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April, 2025

City Bar Statement Expressing Concern Over New Peruvian Law Restricting Civil Society Organizations

In a new statement, the New York City Bar Association expressed deep concern about recently approved legislation in Peru that restricts activities of CSOs and threatens fundamental rights, includ... Read More

March, 2025

City Bar Statement Expressing Concern over the Criminalization of Judges in Mexico

In a new statement, the New York City Bar Association expressed deep concern about the decision by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office to open criminal investigations against federal j... Read More

January, 2025

City Bar Statement Expressing Concern over Uganda’s Arrest and Conviction of Human Rights Lawyer Eron Kiiza

In a new statement, the New York City Bar Association expressed serious concern about the Ugandan government’s arrest and conviction earlier this month of Eron Kiiza, a lawyer representing ... Read More

November, 2024

City Bar Statement Regarding the Elimination of Independent Agencies in Mexico

También disponible en español aquí In a new report, the New York City Bar Association expressed serious concern about a measure approved last week by Mexico’s Congress that would elimina... Read More

August, 2024

City Bar Statement Expressing Concern about the Proposal to Reform the Mexican Judiciary

También disponible en español aquí In a new report, the New York City Bar Association expressed serious concern about a proposal by outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to ... Read More

July, 2024

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Calls for Release of Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora

July 2, 2024 – The ongoing detention of Guatemalan investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora is arbitrary and violates international law and he should be released immediately, the United Nat... Read More