Uphold Justice & Defend the Defenders

Encourage accountability and an end to impunity for human rights violations and corruption, with an emphasis on defending human rights defenders and advocating for victims’ rights.

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Testimony on Human Rights and Corruption in Honduras

LAWG presents testimony to hearing on "Corruption and Human Rights" at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives

Blog Posts

“Vivos Los Queremos”: A Movement’s Plea to Find Mexico’s Forcibly Disappeared

Andrea Sanchez and Teodoro Garcia  “We are asking precisely for protection, we are looking for how we can be...

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Forgetting the Past: How Guatemala’s Plague of Corruption Threatens Justice

*In July 2022, our Program Assistant Yadira Sánchez-Esparza for the Mexico and Central America Programs joined an Emergency Human...

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In Guatemala, Freedom of Press Is Hanging on by a Thread

*In July 2022, 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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Recommendations for U.S. Engagement to Address Migration from and Displacement within the Northern Triangle of Central America 2019

The Latin America Working Group Education Fund along with Alianza Americas, CARECEN, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Jesuit Conference of...

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Promote Peace

Promote peace, civilian-led governance and public security, inclusive and transparent governance, humanitarian rather than military assistance, and diplomacy and dialogue as solutions to conflict.

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Protect Migrants & Refugees

Encourage approaches that address the root causes of migration and defend the rights and dignity of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons.

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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.

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