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April, 2023

Vance Center Joins Statements on Judicial Threats in Guatemala and Mexico, Moves Ahead with Guatemalan Judge’s Case at Inter-American Commission

Guatemala National Palace, Guatemala City. (Photo credit: Shutterstock) In a “Second statement condemning the Mexican President’s attacks on judicial independence,” published in English... Read More

April, 2023

Vance Center Joins Launch of Global Defamation Defense Program

Reporters Shield, funded by USAID and others, will assist media and other independent reporting organizations worldwide with legal defense against defamation lawsuits and related claims.  Papach... Read More

April, 2023

Vance Center Welcomes New Lawyers for Reporters Managing Attorney

(Photo credit: Diane Bondareff) Kay Murray joined the Vance Center in April 2023 as Managing Attorney of Lawyers for Reporters, scaling up the program’s work providing pro bono legal represent... Read More

April, 2023

Vance Center Honors Law Firms’ Contributions to Keep Families Together

Representatives of awardee firms and Vance Center staff at the 2023 KFT Awards in Guatemala City. (Photo credit: Vance Center) For the first time, the event took place in person, with a Zoom stre... Read More

March, 2023

March at the Vance Center: A Month of Celebrating Women in the Legal Profession

Attendees at WIP and WIP Colombia’s event in Cartagena, Colombia, March 22, 2023. (Photo Credit: Tico Photography) The series of March events kicked off in Colombia, where the Vance Center... Read More

March, 2023

Vance Center Environment Program Advances WECAN’s Escazú Efforts Ahead of COP2

(Photo credit: Sam Bookman) The international right of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), embodied in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and the In... Read More