Human Rights Situation of Women Victims of Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala

Commissioners: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Dinah Shelton Petitioners: Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA) / Asociación Campesina de Desarrollo… [more]

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Case 12.794 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru

Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Felipe González, Tracy Robinson, and Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Deputy Executive Secretary) Petitioners: Wong Ho Wing State: State of Peru Topic:… [more]

Case 12.794 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru Case 12.794 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru

Argentina Decriminalizes Abortion in Cases of Rape

In Argentina, the case of a 15-year old girl who was raped by her stepfather drew nationwide attention after she and her doctor were held criminally responsible for terminating the resulting pregnancy.… [more]

Argentina Decriminalizes Abortion in Cases of Rape Argentina Decriminalizes Abortion in Cases of Rape

The UN’s Ongoing Struggle to Address Restrictions on Basic Freedoms in the “West”

Over the past year and a half, peaceful demonstrations that quickly devolved into government violence and repression across the Middle East and North Africa necessitated UN involvement and international… [more]

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Trans-Persons’ Right to Identity

Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Tracy Robinson, Rosa Marie Belle Antoine, Dinah Shelton, Rodrigo Escobar Gil and Rosa Maria Ortiz Petitioners: Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de… [more]

Trans-Persons’ Right to Identity Trans-Persons’ Right to Identity

Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Uruguay

Commissioners: Tracy Robinson, Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Felipe González, Rosa María Ortiz Petitioner: Instituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales del Uruguay (IELSUR) State: Uruguay On Tuesday, March… [more]

Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Uruguay Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Uruguay

Land Rights of the Kaliña and Lokono Indigenous Peoples of Suriname

Commissioners: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Dinah Shelton, Rosa María Ortiz, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Assistant Executive Secretary) Petitioners: Fergus McKay (Association of Indigenous Village Leaders… [more]

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