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[button size='large' style='' text='Descargar fotografías y videos' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16MCXxzeyvjMkdL88CnE_opECy8bxt_7G?usp=drive_link' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#600343' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Mexico City and Pilmaiquén, Chile, April 16, 2026.– Human rights organizations denounced serious acts of violence that occurred during the funeral of Jaime Uribe Montiel,...

Mexico City and Pilmaiquén, Chile, April 15, 2026. Human rights organizations and traditional authorities of the Mapuche Williche People have denounced efforts to block the burial of Jaime Uribe Montiel—a Werken and Mapuche Williche human rights defender—in the Maihue-Carimallin ceremonial cemetery, a sacred site of ancestral...

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Santiago de Chile and Mexico City, April 25, 2025 To the attention of: Mr. Albert K. Barume, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Ms. Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders; Mr. Michel Forst, United Nations Special Rapporteur on...

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3']   [/vc_column][vc_column width='2/3'] This report exposes labor exploitation, opacity in the supply chain, and the environmental impacts of coffee production in Mexico, focusing on the supply chains of Nestlé and Starbucks. It reveals that significant coffee traders set purchasing prices that do not cover production costs,...

[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3']   [/vc_column][vc_column width='2/3'] ProDESC presents this Practical Guide to Community Security for Women Human Rights Defenders, built upon our previous publication, “Community Security and Territory.” This guide focuses on strengthening the security of women working at the community level, recognizing their diverse identities and the multiple...