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Press Releases 2014

R157/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Brazil. Washington, D.C., December 30, 2014
156/14 - IACHR Welcomes Announcement to Restablish Relations between the United States and Cuba. Washington, D.C., December 19, 2014
155/14 - Joint Statement on International Migrants’ Day "Open, Safe and Regular Migration Channels Crucial to Stop Human Rights Violations against Migrants". Geneva / Banjul / Washington, D.C., December 18, 2014
R154/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Communicator in Honduras. Washington, D.C., December 17, 2014
153/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern over Pervasiveness of Violence against LGBTI Persons and Lack of Data Collection by OAS Member States. Washington, D.C., December 17, 2014
Annex to the Press Release
152/14 - IACHR Calls on the United States to Investigate and Punish Acts of Torture Established in the Senate Intelligence Committee Report. Washington, D.C., December 12, 2014
151/14 - IACHR Welcomes Brazil’s Truth Commssion Report and Calls on the State to Implement its Recommendations. Washington, D.C., December 12, 2014
150/14 - IACHR Concludes Visit to Chile. Washington, D.C., December 11, 2014
149/14 - IACHR Condemns the Assassination of Defenders of the Human Rights of Migrants in Mexico. Washington, D.C., December 11, 2014
148/14 - IACHR Regrets Deaths Due to Reported Drug Overdose in Jail of Venezuela. Washington, D.C., December 11, 2014
147/14 - IACHR Welcomes the Resettlement of Six Guantanamo Detainees to Uruguay and Urges OAS Member States to Follow Uruguay’s Example. Washington, D.C., December 10, 2014
146/14 - IACHR Wraps Up Onsite Visit to Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 5, 2014
Annex to the Press Release: Preliminary Observations
145/14 - IACHR Urges States to Ensure Full Exercise of Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Washington, D.C., December 2, 2014
144/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Colombia to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., December 1, 2014
143/14 - IACHR Presents Report on the Right to Truth in the Americas. Washington, D.C., November 27, 2014
142/14 - IACHR Welcomes Executive Action on Immigration in the United States. Washington, D.C., November 26, 2014
141/14 - IACHR Conducts Onsite Visit to Honduras. Washington, D.C., November 25, 2014
140/14 - On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, IACHR Urges States to Implement Transformative Measures. Washington, D.C., November 25, 2014
139/14 - IACHR Condemns Murder of Justice Operators in Honduras. Washington, D.C., November 24, 2014
138/14 - On Transgender Day of Remembrance, the IACHR Expresses Concern About the Situation of Trans Persons in the Americas. Washington, D.C., November 21, 2014
137/14 - UN and Inter-American Human Hights Systems Sign Joint Declaration on Collaboration. Washington, D.C., November 19, 2014
136/14 - IACHR Makes Official Technical Cooperation Agreement about Ayotzinapa Students in Mexico. Washington, D.C., November 18, 2014
R135/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murders of Journalist in Peru. Washington, D.C., November 14, 2014
134/14 - IACHR Conducts Visit to Colorado, United States. Washington, D.C., November 14, 2014
133/14 - IACHR Agrees on Terms of Agreement on Technical Assistance to Mexico. Washington, D.C., November 12, 2014
132/14 - IACHR Publishes Report on Impact of Friendly Settlement Procedure. Washington, D.C., November 10, 2014
131/14 - IACHR Wraps Up its 153rd Session. Washington, D.C., November 7, 2014
131A/14 - Report on the 153rd Session of the IACHR
130/14 - IACHR Condemns Judgment of the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic. Washington, D.C., November 6, 2014
R129/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murders of Two Communicators in Mexico. Washington, D.C., November 3, 2014
R128/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Joins the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Washington, D.C., November 2, 2014
127/14 - UN and IACHR Rapporteurs Call on States to Protect Human Rights Defenders. Washington, D.C., October 31, 2014
126/14 - IACHR Welcomes the Measures Taken by Uruguay and Brazil for the Protection of Syrian Refugees. Washington, D.C., October 24, 2014
125/14 - Rapporteurship on the Rights of the Child Culminates Visit to Mexico. Washington, D.C., October 20, 2014
