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International refugee day

June 21, 2019

The release of a UN report on Venezuela’s migration crisis coincides with international refugee day, which took place on June 20.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Candidates for the 2021-2024 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan / May 22, 2019

On May 21st, five candidates presented their credentials for membership of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the 2021-2024 term. Four posts need to be filled.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Why congressional Republicans should support the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini / March 1, 2019

A group of nine Republican U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Secretary of State Pompeo asking him to cut U.S. funding to the IACHR. What they’re doing is undercutting their own party’s human rights agenda.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

House and Senate Democrats write State Department in support of IACHR

February 26, 2019

The letter comes in the wake of a similar action from U.S. IACHR alums last week.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Former U.S. IACHR members and nominees urge State Department not to withdraw funding

February 19, 2019

The letter comes as State considers withdrawing funding in the wake of a letter from nine Republican Senators who claim the U.S. should withdraw funding because the Commission lobbies “for abortion in Latin America in direct contravention of U.S. law.”

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Regional pressure on Maduro’s regime must continue despite Mexico’s abdication

By Benjamin N. Gedan / January 16, 2019

The shameful decision of the AMLO administration to take a stance of non-intervention on Venezuela will hamper the effectiveness of a regional response, but efforts to reign in Maduro remain worthwhile and necessary.

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

An interview with Ambassador Tom Shannon, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

January 10, 2019

On the third episode of “Two gringos with questions,” your hosts talked to Ambassador Shannon on the importance of U.S. presence in the region and his secrets for surviving thousands of meetings and briefings.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

OAS Permanent Council rejects Nicolas Maduro’s new term

By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO / January 10, 2019

With 19 votes in favor, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) agreed “to not recognize the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro’s new term as of the 10th of January of 2019.”

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

The IACHR held a hearing on marriage equality after a year of delays from the region in implementing the Court’s 2017 decision

By Hunter T. Carter / colombialawbiz / December 12, 2018

In 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights determined that marriage equality was a human right. In the face of resistance in the region, in a recent IACHR hearing on the matter, commissioners committed to enforce it.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Venezuela, Nicaragua… We should have seen it coming

By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini / August 9, 2018

The political and human rights crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua were predictable. It may have been preventable too, if media, multilateral institutions and governments had reacted to the obvious and documented warning signs.