In spite of a growing dynamism of civil society, serious violations of fundamental rights persist. Indeed, the FIDH has no lack of sources of concern: civil war and contempt for the right to life in Colombia, conflicts over land rights in Guatemala and Brazil, restriction of freedoms in Cuba, arbitrary detentions in Guantanamo, and a general context of impunity throughout Latin America. Economic, social and cultural rights are suffering the full force of the impact of economic globalization, while social dissent is being severely repressed.
- 7 May 2013
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- 2 May 2013
BRAZIL: Investigation opened over suspicions of illegal intelligence activities by mining company against social movements and human rights defenders
Geneva-Paris, May 2, 2013. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the (...) - 17 April 2013
- 17 April 2013
Kiobel Decision: Supreme Court Limits US Courts’ Ability to Use Human Rights Law to Address Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad - Questions Remaining Leave Doors Open
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a (...) - 11 April 2013
- 18 March 2013
Case against Rios Montt: an essential step towards ending impunity for past crimes in Guatemala and an opportunity for the reinforcement of the rule of law
FIDH welcomes the beginning, this 19 March 2013, of the trial against former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983) for genocide. The start of the (...) - 1 March 2013
International organizations welcome the World Bank Ombudsman´s initiative to scrutinize an investment project of the International Finance Corporation due to allegations of human rights violations of peasant communities in the Lower Aguán valley, Honduras, and demand immediate halt to the project
The undersigning international human rights organizations and civil society networks welcome the initiative of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) to audit the (...) - 14 December 2012
- 10 December 2012
Colombia: International Organisations express grave concerns at the irregularities in the judicial process leading to the conviction of David Ravelo Crespo, Colombian human rights defender
After more than 26 months in prison awaiting sentence, the renowned human rights defender David Ravelo Crespo has been sentenced to more than 18 years in prison on (...)
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