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No Justice for Guatemalan Women: An Update Twenty Years After Guatemala's First Violence Against Women Law

Commentary
Jan 01, 2018

This report provides an update on the situtation of violence against women in Guatamala and implementation of a 2008 law addressing the issue, offering recommendations to the Guatemalan government and urging officials to accelerate training to handle cases of violence against women.

Deteriorating Conditions in the Jérémie, Haiti Prison: A Call to Action to Preserve Due Process and Human Life

Report
Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

Kondisyon k ap grangennen nan prizon Jeremi, Ayiti:Apèl alaksyon pou prezève garanti pou respè lavi moun, avèk pou yo jwenn yon pwosè jis epi ekitab

Report
Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

Détérioration des conditions de détention dans la prison civile de Jérémie, en Haïti: Un appel à l'action pour préserver la vie humaine et le droit à un procès équitable

Report
Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

Far from Safety: Dangers and Limits to Protection for Asylum Seekers Transiting through Latin America

Report
Apr 21, 2023

This report covers the legal and policy context of the Biden administration’s proposed "asylum ban" and highlights nine transit countries' inability to protect asylum seekers. It also provides recommendations to the U.S. government based on its legal and moral obligations to refugees.

Summary of Civil Society Presentation: Hearing on Widespread Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Haiti

Human Rights Body Submission
Mar 08, 2023

This document summarizes the presentation CGRS and partner organizations will present to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on widespread sexual violence against women and girls in Haiti.