R124/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Radio Announcer and Expresses Concern over Disappearance of Journalist in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico. Washington, D.C., October 17, 2014
123/14 - IACHR Takes Case Involving Peru to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., October 17, 2014
R122/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Paraguay. Washington, D.C., October 17, 2014
121/14 - IACHR Urges States to increase efforts to eradicate poverty in America. Washington, D.C., October 17, 2014
120/14 - IACHR Announces Schedule for its 153rd Session. Washington, D.C., October 17, 2014
119/14 - IACHR Urges States to Respect and Guarantee Human Rights of Rural Women. Washington, D.C., October 15, 2014
118/14 - IACHR Chair Concludes Visit to Colombia. Washington, D.C., October 10, 2014
117/14 - IACHR Makes an Urgent Call on the Mexican State Regarding the Murder and Disappearance of Students. Washington, D.C., October 10, 2014
116/14 - IACHR Takes Case Involving Peru to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., October 10, 2014
115/14 - IACHR Urges OAS Member States to Abolish the Death Penalty. Washington, D.C., October 10, 2014
114/14 - Edison Lanza Begins his Mandate as Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. Washington, D.C., October 8, 2014
113/14 - IACHR Takes Case Involving Guatemala to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Washington, D.C., October 7, 2014
112/14 - IACHR Takes Case Involving Peru to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Washington, D.C., October 6, 2014
111/14 - IACHR Gratefully Recognizes the Work of Catalina Botero as Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. Washington, D.C., October 3, 2014
110/14 - IACHR Wraps Up Visit to the United States of America. San Antonio, Texas, October 2, 2014
R109/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Pleased with Recent Ruling by Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal. Washington, D.C., September 29, 2014
108/14 - IACHR Reiterates its Concern about the Processes to Select and Appoint Judges to Guatemala’s Appeals Court and Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., September 27, 2014
R107/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Expresses Concern over the Situation of the Freedom of Expression in Venezuela. Washington, D.C., September 22, 2014
106/14 - IACHR Calls upon Member States of the OAS to Guarantee Fully and Effectively the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. Washington, D.C., September 22, 2014
105/14 - IACHR Visits Southern Border of United States Concerned about Situation of Unaccompanied Children and Families. Washington, D.C., September 22, 2014
104/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern over Detention Conditions at Rikers Island Prison, United States, a year after the tragic death of an inmates. Washington, D.C., September 18, 2014
103/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over Threats against Defenders of Human Rights Organizations Working for Peace in Colombia. Washington, D.C., September 18, 2014
102/14 - IACHR Condemns Killing of Four Asháninka Indigenous Leaders in the Department of Ucayali, Peru. Washington, D.C., September 18, 2014
101/14 - IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Defender in Honduras. Washington, D.C., September 17, 2014
100/14 - IACHR Takes Case Involving Guatemala to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Washington, D.C., September 17, 2014
99/14 - Argentina Hands Records of the Military Dictatorship to IACHR. Washington, D.C., September 17, 2014
98/14 - IACHR Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child Wraps Up Visit to Uruguay and Speaks Out against Reducing the Age of Criminal Responsibility. Montevideo, September 16, 2014
97/14 - Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Wraps up Visit to Paraguay. Washington, D.C., September 15, 2014
R96/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Attack to Journalist in Mexico. Washington, D.C., September 9, 2014
95/14 - IACHR Congratulates Mexican Supreme Court for Adoption of Protocol Involving Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Washington, D.C., August 29, 2014
94/14 - IACHR expresses concern over threats against and arrests of campesino leaders in Bajo Aguán, Honduras. Washington, D.C., August 29, 2014
93/14 - IACHR Publishes Fourth Report on Human Rights Situation in Colombia. Washington, D.C., August 28, 2014.
