The 16th Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM), unspooling July 14-18, rolls off the success and stability of Colombia's film ...

High Commissioner Volker Türk says he has not been allowed access to inspect El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

On Dec. 20, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights publicly announced a landmark decision against the Colombian government and found it responsible for multiple human rights violations against ...

Ecuador’s parliament has passed a law allowing private companies to help manage protected areas, prompting backlash from ...

A UAE-coordinated law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has led to 94 arrests and the ...

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USA: The Indigenous People’s Coalition (IPC) met in Nashville to discuss opposition to anti-immigrant raids conducted by the ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended the extradition of a rebel leader to the United States, arguing that he needs to stay in Colombia to contribute to peace talks.

In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...