This week's stats shot measures equal protection of laws and lack of discrimination across the region. Equal treatment does not improve with increasing ...
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Equal treatment and discrimination across the region
Interview with Kathy Hall of the Summit Foundation
Christopher Sabatini |
A week before the Donors’ Summit in San Salvador I was able to catch up with Kathy Hall of the Summit Foundation. In a wide-ranging interview she ...
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A Sad Day for the UNHRC
Christopher Sabatini |
Ecuador and Venezuela on the UN Human Rights Council? The UN General Assembly just voted Ecuador to the organization’s human rights body and renewed ...
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Venezuela’s Re-election to the UN Human Rights Council
Amy Williams |
Last week, Human Rights Watch, along with 36 other human rights organizations, issued a statement that Venezuela did not deserve to be re-elected to the ...
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El Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos en los tiempos del cólera
Daniel Cerqueira |
En los últimos años, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos se ha encontrado bajo constantes ataques diplomáticos destinados a debilitar el ...
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Transitional Justice in the Time of International Law: Colombia’s promising agreement
Gustavo Alvira Gomez |
The longest running internal armed conflict in the Americas could soon be over. The Colombian government and FARC have announced a date to sign a peace ...
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Representative Engel on LGBT Rights in the Americas
In a press release, Representative Eliot Engel applauded the Inter American Development Bank Board members for its recent discussion on LGBT rights, and ...
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What Cuban Jews and Pope Francis can tell us about the promise of change in Cuba
Natasha Zaretsky |
Despite the shrinking size of their community over the years due to emigration, Cuba’s remaining Jews have done their best to sustain their ritual and ...
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Preview of UNHRC 30 and predictions on how Latin American countries will vote
Amy Williams |
The United Nations Human Rights Council opened this week, and on its agenda are the heated topics of Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Syria. The region has ...
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