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CGRS Input for the Report on Indigenous Peoples and International Solidarity

Human Rights Body Submission
Oct 31, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity to inform its report on Indigenous peoples and international solidarity. The submission highlights the deplorable Indigenous rights conditions in Honduras and offers recommendations.

CGRS Input for the Report on Human Rights Defenders Working in Remote and Rural Areas

Human Rights Body Submission
Oct 30, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to inform its report on defenders working in remote and rural areas. The submission highlights conditions of violence and harm in Honduras and offers recommendations to address these challenges.

Submission to the UN Human Rights Commissioner on Principles Provisions and Pathways to Reparatory Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

Human Rights Body Submission
Oct 07, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on the the sexual and gender-based violence that Haitian and other Afro-descendant asylum seekers face on their journey to safety through the Darién region.

Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Access to U.S. Asylum

Human Rights Body Submission
Aug 22, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on barriers to asylum for children seeking safety in the United States, the importance of adopting a child-sensitive approach, and recommendations to ensure the protection of refugee children.

Submission to the UN Human Rights Commissioner on Racism Against Haitians and Other Black Migrants

Human Rights Body Submission
Jun 21, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on xenophobia and racism Haitian and other Black asylum seekers face across several countries. The input contributes to the follow-up on implementing the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.

Submission to The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Public Consultation Questionnaire on Freedom of Expression and Unprotected Speech

Human Rights Body Submission
Jun 14, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression in response for a call for input on Freedom of Expression and Unprotected Speech. This submission focuses on the best practices to prevent stigmatizing and hate speech against migrants.

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

Human Rights Body Submission
Jun 14, 2024

CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment on the access to information, participation and access to justice for Indigenous peoples and women in Honduras.

Recommendations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for the Cartagena +40 Process: The Need to Address Climate-Related Displacement

Human Rights Body Submission
Jul 15, 2024

CGRS and our partners provided policy recommendations to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as part of the Cartagena +40 process, focusing on the response to displacement caused or exacerbated by climate change and disasters.

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change: Access to Information on Climate Change and Human Rights

Human Rights Body Submission
May 29, 2024

CGRS made a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change focused on the right to access information and human rights implications for people displaced across borders by the effects of climate change.