Research impacts of decisions by human rights bodies on the situation of detainees

Follow-up on transitional justice mechanisms in Colombia.

Monitor places of detention and provide recommendation to authorities.

Teach International Humanitarian Law

Monitoring of judicial guarantees in detention in prison system in El Salvador and Honduras. Support to authorities (prison system, judges, public defenders) to implement international and national standards of detention.

Establish a database of the best practices for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; recommend reasonable accommodations for the social inclusion of the deaf community; research and draft memos on issues related to Disability and Human Rights.

Design, follow-up and evaluate public policies on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; propose strategies for the inclusion of people with disabilities, indigenous and afro-Colombian people; collect, analyze and document proposals and data provided by stakeholders at workshops and participatory activities.

Examined complaints on alleged violations of the right to freedom of speech; analyzed information provided by the States on the protection of journalists and drafted admissibility and merits reports.

Researched on the rights of the elderly, analyzed information and drafted reports on their protection by regional systems of human rights; recommended international mechanisms to address human rights violations against the elderly.

Analyzed statistics and drafted reports on access to health, justice, education, and social services; received complaints and advised on available social services; trained government officials on the rights of the deaf community; designed accessible information for the institutional website.

Offered legal advice and drafted lawsuits on behalf of the deaf community; assisted project making and funding processes; trained government officials, the judiciary and donors on the rights of people with disabilities; recommended reasonable accommodations for the access of the deaf to education and justice; interpreted in Spanish and Colombian Sign Language.

Analyzed complaints and legal opinions on alleged human rights violations against people who have been forcedly displaced from their territories, and drafted memos on those cases for the review of the Court.