Despite the Ecuadorian foreign ministry’s optimistic pronouncement last month that the countries of the region were close to reaching a consensus about moving the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), their peer States seem to feel differently.

Since the day mayor Gustavo Petro´s legal team learned of the Inspector General's Office's decision to remove him from office and ban him from holding public office for 15 years, the team began to look North. They set their eyes on Washington, where the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is located.

The CCJ is the Comission of Colombian Jurists, one of the most important and respected organization of human rights in Latin America. Last thursday it celebrated 25 years of admirable and unstoppable work for democracy and rights in Colombia.

A gathering organized by the UN Working Group may promote international regulation of business and human rights.

The Warsaw Summit failed. The sobs and the hunger strike of the representative of the Philippines were not enough. “It’s time to end this madness,” he told the stubborn leaders of the world, referring to global warming which exacerbated the effects of the Haiyan typhoon that destroyed his family.

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop what effects they think the workshop will have.

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop what role the Global South will play in the human rights movement.

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop to reflect on their human rights work.

Dejusticia asked Global Action-Research Workshop participants what the biggest difficulties are for human rights advocates.