Human Rights First
To promote human rights around the world, emphasizing US civil liberties, refugee protection, international justice, anti-discrimination and protection of human rights defenders.
To promote human rights around the world, emphasizing US civil liberties, refugee protection, international justice, anti-discrimination and protection of human rights defenders.
To press the Obama Administration to put an end to counterterrorism-related abuses, ensuring that the military detention center at Guantnamo Bay is closed responsibly, shutting down military commissions, ending renditions to other countries that practice torture, and seeking accountability for…
To hold US officials who provided legal justification for torture accountable for their actions, to reform the government agencies that failed to prevent torture, and to engage the public in ongoing calls for accountability.
To promote and defend human rights throughout Latin America by litigating cases of violations before the Inter-American System of Human Rights, focusing on Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
To promote human rights and the rule of law in Colombia using research, analysis, advocacy, training and dissemination.
To prevent torture and abuse by all personnel operating under the authority of the US government.
To promote and protect human rights in Colombia using monitoring, documentation, litigation and education.
To build the capacity of small human rights organizations in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca.
To use forensic anthropology and related sciences to find evidence of human rights violations in Argentina and Mexico.
To promote and defend the rights of indigenous peoples in the La Montaa and Costa Chica regions of Mexico’s Guerrero state.