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Defend the rights of indigenous, Afro-descendant, and other excluded or vulnerable communities to organize for their rights, including economic, land, and environmental rights.
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.
Indigenous rights in Guatemala have been systematically violated for centuries. In recent times, courageous Indigenous leaders have tirelessly advocated...
The rights and self-sufficiency of Afro-descended communities in Nicaragua are in jeopardy. The Nicaraguan Kriol and Garifuna people have...
Access to land is a human right. Yet when it comes to land distribution, Colombia holds one of the...
Serve Your People provides a roadmap for transforming relations between the United States and the northern countries of Central America....
LAWGEF and a coalition of U.S. and Colombian civil society organizations published Protect Colombia’s Peace: Why Colombia’s Peace Matters to the...
Suggested actions for U.S. human rights officers to protect environmental and land rights defenders (final) (1)