NGOs and Academia
Monday, May 4, 2009 - 00:00
CODHES (Consultoria para los Derechos Humanos y el Delplazamiento) suggests a figure of 380,000 new displacements in 2008 alone
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico's army is committing human rights violations while engaged in anti-narcotics activities as an arm of the police, a human rights group says.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 00:00
The 76-page report, "Uniform Impunity: Mexico's Misuse of Military Justice to Prosecute Abuses in Counternarcotics and Public Security Operations," details 17 cases involving military abuses against more than 70 victims, including several cases
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 00:00
This 76-page report details 17 cases involving military abuses against more than 70 victims, including several cases from 2007 and 2008. The abuses include killings, torture, rapes, and arbitrary detentions.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 00:00
CODHES (Consultoria para los Derechos Humanos y el Delplazamiento) suggests a figure of 380,000 new displacements in 2008 alone
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia's labor and human rights conditions are still horrific, and a trade deal with that country is insupportable
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:00
Continued military aid to Colombia and Mexico to fight an archaic drug war is not the solution to the very real problems of violence, corruption and addiction created by the drug trade
Friday, April 24, 2009 - 00:00
This case study explores lessons learnt on “alternative livelihood” programming in situations of ongoing violence, and identifies entry-points for conflict-sensitivity
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 00:00
La tasa de desplazamiento "se incremento de 713 personas desplazadas por cada cien mil habitantes en 2007, a 888 en 2008", afirma el informe.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Amnesty International delegates at the Summit urged the governments of the region to make a firm commitment to ensuring that all measures taken in response to the current global economic crisis fully conform to their human rights obligations.