AMAmericas
AMAmericas is the informal alliance of pro bono lawyers working since 2012 to secure the right for marriage equality in Latin American countries. Founded by a group of lawyers led by Hunter Carter, Arent Fox partner and Vance Center Committee member, and Ciro Colombara, of Rivadeneira Colombara, Zegers Abogados, and board member of Fundación Pro Bono Chile, AMAmericas has had the support of the Vance Center in finding local counsel and coordinating some legal actions.
PRO BONO LAWYERS FOR LGBT+ CASES
The lawyers in this list have agreed to support in a pro bono basis legal work for LGBT+ cases.
Please contact vance@nycbar.org for more information.
Partner at Arent Fox LLP. Co-founder of AMAmericas
Hunter Carter
Founding Partner at Rivadeneira Colombara Zegers. Co-founder of AMAmericas
Ciro Colombara
Digital Library
This is an online database of public digital documents from several countries in the Americas, in English and Spanish, about the right to marriage equality and other related topics.
This digital library aims to facilitate lawyers and civil society organizations the search for information and cases that can be used as a reference for other cases in the region.
If you want to include a document in the AMAmericas digital library, please contact:
vance@nycbar.org
| DOCUMENT | TYPE | AUTHOR | CASE | CASE REFERENCE |
COURT | COUNTRY | DATE | LANGUAGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENUNCIA DEL MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN Y LIBERACIÓN HOMOSEXUAL (MOVILH) CONTRA EL ESTADO DE CHILE | Other | MOVIMIENTO DE INTEGRACIÓN Y LIBERACIÓN HOMOSEXUAL (MOVILH); Hunter T. Carter; Ciro Colombara López | Chile | Español | Learn more | ||||
| Denuncia contra los Estados Unidos Mexicanos por infracción a los art. 1.1, 2, 17, 24 y 28.2 de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos | Hunter T. Carter; Ciro Colombara López; Alex Ali Méndez Díaz | Mexico | 05/12/2014 | Español | Learn more | ||||
| Matrimonio es un Derecho Humano: informe entregado al Senado de la Republica de Colombia | Other | Hunter T. Carter | Colombia | 04/22/2013 | Español | Learn more | |||
| SENTENCIA DE ALZADA | Case | Cesar Antonio Peralta Wetzel, Hans Harold Arias Montero, Victor Manel Arce García, José Miguel Lillo Isla, Stephan Abran, Jorge Manuel Monardes Godoy |
TERCERA SALA DE LA CORTE SUPREMA | Chile | 04/04/2012 | Español | Learn more | ||
| SENTENCIA ACCIÓN CONSTITUCIONAL | Case | Cesar Antonio Peralta Wetzel, Hans Harold Arias Montero, Victor Manel Arce García, José Miguel Lillo Isla, Stephan Abran, Jorge Manuel Monardes Godoy |
PRIMERA SALA DE LA CORTE DE APELACIONES | Chile | 11/03/2011 | Español | Learn more | ||
| SENTENCIA TRIBUNAL CONSTITUCIONAL | Case | Cesar Antonio Peralta Wetzel, Hans Harold Arias Montero, Victor Manel Arce García, José Miguel Lillo Isla, Stephan Abran, Jorge Manuel Monardes Godoy |
Tribunal Constitucional | Chile | 11/03/2011 | Español | Learn more | ||
