The Inter-American Court of Human Rights courtroom during the hearing over preliminary objections in the case of Chirinos Salamanca et al. v. Venezuela, held in San José, Costa Rica. Source: @CorteIDH Flickr. In August, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued a decision affirming its jurisdiction to hear cases involving human rights violations committed after September 10, 2013, when Venezuela withdrew from the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR). The Court’s recent judgment determined that the Convention remains in effect for Venezuela and that the Court has jurisdiction to continue hearing the case of Chirinos Salamanca et al. v.... read more
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Aligns with Vance Center’s Brief in Decision Favoring Victims of Human Rights Violations in Venezuela
Posted on September 26, 2025
Vance Center Supports Law Society of Kenya Initiative to Document Human Rights Violations
Posted on May 12, 2025Participants at one of the LSK’s Justice Centers. After completing the training sessions, including the one led by the Vance Center, the trained advocates, rapporteurs, and paralegals were stationed at various court stations and justice centers to apply their knowledge to documenting cases of human rights violations, May 7-9, 2025. Photo credit: Law Society of Kenya The Vance Center and partner organizations in Kenya provided an in-depth two-day training session that instructed 60 advocates, rapporteurs, and paralegals deployed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) on methods to document human rights violations that arose from national protests last year. ... read more
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Calls for Release of Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora
Posted on July 1, 2024July 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 Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said in a decision made public on Monday. Zamora, the founder and former editor of independent newspaper elPeriódico, has been detained since his arrest in July 2022 for alleged financial crimes. In June 2023, he was sentenced to six years in prison and a fine for alleged money laundering. The Vance Center and numerous other rights organizations have criticized the trial proceedings for multiple violations... read more