The system must ensure that states guarantee access to political, civil and human rights.
Law school changes in curricula have created a new generation of human rights lawyers, but more needs to be done.
White-collar crime is both a symptom and cause of the lack of rule of law—the same as human rights.
Police aren't the problem, they're the solution. They just need to be better paid and better trained.
A crisis unfolded in Honduras after the military overthrew President Manuel Zelaya and forced him to leave the country. Honduras' congress swore in an interim president even as Zelaya says he intends to serve out his term. Governments around the world urge that order be restored in the Central American country.
With an eye to the recent conflict in Peru's Amazon region, the Council of the Americas hosted a June 18 briefing in Washington by Peru’s Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Valdivieso.
After a 15-month "mega-trial," a Peruvian court found former President Alberto Fujimori guilty of human rights abuses. The verdict makes him the first democratically elected leader in Latin America convicted in a human rights case in his home country.
