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Indigenous and civil society organizations submit a brief for an advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court on climate emergency and human rights

The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), the Coordinadora de Desarrollo y Defensa de los Pueblos Indígenas de la región San Martín (CODEPISAM), the Federación de Pueblos Indígenas Kechwa Chazuta Amazonía (FEPIKECHA), the Federación de Pueblos Indígenas Kechwas del Bajo Huallaga San Martín(FEPIKBHSAM), the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL), and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), submitted a brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rig

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Non-State Actors as Perpetrators: Precedents from Inter-American jurisprudence and their applicability to disappearance cases

Enforced disappearance of persons is a serious human rights violation that, according to international instruments, can be perpetrated by State agents or by non-State actors acting with the authorization, support or acquiescence of the State. 

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IACHR – Inputs to the Questionnaire for the thematic report on Business and Human Rights: Inter-American Standards

For many years, various organizations that comprise the Corporate Accountability Working Group (CAWG) of the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) have been working collectively to demonstrate how certain corporate activity can undermine human rights and harm communities and groups affected by their operations.

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The Inter-American Human Rights System: Changing times, ongoing challenges

This report, titled The Inter-American Human Rights System: Changing times, ongoing challenges, examines recent intense debate over the rule of the Inter-American Human Rights System. 

At the heart of the discussions was precisely the purpose of international human rights protection and its sometimes conflictual coexistence with the sovereign decisions of democratic States. This led some nations to assert the need for the IACHR to prioritize its role of promotion, rather than its actions for protection and ensuring individual and collective rights. 

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Choosing the next Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

This bulletin, jointly produced by the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), and the Open Society Justice Initiative, seeks to bring greater transparency to the selection process for a new Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

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#19 The Reform of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is a cornerstone of the human rights advocacy and protection system we have in the region. Over the past two years, the Commission has undergone a process—officially called “strengthening,” but which at times seemed to be “challenging”—that ultimately achieved a semblance of reform. All indications are that the changes adopted as a result of this process will improve the Commission’s performance and its ability to meet the current needs of the region.

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# 16 Reflections on Strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights System

n June 2011, the Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS), gathered at the General Assembly in San Salvador, decided to form a Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights with a view to Strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights System. The Working Group was charged with preparing a set of recommendations to be submitted to the Permanent Council of the OAS by the end of the year.

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