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Regional Hearing: Human Rights Situation of the Persons that Make Part of the Migrant Caravan

  • Shelsea Ramirez
  • 2 . 4 . 2019
  • 6 to 12 minutes to read
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Commissioners: Luis Ernesto Vargas Silva, Joel Hernández García, Antonia Urrejola Noguera Petitioners: Ex officio (convened at the initiative of the IACHR) Participants: Maria Soledad García Muñoz, Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (ESCER); Marlene Alejos, Office of…

  • Americas
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Closing the Book on the Ríos Montt Guatemala Genocide Trial

  • William Vazquez
  • 8 . 6 . 2018
  • 7 to 13 minutes to read
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On May 10, 2013, a historic moment in international criminal justice occurred. General José Efraín Ríos Montt, de facto President of Guatemala who rose to power through a military coup d’etat in March 1982 and was deposed in August 1983,…

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  • Americas
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Historic Recognition of the Right to Community Integration for Persons with Disabilities in the Inter-American Human Rights System

  • Priscila Rodriguez
  • 4 . 19 . 2018
  • 15 to 30 minutes to read
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On December 21, 2017, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) released a report after an in loco visit to Guatemala, calling on the State of Guatemala to integrate into the community the people with disabilities detained at the Hospital…

  • Americas
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  • Indigenous Rights

Finding Oscar: An Inspiring Journey from Guatemala to the United States in the Aftermath of the Dos Erres Massacre

  • Tatiana Devia
  • 12 . 6 . 2017
  • 6 to 11 minutes to read
  • 1 Comment

On November 8, 2017, the War Crimes Research Office of Washington College of Law, the Ben Ferencz International Justice Initiative at the US Holocaust Museum, and the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC), a multi-agency collaboration including the…

  • Americas
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Derechos Humanos e Inspecciones Corporales de Visitantes de Personas Privadas de Libertad en América

  • Rebecca Levine
  • 10 . 31 . 2015
  • 4 to 8 minutes to read
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Comisionados: Rosa Maria Ortiz, James L. Cavallaro, Paulo Vannuchi Peticionarios: Oficina Penitenciaría de Argentina, CLADEM (Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer) (Committee of Latin America and the Caribbean for the…

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