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 town of La Oroya, including their right to a healthy environment. Together with the law firm Arias, the Vance Center advised David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, in his 2022 submission to the Court in this case. This month’s decision by the Inter-American Court marks a major development in a long and arduous process for the victims seeking justice. For decades the residents... read more
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Vance Center Supports Crucial Submission in Landmark Inter-American Court Decision on Environmental Rights
Posted on March 25, 2024
Vance Center’s Women in Prison Network Leads IACHR Hearing on Women Deprived of Liberty
Posted on March 14, 2024Vance 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, in Washington, DC, February 29, 2024. Photo: Vance Center On February 29, Vance Center Staff Attorney Astrid Reyes joined representatives of partner organizations and members of the Women in Prison Network from across Latin America for a special session on the right to reintegration of women deprived of liberty. During the hearing, the first ever held by the Commission specifically on this subject, Reyes and representatives of seven other... read more
Vance Center Organizes Dialogue on Rights of LGBTQ+ Persons in Venezuela
Posted on November 27, 2023On 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 the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, and Intersex Persons, Roberta Clarke, to address urgent issues related to LGBTQ+ rights, including violence against transgender individuals. In the meeting, the representatives of civil society groups, including national organizations Observatorio Venezolano de Violencia contra LGBTQIA+, Defiende Venezuela, and Caleidoscopio Humano, and Okay.no from Zulia state, noted several recent incidents of deadly violence targeting transgender women. The cases included a transgender woman killed by an... read more
Vance Center, FLAM and CONATRIB Host Inter-American Dialogue on Judicial Independence in Mexico
Posted on October 25, 2023Latin America Policy Director Jaime Chávez Alor and invited speakers at the Inter-American Dialogue on Judicial Independence in Mexico City, October 2023. Photo: Vance Center The inspiration for this regional dialogue emerged from recommendations set out by members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in a thematic hearing on judicial independence during the IACHR’s 186th Period of Sessions, in Los Angeles in March. The Vance Center and co-organizers aimed to foster an honest conversation about the primary obstacles and threats impacting the independence of judicial actors across the region, and to establish a durable collaboration network as well as a... read more