Human Rights

Statement of Rep. James P. McGovern at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing- "Human Rights in Mexico"
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
Much more needs to be done to ensure that these reforms are fully implemented, to establish a more effective and transparent Mexican judicial system, and to address the pervasive problems of corruption and impunity.
Testimony of Maureen Meyer, Senior Associate for Mexico and Central America at the Washington Office on Latin America on Human Rights in Mexico, Before the United States Congress
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
Withholding the conditioned funds until meaningful progress on these areas is made would send a clear message that the United States is concerned about the gravity of the human rights violations.
Testimony of Tlachinollan Human Rights Center Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
It is clear that President Calderon's effort to combat organized crime, with the military as the centerpiece, is not the solution to the crisis of violence but rather it has contributed to the violence itself.
Testimony of Nik Steinberg, Mexico Researcher for Human Rights Watch, on “Human Rights in Mexico” before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
What we have found is a public security policy that is badly failing on two fronts. It has not succeeded in reducing violence. Instead, it has resulted in grave human rights violations.
Testimony of Lisa Haugaard, Executive Director of the Latin America Working Group Education Fund, before the United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
Forty-nine human rights defenders were killed in 2011 and 6 were forcibly disappeared.
Video: Vitimas da violencia na ditadura relatam expectativa com a Comissao da Verdade; veja
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
Criada para investigar violacoes de direitos humanos ocorridas durante a ditadura militar, a Comissao da Verdade comecara nesta semana a se debrucar sobre as historias das vitimas da violencia politica.
Consejo de la ONU evalua hoy el estado de DD.HH. en Ecuador
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
El EPU es un mecanismo establecido por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas y que se encarga de la revision de la situacion de los derechos humanos en los 193 estados miembros.
Brazil's Truth Commission May Find Inconvenient Answers
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
This suggests, intriguingly, that the president of Brazil may at some point be charged with laundering the proceeds of an armed robbery. At the very least, it might cause her some embarrassment.
Brazil president to receive apologies for human rights abuses she suffered
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 00:00
The Rio de Janeiro state government said Friday it will apologize to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for the human rights abuses she suffered during the country's 1961-1985 dictatorship.
Brazil probing dictatorship human rights abuses
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 00:00
Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla who spent three years in prison during the dictatorship and was brutally tortured, was moved to tears as she ushered in the long-delayed commission.

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