Mercedes-Benz: Kidnapping and torture to drown out workers’ demands
Seven company workers who were kidnapped in the 1970s – six of whom remain disappeared – and whose cases are analyzed in this trial were labor activists and delegates to the internal trade-union commission at Mercedes-Benz. CELS is acting as a plaintiff in its capacity as a human rights organization.
Lhaka Honhat: the Inter-American Court visited the indigenous communities
Since 1984 the communities have demanded a single property deed without subdivisions to former state parcels 55 and 14 in the district of Rivadavia, Salta province.
Petition filed to the Inter-American System so a woman expelled from Argentina can be reunited with her children
The lawyer of Vanessa Gómez Cueva, Juan Martín Villanueva, along with Amnesty International, la Comisión Argentina para Refugiados y Migrantes (CAREF), the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and CELS, requested a precautionary measure so that she and her small child can reunite with their family.
Mr. Julian Assange’s arrest and potential extradition to the U.S. threaten media freedom
The US Justice Department’s charges are an attack on basic journalistic activities. Whistleblowers who provide information of public interest require protection.
Intimidation of Brazilian human rights defenders engaging with the UN
During two side events at the United Nations, Jean Wyllys and Luciana Zaffalon were intimidated by Brazilian officials.
The impact of new authoritarianism on human rights
Representatives of various organizations gathered in Geneva discussed the situation in the United States, the Philippines and Brazil, in light of authoritarian governments that have a sharp anti-rights discourse.
AMIA attack: Cover-up by the political establishment, the judge and prosecutors was proven
Today the trial over the AMIA attack that began on August 6, 2015 concluded. Former judge Galeano, former prosecutors Mullen and Barbaccia and the former secretary of intelligence Anzorreguy were among those convicted.
Alert to backsliding on migration policies
A group of organizations submitted information to the IACHR on the migration policies of the provincial governments of Jujuy and Chubut. We also provided details regarding a series of expulsions of migrants.
8 years since the Cárcova massacre: impunity for police chiefs
Throughout this period, the judiciary has failed to investigate the criminal responsibilities of those who led the operation.
Regarding the situation in Venezuela
A democratic and peaceful resolution needs to be achieved and the full enjoyment of human rights guaranteed. Interventionist moves by the United States must be rejected by the international community.
Tasers: without oversight or protocols for their use, their lethality is proven
We requested information on how the use of these stun guns will be regulated from the governments of the city and province of Buenos Aires and of the nation. The “lesser lethality” of Tasers cannot serve as an excuse to expand the grounds for using police force.
The United Nations recognizes the rights of peasants
The Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas promotes measures to guarantee access to land, the protection of seeds in light of their commodification and a stop to evictions, among many other issues.
Deaths in the Esteban Echeverría police station are a focus of the National System for the Prevention of Torture
The National System’s annual assembly analyzed the grave humanitarian situation in places of confinement and demanded justice for the victims of a fire in Police Station 3 of Esteban Echeverría, Buenos Aires province. Participants included representatives of the judicial branch and civil society, as well as family members of victims.
The Global Compact for Migration was adopted
More than 160 UN member countries endorsed the Global Compact for Migration at an intergovernmental conference held on December 10-11. This agreement includes some important advances, above all in a context of growing xenophobia and nationalism in Latin America and the world.
We seek to act as plaintiffs in the Acindar case
A plant owned by the Argentine steelmaker housed both a clandestine detention center and a police outpost during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. Company executives pointed out the workers who should be kidnapped and provided the military with photographs from their personal files so they could be identified.
The Ford case: prison terms of 10, 12 and 15 years
After 15 years of judicial investigations and a year-long trial, a federal court in Argentina found two former heads of Ford’s plant in General Pacheco guilty of acting as direct participants in illegal detentions and torture during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. This is a milestone in the sanctioning of civilian responsibility in state terrorism.
