Healthy environments in municipalities: regulatory advances to protect children
Read moreWithin the framework of the alliance with UNICEF Argentina, Fundeps visited the municipalities of Villaguay, Ezeiza, and Río Tercero, which are part of the Healthy Environments program under the Municipalities United for Children and Adolescents (MUNA) initiative. Each team is making steady progress in developing regulations…
COP30: For a community-led energy transition
Read moreWithin the framework of COP30 held in Belém do Pará (Brazil), members and allies of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development advanced a series of collective demands to Public Development Banks (PDBs) to support a community-led energy transition that respects rights and meets the needs of communities in the Global…
Córdoba moves forward in designing a new access-to-information law
Read moreWe took part in the working committee that is designing a draft law on access to public information for Córdoba. The initiative is part of the province’s 2nd Open Government Plan and seeks to update the regulations in force since 1999.
Last Thursday, November 13, we participated in the working committee tasked with…Fundeps supports the 2nd National Congress on Trans Childhoods and Adolescences
Read moreOn November 17, the city of Córdoba will host the 2nd National Congress on Trans Childhoods and Adolescences, to be held at the Aula Mayor of the Provincial University of Córdoba (Teatro Ciudad de las Artes).
Organized by the civil association La Casita Trans, the event will bring together leaders, activists, families,…Dialogue and alliances to build more inclusive and equitable universities
Read moreIn October, Fundeps took part in two exchange spaces that centered on the relationship between universities, gender, and human rights: the 4th National Conference “Building Feminist Universities” and the meeting of the Forum of Rectors and Vice-Rectors of Public University Institutions (FoReVi-CIN).
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Conflicts over an IADB funded project for an environmental center in Carlos Paz
Neighbors requested the closure of the current open dump and expressed their opposition to the development of the environmental center in Carlos Paz, which has funding from the Inter-American Development Bank.

The Nation questions the updating of the forest regulations
In the context of the discussion on how to update the provincial legal framework to protect the native forests of Cordoba, the National Forest Direction states that more information is needed, including a map and technical reports. At the same time, the National Direction affirms that the provincial process must assure mechanisms for substantive participation.

Worrying situation of human rights defenders worldwide
During 2016 more than 280 human rights and environmental activists were murdered in 25 countries, marking a growing radicalization of violence towards them. The murders that occurred during the first weeks of 2017 have ratified this worrying trend. From FUNDEPS we join the widespread demand for a change in the situation of those who have seen their rights vulnerable due to the protection of the environment, the territory, the rights of indigenous peoples, among others.

Worrying situation of the Public Defender’s Office
Hace tres meses que la Defensoría del Público se encuentra acéfala, circunstancia que deja al organismo imposibilitado para realizar plenamente las funciones asignadas en la vigente Ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual. Esta situación contraría las recomendaciones del Comité de la CEDAW y agrava la situación de vulnerabilidad de los derechos de las audiencias.

We participate in the second CEPAL regional consultation on human rights and business
The Second Regional Consultation for Latin America and the Caribbean on the Implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights was held during the week of January 17-19 in the city of Santiago de Chile. The meeting was attended by governments, businessmen and civil society organizations.

We reject pressures on artists and demand open and technical discussion about our forests
In recent weeks there have been repeated pressures to advance against the few remaining native forests in the province of Cordoba. We defend freedom of political and artistic expression and we demand a participatory and technical discussion that assures an adequate protection of our forests.

























