Restrictions on civil society in Venezuela continue to advance
Alongside over 230 organizations, CELS signed a document expressing alarm over the reactivation of a law that infringes upon the right to freedom of association, risking the militarization of civic space within Venezuelan society.
On Milei’s “omnibus bill”
The Argentine government led by Javier Milei seeks to dismantle essential procedures and implement regressive measures affecting human rights and democracy. Within a span of three weeks, from Decree 70/23 to the proposed “Bases…” law, the Executive Branch introduced 1649 articles altering the entire social and political landscape, protection parameters, and state architecture. Congress bears the political responsibility to refrain from validating it.
Milei’s decree: unconstitutional and incompatible with international law
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We submit that the Judiciary declare President Milei’s DNU 70/2023 unconstitutional
We filed a petition with Argentina’s federal administrative court. It is our view that the decree violates the separation of powers, suppressing or restricting individual and collective rights and guarantees. We underscore that the DNU’s submission by the executive power breaches constitutional rules, usurping powers that are prohibited to him and reserved for the National Congress.
Argentine government seeks to amend the national constitution by decree
The decree of necessity and urgency announced by President Milei on December 20 oversteps the National Congress and undermines the democratic separation of powers in Argentina. With its entry into force, no right will be spared: be it the right to work, access to food, health, or housing.
With more than 1,700 signatures from organizations, we condemn the protocol against protest before the UN and the IACHR
Jointly with trade unions, social movements, human rights organizations, and entities focused on social, trade, environmental, indigenous, migrant, transfeminist, religious, children’s, student, and political causes, we have requested international mechanisms to demand the Argentine State stop the implementation of new regulations that seek to restrict and repress public protest. These submissions were also supported by 15,000 individual signatures.
Argentina’s new government announces a brutal economic adjustment
The announced measures imply the violation of social and economic rights of broad sectors of the population and will exacerbate impoverishment and a social crisis that will be difficult to recover from. This type of adjustment cannot be presented as the only possible path.
CELS provided the Inter-American Court of Human Rights with information about the right to care
In collaboration with other organizations, we submitted our contributions to the Court’s Advisory Opinion on the right to care. This process began after the Argentine state requested the Court pronounce on the content and scope of care as a human right and its connection to other rights.
Democracy is improved with more democracy
In Argentina we need to collectively build a society and a political system based on respect for diversity and without violence, based on the consensus built with Nunca Más (Never Again), but we need to improve our way of life with expansion of rights always at the forefront. Joint statement with dozens of civil society organizations in our country.
We denounced before the IACHR the increase in indiscriminate use of less lethal weapons to suppress protests
With over 20 international and regional organizations we questioned the irregular and disproportionate use of these weapons by security forces and their serious consequences on health and human rights of people who exercise their right to protest.
Imparable 2023: a festival to debate, reflect and expand Argentina’s democracy
On Sunday, November 5th, thousands of people came together at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Buenos Aires to listen, debate and dance. Among families, friends, activists, different generations and organizations, we engaged in a grand collective conversation to imagine a common future.
We call for peace and ceasefire in Gaza
We endorsed a note to international organizations signed by more than 185 civil society organizations calling for an immediate ceasefire by Israel in Gaza, as well as urgent humanitarian measures.
Trelew massacre: Roberto Bravo’s extradition rejected
Criminal Cassation Court II reviewed a ruling from 2017 that had overlooked the complaints brought by Graciela García Romero, abducted and held in that clandestine detention center. The court subsequently convicted Jorge “Tigre” Acosta for the sexual abuse inflicted upon her. CELS has stood by Graciela’s pursuit of justice since 2005.
Sheraton case: both defendants sentenced
The fourth trial for crimes against humanity committed in the clandestine detention and torture center that operated in the Villa Insuperable district in La Matanza, province of Buenos Aires, came to an end.
The impact of drug policies: time to listen to the Global South
CELS joined organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America to contribute our regional perspectives to the 54th session of the Human Rights Council.
The arms market and its impact on human rights
CELS and the INECIP submitted a joint report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to help develop legal standards to guide the design and implementation of State regulations to protect human rights in the production and marketing of firearms.
