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
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
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
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
A hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (Photo credit: CIDH/Flickr) On June 9, on the eve of Zamora’s conviction and sentencing on money laundering charges, the Commissi... Read More
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
