Daniel Cerqueira Leer en español aquí. The attacks by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and a rotten wing of Guatemala’s Judiciary against the 2023 electoral process leave no doubt that the country’s justice system has been captured by corruption networks. After these illegal attempts to prevent the inauguration of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, Guatemalan democracy remains hostage to […]
Daniel Cerqueira* and Ana Elisa Samayoa** Leer en español aquí. A few weeks ago, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACt-HR) published two judgments on the cases of the Maya Q’eqchi’ Indigenous Community of Agua Caliente vs. Guatemala and the Garifuna Community of San Juan and its Members vs. Honduras, related to the lack of demarcation, titling and dispossession […]
Cristina Blanco* Article published in the 22nd edition of Aportes. Versión en español aquí. In Latin America, few indigenous peoples’ rights have received as much attention as the right to free, prior, and informed consultation and consent (FPIC). In a region with enormous cultural diversity and high levels of social conflict associated with extractive and investment projects, […]
Daniel Cerqueira* Article published in the 22nd edition of Aportes. Versión en español aquí. An important part of DPLF’s work, through its Human Rights and Natural Resources program, has been to reinforce the inclusion of international standards on free, prior, and informed consultation (FPIC) in the norms, public policies, and case law of Latin American […]
Daniel Cerqueira* Versión en español aquí. Ver versões em português. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on indigenous peoples, along with the context of violence and territorial dispossession to their detriment, forces us to think of solutions from the most varied legal and political spheres. On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s […]
Cristina Blanco* Versión en español aquí. Ver aqui a versão em português. It has been several decades since the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) began to address the situation of indigenous peoples in the region. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), since the mid-1980s, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, since the beginning […]
Daniel Cerqueira* Versión en español aquí. In 1994, the UN General Assembly chose August 9th as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This day serves a moment for civil society, states, and the international community to reflect on the challenges in ensuring respect for indigenous peoples’ rights. This essay will focus on the […]
By Daniel Cerqueira Senior Program Officer at DPLF Cristina Blanco Academic and Research Coordinator of IDEHPUCP, and an external consultant to the IACHR Versión en español On April 6, 2016, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report entitled “Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendent Communities, and Natural Resources: Human Rights Protection in the Context […]
Justicia en las Américas 