We participated in the meetings of the United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights. It seeks to create a binding treaty that guarantees respect for human rights by transnational corporations.
In Washington DC, we participated in the 2017 Members Gathering of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, of which we are members. With three days of activities and strategic discussions between members and allies, the Coalition seeks to strengthen and continue growing, to ensure that all development finance institutions respect protect and fulfill human rights.
Internship rented in January, February and March 2017 at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University in Washington DC.
Together with civil society organizations in Argentina, we report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) on the level of compliance by Argentina with its human rights obligations.
We participated in a series of meetings and discussions in Thessaloniki, Greece, which focused on the work and functioning of Independent Accountability Mechanisms and their key role in cases of affected communities by projects funded by development finance institutions.
In the city of Mendoza, on September 8 and 9, the “National Meeting of the Lawyers Alliance for the Human Rights of Women” took place, in which we participated to continue building gender equality from the law.
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September 23 is a reminder that gains in rights raise the bar for all citizens, and that a right can achieve that more than half of the population can finally choose. It has been 70 years since Argentina passed the law that allowed women to elect or be elected to political office.
On September 16, we participated again in the Hack(at)ONG, this time in its 2017 edition. This is a marathon of programming in which civil society organizations, developers and programmers, are to innovate in civic applications.
We participated in the event #DemocraciaVIVA organized by the NGO Affairs del Sur. It will be carried out in a virtual way and those who wish can participate through the following link. Representatives of civil society in Latin America will be reflecting on the democracy we want today.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation confirmed the conviction for environmental pollution caused by illegal spraying in Barrio Ituzaingó Anexo.
We present an amicus curiae before the Constitutional Court of Colombia in the cause of protection of the Great Swamp of Santa Marta. The environmental degradation of this ecosystem is of national and international significance.