The IACHR warns that America faces “one of the epochs of the greatest setbacks for human rights”

In its 2024 annual report, in which it followed up on the recommendations issued to different countries, including Mexico, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recognized some of the advances and commitments of the Mexican State to comply with its international obligations regarding fundamental guarantees.

The annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR, the human rights defender arm of the Organization of American States) is not usually a reading that leads to optimism. The report for 2024, presented this Thursday at the headquarters of the organization in Washington, reveals problems since the reduction of civic space, the increase in hate speech or, in specific countries, irregularities in the electoral process in Vene…

In its annual report, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) denounced that Daniel Ortega is carrying out a thoughtful political plan to perpetuate himself in power. This authoritarian initiative has the primary objective of eliminating the Nicaraguan opposition and closing all the social spaces that demand the end of the Sandinista dictatorship. “The IACHR observed the persistence of repression and the instrumentalization of the …

The Vice-President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Andrea Pochak, warns that "the retrogressive policies being carried out in the United States affect the majority of countries in the region." Pochak, Argentine diplomat, appointed commissioner for the period from January 2024 to December 2027, points out in an interview with EFE that major setbacks are taking place in democratic matters throughout the area. This is also…

"We see a fairly widespread tendency in the region to restrict spaces for civic participation.Many problems in social protests, in harassment of journalists," laments the Vice-President of the IACHR.