the Interior, who a... More
DPLF Statement on recent developments in the Human Rights community related to a safe professional environment
As an organization committed to promoting respect for all human rights, the Board of Directors and staff of Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) unequivocally support women’s rights and the right to an environment free of sexual and gender-based harassment. We promote this in our own workplace and for our colleagues throughout the region. As... More