92/14 - IACHR Concerned over Violent Deaths in Brazilian Prison. Washington, D.C., August 28, 2014
91/14 - IACHR Deplores Deaths and Injuries at Youth Education Center in Paraguay. Washington, D.C., August 22, 2014
90/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern over Police Killings of African-American Persons in the United States. Washington, D.C., August 22, 2014
R89/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder Journalist in Honduras. Washington, D.C., August 21, 2014
88/14 - IACHR Publishes Report: “Human Rights of Migrants and Other Persons in the Context of Human Mobility in Mexico”. Mexico City, August 18, 2014
R87/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder Journalist in Mexico. Washington, D.C., August 16, 2014
86/14 - IACHR Wraps Up its 152nd Special Session. Mexico City, August 15, 2014
R85/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Colombia. Washington, D.C., August 14, 2014
84/14 - IACHR Calls on States to Implement Social Inclusion Policies for Youth. Washington, D.C., August 13, 2014
R83/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Attack to Journalist and Murder of his Son in Mexico. Washington, D.C., August 6, 2014
82/14 - IACHR Announces Schedule of Public Hearings for its 152nd Extraordinary Period of Sessions. Washington, D.C., August 5, 2014
81/14 - IACHR Receives Requests for Hearings and working meetings for the 153^rd Period of Sessions. Washington, D.C., July 31, 2014
80/14 - IACHR Wraps Up its 151^st Regular Period of Sessions. Washington, D.C., July 30, 2014
79/14 - IACHR Publishes Report: “Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact in the Americas”. Washington, D.C., July 29, 2014
78/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over Execution of Joseph Wood in the United States. Washington, D.C., July 25, 2014
77/14 - IACHR makes its choice of Edison Lanza as Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. Washington, D.C., July 23, 2014
76/14 - IACHR Welcomes Mexico’s Withdrawal of Treaty Reservations. Washington, D.C., July 22, 2014
R75/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Presents Report on Violence against Journalists and Media Workers. Washington, D.C., July 21, 2014
74/14 - IACHR Welcomes Ban on Physical Punishment of Children in Brazil. Washington, D.C., July 11, 2014
73/14 - IACHR Holds Extraordinary Period of Sessions in Mexico. Washington, D.C., July 9, 2014
R72/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Presents Report on Freedom of Expression and the Internet. Washington, D.C., June 27, 2014
71/14 - IACHR Urges States to Take Decisive Actions to Prevent Torture. Washington, D.C., June 26, 2014
R70/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Paraguay. Washington, D.C., June 24, 2014
69/14 - IACHR Condemns Execution of John Winfield in the United States. Washington, D.C., June 23, 2014
68/14 - World Refugee Day: IACHR Emphasizes the Importance of the Right to Seek and Receive Asylum. Washington, D.C., June 20, 2014
67/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern on the Situation of Children Migrants Arriving to the United States. Washington, D.C., June 20, 2014
66/14 - IACHR Urges United States to Suspend Execution of John Winfield. Washington, D.C., June 11, 2014
65/14 - 20th Anniversary of Adoption of the Convention of Belém do Para June 9, 2014. Washington, D.C., June 9, 2014
R64/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Mexico. Washington, D.C., June 10, 2014
63/14 - IACHR Welcomes Stay of Execution of Russell Bucklew in the United States. Washington, D.C., May 30, 2014
62/14 - IACHR Condemns Killing of Human Rights Defender in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 28, 2014
61/14 - IACHR Urges United States to Suspend Execution of Russell Bucklew and Charles Warner. Washington, D.C., May 20, 2014
60/14 - The IACHR Welcomes Recent Developments in OAS Member States to Protect and Promote the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Persons. Washington, D.C., May 20, 2014
R59/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Paraguay. Washington, D.C., May 19, 2014
58/14 - IACHR Urges Guatemala to Continue Complying with its International Obligations and Fighting against Impunity. Washington, D.C., May 16, 2014
57/14 - May, 17 - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T). Geneva / Washington, D.C., May 15, 2014
56/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern over Violent Deaths of Children, Adolescents, and Youths in a Context of Citizen Insecurity in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 14, 2014
55/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over Deaths and Disappearances of Migrants in Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea. Washington, D.C., May 14, 2014
54/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern over Attacks on Migrants and Human Rights Defenders by State Agents in Mexico. Washington, D.C., May 12, 2014
53/14 - IACHR Welcomes Military Justice Reforms in Mexico. Washington, D.C., May 9, 2014
52/14 - IACHR Condemns Murder of Senior Counsel of Trinidad and Tobago. Washington, D.C., May 9, 2014
51/14 - IACHR Holds Third Lecture in the Lecture Series: Transforming the Invisible into the Visible. Washington, D.C., May 9, 2014
50/14 - IACHR Deplores Violent Deaths at Educational Facility for Adolescents in Paraguay. Washington, D.C., May 6, 2014
49/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over Agonizing Death of Clayton Lockett in Death Chamber in the United States. Washington, D.C., May 6, 2014
48/14 - IACHR Calls on Member States to Open their Archives on the Human Rights Violations Committed under the Regime of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Washington, D.C., May 5, 2014
R47/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Commemorates World Press Freedom Day on its twenty-first anniversary. Washington, D.C., May 3, 2014
46/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern for Vigilante Attacks in Argentina. Washington, D.C., April 24, 2014
R45/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Presents its 2013 Annual Report. Washington, D.C., April 24, 2014
