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noviembre 2024

Illegal Gold Mining: Impacts on Human Rights and Biodiversity in the Amazon Region

Join us for the launch of Illegal Gold Mining: Impacts on Human Rights and Biodiversity in the Amazon - Six Countries Report. This event will feature key voices in environmental justice who will address the urgent need for a collaborative response to illegal gold mining and its impacts on human rights and biodiversity in the Amazon. ...
13 Nov
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Georgetown Americas Institute. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall Multipurpose Room.
1575 TONDORF ROAD NW
octubre 2020
agosto 2020

Reparations to victims of human rights violations in Latin America: Confronting present dilemmas stemming from legacies of the past

PANEL #1 | Experiences with reparations in El Salvador and Guatemala Date: August 25, 2020 Time: 11:00 A.M., Washington DC RSVP PANEL #2 | Reparations for human rights violations in Peru and Colombia Date: August 25, 2020 Time: 4:00 P.M., Washington DC RSVP PANEL #3 | Contemporary topics in reparations Date: August 26, 2020 Time: 11:00 A.M., Washington DC […] ...
25 - 26 Ago
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
septiembre 2019

EVENT | Judicial Uncertainty: The Future of Accountability in Guatemala

Over the past decade, Guatemala became an unlikely rule of law success story, with notable achievements in prosecuting corruption and atrocity crimes. Behind this progress lay a unique alliance of domestic prosecutors and judges with the UN’s International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). When CICIG closed its doors early this month, it left behind […] ...
24 Sep
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
junio 2019
mayo 2019

Civil Society Forum with Candidates for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Created by the Organization of American States in 1959, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) is one of the principal institutions dedicated to the defense of human rights in the Western Hemisphere. The effective promotion and protection of human rights by the IACHR depends on qualified and independent commissioners, transparency in the election process, […] ...
21 May
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Violence and Hardline Citizen Security in El Salvador

The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) Invite you to a discussion on Violence and Hardline Citizen Security in El Salvador Featuring Noah Bullock Director, Cristosal Foundation Cristian Schlick Lawyer, Human Rights Institute Central America University (IDHUCA) Geoff Thale Programs Director, WOLA Moderated by Leonor Arteaga Senior […] ...
14 May
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
abril 2019

“Sin consulta, no hay petróleo:” Testimonies from Indigenous Leaders Fighting Oil in the Peruvian Amazon

Extending across the Tigre, Corrientes, Pastaza, and Marañón river basins in Peru’s remote Loreto province, block 192 is the largest-yielding oil field in Peru. For over 40 years, the indigenous Kichwa, Quechua, Achuar, and Urarina peoples who live near the oil field have been exposed to severe pollution, including heavy metals, and human rights abuses. Since 2015, […] ...
23 Abr
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
marzo 2019

New Government, Ongoing Agenda: Human Rights, Corruption and Accountability in El Salvador

Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on human rights, corruption and efforts to ensure accountability in El Salvador. On February 3, 2019, Nayib Bukele, a 37-year old former mayor of San Salvador and candidate of the Grand Alliance of National Unity (GANA) party, won El Salvador’s presidential election. He will assume the […] ...
13 Mar - 23 Sep
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
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