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March, 2024

Vance Center Supports Crucial Submission in Landmark Inter-American Court Decision on Environmental Rights

Photo credit: Shutterstock  On March 22, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a landmark decision finding that the state of Peru violated multiple human rights of the residents of the... Read More

January, 2024

Our Year in Review: 2023 at the Vance Center

Upholding Core Elements of Democratic Governance  An Independent Judiciary: Working closely with the Latin American Federation of Judges (FLAM) and other national and regional partners, the Lati... Read More

December, 2023

AWW Mentorship Program Joins Global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

AWW mentors at a networking event in Johannesburg, November 28, 2023. Photo credit: ENSafrica The annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign begins on November 25, Internat... Read More

December, 2023

Vance Center Supports Major UN Report on Environmental Rule of Law

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released its Second Global Report on the Environmental Rule of Law, one of the UN agency’s flagship reports. The report extensively reli... Read More

December, 2023

Vance Center Files Brief in Landmark Climate Case at Inter-American Court

The Court is considering a request for an advisory opinion outlining the obligations that States owe in relation to the climate emergency under the American Convention on Human Rights. Together w... Read More

November, 2023

Africa Program Participates in University of Dayton Human Rights Center Conference Marking 75th Anniversary of the UDHR

Africa Program Director Adaobi Egboka moderated a panel during the 2023 Joint Convening of the Social Practice of Human Rights Conference and the 6th International Conference on the Right to Deve... Read More