44/14 - IACHR Conducted a Visit to New York, United States. Washington, D.C., April 24, 2014
43/14 - IACHR Presents Annual Report. Washington, D.C., April 23, 2014
42/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Chile to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 22, 2014
41/14 - IACHR Urges Guatemala to Ensure Transparency and Meet Minimum Standards in the Appointment of Justice Operators. Washington, D.C., April 21, 2014
40/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over Discoveries of 370 Child Migrants Abandoned by their Traffickers in Mexico. Washington, D.C., April 16, 2014
R39/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Radio Worker in Honduras. Washington, D.C., April 15, 2014
38/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over the Discovery of 110 Migrants being Held against their Will in a "Stash" House in the United States. Washington, D.C., April 11, 2014
37/14 - IACHR Condemns Execution of Ramiro Hernandez Llanas in the United States. Washington, D.C., April 11, 2014
36/14 - IACHR Urges United States to Suspend Execution of Ramiro Hernández Llanas. Washington, D.C., April 8, 2014
35/14 - IACHR Wraps Up its 150th Session. Washington, D.C., April 4, 2014
35A/14 - Report on the 150th Session of the IACHR
34/14 - IACHR to Create an Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Washington, D.C., April 3, 2014
33/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Ecuador to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 2, 2014
32/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Honduras to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 2, 2014
31/14 - IACHR Welcomes Adoption of Law on Creation of National Mechanism for Prevention of Torture in Costa Rica. Washington, D.C., April 2, 2014
30/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving El Salvador to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 1, 2014
29/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Guatemala to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 1, 2014
28/14 - IACHR and Inter-American Court Agree to Strengthen Cooperation on the Petition and Case System. Washington, D.C. / San Jose, March 26, 2014
27/14 - IACHR Elects New Board. Washington, D.C., March 20, 2014
26/14 - IACHR Announces Schedule for its 150th Session. Washington, D.C., March 14, 2014
25/14 - On International Women’s Day, the IACHR Highlights Deep Concerns Regarding the Protection of the Rights of Women in the Americas. Washington, D.C., March 8, 2014
24/14 - IACHR Welcomes Decision of the Haitian Court of Appeals to Investigate Serious Human Rights Violations Committed under the Regime of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Washington, D.C., February 28, 2014
23/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern about Attacks against LGBTI Persons and other Forms of Violence and Restrictions against LGBTI Organizations in the Americas. Washington, D.C., February 27, 2014
22/14 - IACHR Welcomes Death Penalty Moratorium in the State of Washington. Washington, D.C., February 26, 2014
R21/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Colombia. Washington, D.C., February 26, 2014
R20/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Brazil. Washington, D.C., February 25, 2014
19/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Peru to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., February 25, 2014
18/14 - The IACHR Expresses Deep Concern Over the Deaths of Migrants Caused by the U.S. Border Patrol. Washington, D.C., February 24, 2014
17/14 - IACHR expresses deep concern over the situation with respect to the right to peaceful protest, freedom of association and freedom of expression in Venezuela. Washington, D.C., February 21, 2014
16/14 - IACHR Expresses Sorrow over Deaths in Fires at Colombian Prison . Washington, D.C., February 21, 2014
15/14 - IACHR Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex (LGBTI) persons becomes fully operational and first Rapporteur duly designated. Washington, D.C., February 19, 2014
14/14 - IACHR Presents Report on “The right of boys and girls to a family. Alternative care. Ending institutionalization in the Americas”. Washington, D.C., February 19, 2014
13/14 - IACHR Expresses Deep Concern over Acts of Violence in Venezuela and Urges the State to Ensure Democratic Citizen Security. Washington, D.C., February 14, 2014
R12/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist in Mexico. Washington, D.C., February 14, 2014
R11/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Death of Journalist in Brazil. Washington, D.C., February 12, 2014
10/14 - IACHR Presents Report, in Costa Rica and Guatemala, on Guarantees for the Independence of Justice Operators in the Americas. San Jose, Costa Rica, February 5, 2014
9/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v. Suriname to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., February 4, 2014
8/14 - IACHR Welcomes Entry into Force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure. Washington, D.C., February 3, 2014
7/14 - IACHR Assigns Rapporteurships. Washington, D.C., January 30, 2014
6/14 - IACHR Condemns Execution of Edgar Tamayo Arias in the United States. Washington, D.C., January 27, 2014
R5/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Expresses Concern over Confirmation of Criminal Sanctions for Defamation in Ecuador. Washington, D.C., January 24, 2014
4/14 - IACHR Troubledby entry into Force of Law 30151 In Peru. Washington, D.C., January 23, 2014
3/14 - IACHR Urges the State of Guatemala to Investigate and Clarify the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Human Rights Defender and Indigenous Leader. Washington, D.C., January 20, 2014
2/14 - IACHR Concludes that the United States Violated Tamayo’s Fundamental Rights and Requests that his Execution be Suspended. Washington, D.C., January 17, 2014
1/14 - IACHR Presents Report on the Use of Pretrial Detention in the Americas. Washington, D.C., January 17, 2014

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