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Human Rights

March, 2025

Women in Prison Network Highlights Rights of Incarcerated Women on Global Stage during UN CSW69

Vance Center Senior Staff Attorney Romina Canessa, Clean Start Africa founder and CEO Teresa Njoroge, and UNODC Prison and Corrections Advisor Sarang Ahsani at the March 13, 2025, event at the Ne... Read More

December, 2024

Vance Center Marks Human Rights Day with Event on LGBTQ+ Rights and Pro Bono

The discussion, titled “LGBTQ+ Legal Challenges: Global Perspectives and Pro Bono Solutions,” brought together experts from a diverse range of backgrounds to highlight and discuss the legal c... Read More

August, 2024

City Bar Statement on Peruvian Congress’s Passage of Statute of Limitations Bill

On July 4, 2024, Peru’s Congress passed Bill No. 6951/2023-CR, a piece of legislation that would establish a statute of limitations on crimes against humanity committed from 1980-2002, effe... Read More

March, 2024

Vance Center’s Women in Prison Network Leads IACHR Hearing on Women Deprived of Liberty

Vance Center Staff Attorney Astrid Reyes (third from right) with presenters from the Women in Prison Network after the thematic hearing on the right to reintegration of women deprived of liberty,... Read More

February, 2024

Vance Center Visits Guatemala During IACHR Evaluation of Precautionary Measures for Imprisoned Journalist

Vance Center Special Counsel Douglass Cassel (center) and IACHR representatives visit imprisoned journalist José Rubén Zamora in his cell. Photo: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights The I... Read More

November, 2023

Vance Center Organizes Dialogue on Rights of LGBTQ+ Persons in Venezuela

On November 22, the Vance Center organized and led a meeting between Venezuelan human rights organizations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Commissioner and Rapporteur on... Read More