Advance Land, Economic & Environmental Rights

Defend the rights of indigenous, Afro-descendant, and other excluded or vulnerable communities to organize for their rights, including economic, land, and environmental rights.

Actions U.S. Embassies Can Take to Protect Environmental Defenders

Environmental and land defenders are being murdered at an alarming rate. They strengthen the rule of law and it is up to Human Rights Officers to protect them.

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Blog Posts

Rural Reform: Colombia’s Long Lost Promise Begins to Move Forward

Access to land is a human right. Yet when it comes to land distribution, Colombia holds one of the...

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The ZEDEs Law in Honduras: Sanctuary for Exploitation, Corruption, and Organized Crime 

What is a Zone for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDE)? Its supporters sell it as a chance for countries...

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Chinautla, Guatemala: Another Battleground for Environmental and Land Rights

* In July, our Program Assistant Yadira Sánchez-Esparza for the Mexico and Central America Programs joined an Emergency Human...

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REPORTS

Serve Your People: A Roadmap for Transforming Relations between the United States & the Northern Countries of Central America

Serve Your People provides a roadmap for transforming relations between the United States and the northern countries of Central America....

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Protect Colombia’s Peace

LAWGEF and a coalition of U.S. and Colombian civil society organizations published Protect Colombia’s Peace:  Why Colombia’s Peace Matters to the...

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Actions U.S. Embassies Can Take to Protect Environmental Defenders

Suggested actions for U.S. human rights officers to protect environmental and land rights defenders (final) (1)

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