On Dec. 20, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights publicly announced a landmark decision against the Colombian government and found it responsible for multiple human rights violations against ...

Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a historic ruling, finding in favor of Indigenous leaders who say their ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...

It underlined that "the right to a healthy environment" is included among the rights protected by the American Convention on ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Organization of American States members must take "all necessary measures" to ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

Colombia is the deadliest country in the world for land and environmental defenders, accounting for 40 percent of killings globally in 2023. Nearly half of the victims were Indigenous people.

In an interview with Jacobin, Colombia’s former energy minister outlines left-wing president Gustavo Petro’s plan to make the rich nations that profit from its extractive economy help pay for its ...