Foreign Legal Assistance applications: a strategy to advance accountability for transnational human rights abuses
In 2014, 40 million liters of toxic mining waste spilled from the Buenavista del Cobre copper mine into the Bacanuchi and Sonora Rivers, contaminating the water source of over 25,000...
Mexico’s Torture Problem
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture’s finding that ‘torture in Mexico is generalized’ drew an uncharacteristically sharp response from the Mexican Government, which accused Juan Méndez of being ‘irresponsible and...
Ángel: migrante afro hondureño torturado y encarcelado en México
Imagine que usted es padre de dos hijos en Honduras y está desesperado por encontrar un trabajo que le permita pagar el tratamiento médico de uno de ellos, de 7...
Angel: Afro-Honduran migrant tortured and imprisoned in Mexico
Imagine that you are a father of two in Honduras and are in desperate need of a job allowing you to pay for medical treatment for your seven-year-old son, who...
La reforma constitucional en materia de derechos humanos en México y la impunidad: las víctimas en el laberinto
La situación de derechos humanos en México ha sufrido un deterioro notorio en los últimos años debido a múltiples factores (como la debilidad del estado de derecho, el incremento del...
The Mexican Human Rights Constitutional Amendment and Impunity: Victims in a Labyrinth
The human rights situation in Mexico has suffered a notorious deterioration in the past few years due to multiple factors (such as the weakness of the rule of law, the...
