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DPLF produces analysis, reports, guides, and specialized resources to inform public debate, support advocacy, and advance human rights and the rule of law in Latin America.

Featured Publications

Eviction and Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala: The Role of the Public Prosecutor’s Office

Reasoned votes of the members of the IACHR: Comments on Resolution 2/22 and its implementation

El Salvador at the Crossroads: Crimes against Humanity under the Public Security Policy

Climate Change, Illegal Mining, and Human Rights in the Amazon: Reflections from a Coalition of Civil Society Organizations and Indigenous Peoples

The Vanishing Women of El Salvador

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Strategies of the Due Process of Law Foundation for the Promotion of New Standards and Expansion of the Impact of the Inter-American Human Rights System

20/03/2024

Amicus Curiae

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

18/01/2024

Reports

“We are not trespassers: this is our land” Agrarian conflict and Indigenous peoples’ rights in Alta Verapaz

19/10/2023

Reports

Remembering enforced disappearances and killings committed during Peru’s armed conflict: The “El Ojo que Llora” Memorial

02/10/2023

Amicus Curiae

Advisory Opinion to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Firearms Industry and Human Rights Obligations

06/09/2023

Amicus Curiae

Amicus Curiae brief on International Standards for the Prevention and Remediation of Environmental Damage in the Case of the Community of La Oroya vs. Peru before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

15/11/2022

Amicus Curiae

Amicus curiae before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in housing rights case the Democratic Republic of Congo

13/10/2022

Amicus Curiae

Amicus curiae before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in housing rights case the Democratic Republic of Congo

13/10/2022

Reports

Contribution to the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review on Guatemala

30/09/2022

Reports

Judging the Largest Massacre in El Salvador’s History: Interview with former judge Jorge Guzmán Urquilla

29/09/2022

Reports

Addressing Sexual Violence and Harassment in International Human Rights Organizations: Expert Panel Report

29/09/2022

Reports

An Innovative Response to Disappearances: Non-Judicial Search Mechanisms in Latin America and Asia

17/05/2022

Reports

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

30/03/2022

Reports

The Peace Accords in El Salvador: After Peace, Transitional Justice?

15/03/2022

Reports

Justice on Pause: Report on the First 100 Days of the Constitutional Chamber of El Salvador

17/02/2022