South America – Impunity Watch https://impunitywatch.com Had I only known ... Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:24:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 Caribbean Court of Justice and UNESCO Partner to Strengthen Freedom of Expression https://impunitywatch.com/caribbean-court-of-justice-and-unesco-partner-to-strengthen-freedom-of-expression/ https://impunitywatch.com/caribbean-court-of-justice-and-unesco-partner-to-strengthen-freedom-of-expression/#respond Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=53016 By: Sarah Peck Impunity Watch News Staff Writer   PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – In a landmark move to bolster press freedom and human rights across the Caribbean, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have formalized a partnership aimed at enhancing freedom of…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/caribbean-court-of-justice-and-unesco-partner-to-strengthen-freedom-of-expression/feed/ 0 After Nearly Thirty Years, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Compels Peru to Comply with Prior Decisions In an Effort to Uphold the Right to Fair Trial and Judicial Protection https://impunitywatch.com/after-nearly-thirty-years-the-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-compels-peru-to-comply-with-prior-decisions-in-an-effort-to-uphold-the-right-to-fair-trial-and-judicial-protection/ https://impunitywatch.com/after-nearly-thirty-years-the-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-compels-peru-to-comply-with-prior-decisions-in-an-effort-to-uphold-the-right-to-fair-trial-and-judicial-protection/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:59:11 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52996 By: Jocelyn Anctil  Impunity Watch News Staff Writer  SAN JOSÉ, Peru – After Peru commenced the privatization of state-owned companies in 1991, the government liquidated the Empresa Comercializadora de Alimentos S.A. (ECASA), along with the jobs of approximately three thousand employees. Although a salary increase was established through bargaining agreements, the government suspended them. In…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/after-nearly-thirty-years-the-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-compels-peru-to-comply-with-prior-decisions-in-an-effort-to-uphold-the-right-to-fair-trial-and-judicial-protection/feed/ 0 ICC Office of the Prosecutor Targets Slavery Crimes with Landmark Policy https://impunitywatch.com/icc-office-of-the-prosecutor-targets-slavery-crimes-with-landmark-policy/ https://impunitywatch.com/icc-office-of-the-prosecutor-targets-slavery-crimes-with-landmark-policy/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:44:44 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52840 By: Remy Kane Impunity Watch News Staff Writer THE HAGUE, The Netherlands – On March 19, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor announced that a new Policy on Slavery Crimes is in the works. The policy will mark the first specific action taken by an international judicial institution to combat crimes of…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/icc-office-of-the-prosecutor-targets-slavery-crimes-with-landmark-policy/feed/ 0 ICJ Issues Provisional Measures to Protect Guyana Territorial Rights Pending Court Decision on Validity of 1899 Border Agreement https://impunitywatch.com/icj-issues-provisional-measures-to-protect-guyana-territorial-rights-pending-court-decision-on-validity-of-1899-border-agreement/ https://impunitywatch.com/icj-issues-provisional-measures-to-protect-guyana-territorial-rights-pending-court-decision-on-validity-of-1899-border-agreement/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2024 20:24:00 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52419 By: Megan Mary Qualters Impunity Watch Staff Writer THE HAGUE, The Netherlands – The International Court of Justice (hereinafter ICJ) ordered provisional measures to protect Guyana’s rights in highly contentious territory dispute with Venezuela.     Procedural History In March 2018, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana’s government (hereinafter “Guyana”) filed proceedings against the Bolivarian Republic…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/icj-issues-provisional-measures-to-protect-guyana-territorial-rights-pending-court-decision-on-validity-of-1899-border-agreement/feed/ 0 IACHR Notifies Brazil of Filing of Case Regarding Lack of Investigation Into Extrajudicial Executions of Teenagers https://impunitywatch.com/icahr-notifies-brazil-of-filing-of-case-regarding-lack-of-investigation-into-extrajudicial-executions-of-teenagers/ https://impunitywatch.com/icahr-notifies-brazil-of-filing-of-case-regarding-lack-of-investigation-into-extrajudicial-executions-of-teenagers/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:17:13 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52290 By: Rafael Sbeghen Freitas Impunity Watch Staff Writer BELÉM, Brazil – On June 16th, 