Daniel Kempken* Versión en español aquí. In the middle of the last decade, Ecuador was considered an island of peace in a continent characterized by high levels of violence. But since around 2019, violence and insecurity have increased exponentially in the country. This extraordinary and worrying increase in crime and threats to citizen security is […]
Carlos Lusverti* Leer en español aquí. On January 19, 2022, the Venezuelan National Assembly, whose members were elected in the disputed elections of December 2020, adopted a new law that will affect the Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, TSJ). On its face, the law does not comply which international human rights standards on judicial independence. The Venezuelan Supreme […]
Juan Francisco Sandoval* Versión en español aquí. On March 5, 2003, I joined Guatemala’s Public Prosecutor’s Office as an intern, as part of my mandatory criminal practice, during my undergraduate studies in legal and social sciences at the State University of San Carlos, Guatemala (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala). I never imagined that this initial internshipwould turn into a […]
Ursula Indacochea* and Katharine Valencia** Versión en español aquí. President Joe Biden’s Administration has been very clear that one of its top priorities is addressing the massive migration of people to the United States, mostly from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Biden has opted to distance himself from the human rights-violating policies and the hostile […]
Justicia en las Américas 