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Statement from DPLF on recent developments surrounding the Chevron Ecuador case

23 Mar 2012   |   News
The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization based in Washington, DC, that works to strengthen the rule of law and promote respect for human rights in Latin America through applied research, strategic alliances, outreach, and advocacy. Our vision is a Latin America in which civil society, using national and... More

Amicus Brief on Illegal and Arbitrary Detention in Mexico

06 Mar 2012   |   News
The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), together with the University of Seattle Human Rights Clinic filed an amicus brief in the First Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court in the detention case of Hugo Sanchez Ramirez.  In the brief, they analyzed the Constitutional limits of Mexico’s detention power in light of the American Convention... More

DPLF releases statement on the trial against judge Garzon in Spain

19 Jan 2012   |   News
DPLF releases joint statement on the trial against judge Garzon This statement, on the trial against Garzon that starts in Madrid on January 24, was prepared jointly by DPLF, Rights International, OMCT, Human Rights Watch, the Asociacion pro Derechos Humanos of Spain, the International Commission of Jurists, the European Center for Constitutional... More

DPLF participates in amicus brief presented to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights

20 Jul 2011   |   News
The amicus is presented in the case Sarayaku vs. Ecuador, and centers around the requirement of active transparency that falls on the State The member organizations of the Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Information - of which DPLF forms part - presented an amicus curiae before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in the c... More

DPLF and 71 other NGOs send letter to Salvadoran authorities

30 Jun 2011   |   News
The letter was sent to several high-level Salvadoran authorities, to various international authorities and to diplomatic missions in the country On Thursday June 30th, DPLF and a number of other NGOs that work in Latin America and represent some 71 civil society organizations, sent a letter to Salvadoran authorities regarding the current situation... More

DPLF co-organizes event on indigenous politics in Chile

09 May 2011   |   News
Together with CEDER of the Universidad de los Lagos and ICCTMW - the Institute for Mapuche Culture, Science and Technology Willinche (ICCTMW) The International Scientific Seminar: An Evaluation and Perspectives on Indigenous Politics in Chile, took place on Friday April 15, 2011, in the Universidad de los Lagos in Osorno, Chile. The seminar consi... More

DPLF sends letter to US authorities on rule of law in Panama

04 May 2011   |   News
Letters sent to State Department, members of Congress and the White House Between April 27 and 29, President Martinelli of Panama paid a visit to US authorities in Washington. On April 26, DPLF sent letters to various US authorities on the worrying state of the rule of law in Panama. An example of this letter can be read here.   Mor... More

DPLF signs letter addressed to Peruvian Supreme Court

24 Jun 2010   |   News
Concern that binding jurisprudence could severely limit access to a remedy to victims of grave human rights abuses   June 22, 2010 Dr. Javier Villa Stein President of the Peruvian Supreme Court of Justice Dear Mr. Villa Stein, We are writing to share with you our analysis of the binding interpretation of the crime of enforced disappearan... More

DPLF presents report in Oaxaca

30 Apr 2010   |   News
On Monday March 1st, DPLF presented its report Judicial Independence in Oaxaca, Mexico: Reality or Fiction? (Independencia Judicial en Oaxaca, México: ¿una ficción?) in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. The report was written in collaboration with FUNDAR, Centro de Análisis e Investigación, A.C. of Mexico City, and the... More

Hearing before IACHR on the administration of justice in Panama

08 Apr 2010   |   News
On March 23, 2010, DPLF and the Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia had a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about the administration of justice in Panama. The Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia and its 20 member organizations have done extensive work in the field of justice reforms throughout the years, and DPLF has published stu... More

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