2023, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submitted to the IDH Court the 12,398 case of Brazil, regarding the extrajudicial execution of teenagers Max Cley Mendes, Marciley Roseval Melo Mendes, and Luís Fábio Coutinho da Silva, during a slaughter that took…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/icahr-notifies-brazil-of-filing-of-case-regarding-lack-of-investigation-into-extrajudicial-executions-of-teenagers/feed/ 0 IACHR Rules Guatemala Must Halt Legislative Action on Bills Providing Amnesty to Perpetrators of Human Rights Abuses https://impunitywatch.com/iachr-rules-guatemala-must-halt-legislative-action-on-bills-providing-amnesty-to-perpetrators-of-human-rights-abuses/ https://impunitywatch.com/iachr-rules-guatemala-must-halt-legislative-action-on-bills-providing-amnesty-to-perpetrators-of-human-rights-abuses/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:06:43 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52286 By: Jacob Riederer Impunity Watch News Staff Writer GUATEMALA – The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) issued a ruling on October 23, 2023, requiring Guatemalan authorities to take action to prevent the adoption of two proposed bills that would provide immunity to those alleged to have committed human rights atrocities.     Between, 2002…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/iachr-rules-guatemala-must-halt-legislative-action-on-bills-providing-amnesty-to-perpetrators-of-human-rights-abuses/feed/ 0 Brazil Criminalizes Use of Homophobic Slurs https://impunitywatch.com/brazil-criminalizes-use-of-homophobic-slurs/ https://impunitywatch.com/brazil-criminalizes-use-of-homophobic-slurs/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:06:00 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52232 By: Molly Osinoff Impunity Watch News Staff Writer BRAZIL – In August 2023, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court held, by a 9-1 vote, that homophobic slurs are punishable by prison. The Brazilian Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites, Transsexuals and Intersexes (ABGLT), an organization dedicated to protecting LGBTQ people’s citizenship and human rights, brought the case to the…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/brazil-criminalizes-use-of-homophobic-slurs/feed/ 0 Inter-American Commission of Human Rights Condemns Rising Violence Against Journalists in Haiti https://impunitywatch.com/inter-american-commission-of-human-rights-condemns-rising-violence-against-journalists-in-haiti/ https://impunitywatch.com/inter-american-commission-of-human-rights-condemns-rising-violence-against-journalists-in-haiti/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=52229 By: Molly Osinoff  Impunity Watch News Staff Writer  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – On October 3, 2023, the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (RELE) of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) published a statement condemning the increasing violence against journalists and media outlets in Haiti. The statement further urged Haitian authorities to…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/inter-american-commission-of-human-rights-condemns-rising-violence-against-journalists-in-haiti/feed/ 0 Former President of Peru on Trial for Forced Sterilization Program in the 1990s https://impunitywatch.com/former-president-of-peru-on-trial-for-forced-sterilization-program-in-the-1990s/ https://impunitywatch.com/former-president-of-peru-on-trial-for-forced-sterilization-program-in-the-1990s/#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2021 22:35:29 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=51323 By: Shane Kelly Impunity Watch Staff Writer LIMA, Peru – Earlier this month, hearings resumed against former president Alberto Fujimori for the hundreds of thousands of women forcibly sterilized under his tenure in the 1990s. The judicial process began last Monday against Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru. The trial focused on his participation…

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]]> https://impunitywatch.com/former-president-of-peru-on-trial-for-forced-sterilization-program-in-the-1990s/feed/ 0 Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Need Immediate Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations https://impunitywatch.com/brazils-indigenous-communities-need-immediate-access-to-covid-19-vaccinations/ https://impunitywatch.com/brazils-indigenous-communities-need-immediate-access-to-covid-19-vaccinations/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:58:45 +0000 https://impunitywatch.com/?p=51271 Dedication: The Journal of Global Rights & Organizations and Impunity Watch News dedicates this article to Zaiden Geraige Neto, Ph.D., who passed away from COVID-19. Zaiden was pursuing his LL.M. at the College of Law and had joined the Impunity Watch News team in 2021. Zaiden was a highly regarded class action lawyer and law…

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