Campaigners petition UN to investigate racial and gender discrimination in global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
US, UK, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland in violation of international human rights law in “prolonging the pandemic” ahead of vital World Trade Organisation meeting .
Milagro Sala: New complaint submitted to Inter-American System
We submitted our complaint against the Argentine State for the process of harassment and criminalization that Sala and the Tupac Amaru organization have suffered since her arrest in 2016. Government policy in Jujuy reaches much further, seeking to demobilize and limit the right to protest.
Racism, police violence and drug policies on the UN Human Rights Council agenda
Together with other human rights organizations, in this session we worked on various security and human rights issues.
Patents: Life Is Not a Commodity
The economic perspective that has been imposed on accessing life-saving technology faces us with a new global division between vaccinated and unvaccinated countries. A waiver on intellectual property could eliminate unequal access to vaccines and shortages.
Colombia: Call for the End of State Violence and for the IACHR to Investigate on Acts of Repression
650 civil society organizations call for a thorough investigation of the repression of social protest and request an on-site visit by the IACHR and the creation of a group of experts.
Bolivia: Human Rights Organizations Publish Report to UN on the Sacaba and Senkata Massacres
After receiving the document, the international organization urged Bolivia to investigate the violations committed by Jeanine Áñez’s facto government. These crimes remain unpunished to this day.
Argentina’s CSJN orders the Provincial Supreme Court to take substantive measures against prison crowding in Buenos Aires Province
The ruling recognizes the gravity of jail and prison overcrowding in the province. Since 2012, the number of persons permanently jailed in police stations has risen 426%.
COVID-19 Patent Waivers Are Urgent to Prevent Greater Catastrophe
A global response that recognizes vaccines as a common good of humanity is urgent. The temporary suspension of patents is a mandatory step to massively produce the supplies necessary to face the pandemic in the world and guarantee the right to health and life in all countries.
Hasta Siempre, Carmen, Farewell
Carmen Cobo, Mother and Grandmother of Plaza de Mayo, passed away at the age of 96. She was one of the Mothers to whom we offered support and affection through the Voluntary Accompaniment Network. We will follow her on the path of tireless struggle for memory, truth and justice.
MetLife vs Argentina: ICSID Must Consider that Protecting Human Rights Is a Government Obligation
Seven human rights organizations are defending at the ICSID the end of privatized pensions in Argentina. Social security is a human right and pension funds are meant to ensure a decent life for people and not enriching companies.
End of a policy that never should have existed
We applaud the Executive Branch’s decision to repeal DNU 70/2017, the implementation of which posed a clear setback for migrant rights in the country over the past four years. The annulment of this decree is a fundamental step towards equality, the right to migrate and towards the recognition of the State’s obligation to regulate migration.
End of a Policy that Never Should Have Existed
We applaud the Executive Branch’s decision to repeal DNU 70/2017, the implementation of which posed a clear setback for migrant rights in the country over the past four years. The annulment of this decree is a fundamental step towards equality, the right to migrate and towards the recognition of the State’s obligation to regulate migration.
Message from CELS
Horacio Verbitsky presented his apologies and requested a leave of absence. With this granted by the Board of Directors, vice president Sofia Tiscornia is now CELS’ acting president.
Statement from CELS Workers on Privileges
Through this message we reject all type of favoritism or privilege-led action.
New Book on Human Rights During the Pandemic
POST is our latest contribution to analyzing how Covid-19 has critically affected human rights, heightening existing factors of previous situations of violations in a rapidly transforming panorama.
Meeting with the Argentine Foreign Ministry About Girls Slain by Paraguayan Army
Both the execution of the Argentine girls and the most recent disappearance of their cousin are human rights violations that require an immediate, independent and effective investigation.
