On Dec. 20, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights publicly announced a landmark decision against the Colombian government and found it responsible for multiple human rights violations against ...

Ecuador’s parliament has passed a law allowing private companies to help manage protected areas, prompting backlash from ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

The story of Astrid Puentes Riaño is rooted in the soil of Colombia. Born in Bogotá to a family with campesino roots, her ...

Within two hours of a Supreme Court ruling that limits the ability of federal courts to impose universal injunctions, lawyers for immigrant rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining ...

Jim Obergefell spoke to residents in Sandusky about LGBTQ advocacy and marriage equality on the 10th anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.