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Vance Center’s Women in Prison Network Leads IACHR Hearing on Women Deprived of Liberty

Posted on March 14, 2024

Vance 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

Our Year in Review: 2023 at the Vance Center

Posted on January 5, 2024

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 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