The virtual event, hosted by Human Rights and Access to Justice Program staff attorneys Romina Canessa and Astrid Reyes, recognized 12 law firms, including three firms that took on KFT cases for the first time in 2023. The Keep Families Together Initiative was launched in 2018 in response to the U.S Government’s Zero Tolerance Policy and has continued to expand and adapt since then to meet the needs of children and families navigating the U.S. immigration system. Through the Vance Center’s international co-counseling model, the program connects U.S. immigration counsel with lawyers in the immigrants’ home countries to address... read more
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Our Year in Review: 2023 at the Vance Center
Posted on January 5, 2024Upholding 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 Latin America Policy Program continued to call out threats to judicial independence and support judges in asserting their key role as defenders of democracy. Our actions included a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on threats to judicial independence, publishing country-level assessments of judicial independence in seven countries, and continuing to pursue justice for exiled Guatemalan judge Erika Aifán. Spotlight: Inter-American Dialogue on Judicial Independence The IACHR hearing inspired an... read more