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Race and Equality

The Struggle for Racial Equality in Light of International Mechanisms: Race and Equality and Its Commitment to People of African Descent, Indigenous Peoples, and the Roma

Washington, D.C., March 20, 2026.—On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Institute on Race, Equality, and Human Rights (Race and Equality) reaffirms...

Human mobilityColombia

Activists from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela denounce transnational repression in exile before the IACHR

For the first time, the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela participated jointly in the hearing.

Human rights

Organizations denounce invisibility and structural discrimination against Roma peoples in the region in historic hearing before the IACHR

Guatemala City, March 12, 2026.– Organizations that promote and defend the rights of the Roma population in the Americas, especially in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and the United States, appeared...

Afro-descendantBrazil

The collective manifesto of six women activists from Latin America and the Caribbean

The leaders, from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, met for the first time in a virtual meeting where, without having met each other before, they shared...

ENAfro-descendantCuba

Cuba’s independent civil society, ready for a democratic transition

For years, activists inside and outside the island have documented abuses and strengthened the foundations of a democratic future in Cuba.

LGBTI

The Conviction for the Murder of Marielle Franco Must Translate into Structural Guarantees Against Gender-based Political Violence in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, March 4, 2026.– The historic conviction of the brothers Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão to 76 years and 3 months in prison for the murder of city...

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