• Healthy environments in municipalities: regulatory advances to protect children

    Within 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…

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  • COP30: For a community-led energy transition

    Within 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…

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  • Córdoba moves forward in designing a new access-to-information law

    We 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…

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  • Fundeps supports the 2nd National Congress on Trans Childhoods and Adolescences

    On 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,…

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  • Dialogue and alliances to build more inclusive and equitable universities

    In 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).
    The “Building…

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The problem of solid urban waste in Córdoba

Fundeps prepares a working document that deals with the problem of MSW (Urban Solid Waste) in our city. The objective is to contribute and influence public policies at the local level that guarantee the right to health and a healthy and balanced…

Let’s all engage in the elaboration of the regional agreement on environmental matters

Our foundation is participating actively in the monitoring of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, in accordance with Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration. By means of this letter we invite you to participate in the elaboration of the Guidance Document for Negotiations, providing comments and suggestions.

Eighth Chamber rejects injunction to get authorization to fumigate in Alta Gracia

In a trial in which FUNDEPS intervened as amicus curia, The Eighth Chamber of Civil and Commercial Affairs of Cordoba rejected once again the injunction for which VERDOL S.A. requested authorization to fumigate in the City of Alta Gracia, in a celebrated but censurable decision.

States’ Extraterritorial Obligations regarding the protection of human rights

Despite the universitality of human rights, a large number of States continue interpreting their obligations as applicable only within their own territory. This has led to an important void in the protection of these rights, for which reason a series of principles has been developed that intend to clarify what States' extraterritorial obligations are in terms of economic, social and cultural rights.

The IDB approves the ICIM’s new policy. A weaker and less reliable Mechanism

With virtually no regard for the comments and suggestions from civilsociety, the IDB has approved the new policy of the IndependentConsultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM). While this doesinclude a sparse few positive aspects, it implies a setback in theprocess of strengthening the ICIM started in 2010.

UN Rapporteurs Urge the World Bank to Recognize Human Rights in its Policies

In response to the proposed modifications to the World Bank’s social and environmental safeguards, a large group of UN human rights rapporteurs launched tough critiques of the proposed changes, requesting via a letter addressed to the President of the World Bank that human rights be properly considered in the guarantees that the financial institution demands.
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