CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
Defending Rights to Change Realities
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Latin America has the greatest inequality in the world in terms of income distribution, which is manifested in access to healthcare, education, maternal mortality, and representation of women in the workforce. Furthermore, the Americas are the most violent region in the world, with one death every four minutes. Despite many countries passing human rights legislation, the reality is that millions of citizens face torture and brutality, forced disappearance, police brutality, military detentions, massacres, extrajudicial executions, excessive use of military jurisdiction, indefinite detention and inhumane treatment of detainees. The region's rampant impunity allows these crimes to often go unpunished, as the lack of legal and political structures continues to perpetuate human rights abuses against vulnerable populations, including women, indigenous communities, or LGBTI.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
GQUAL: Campaign for Gender Parity in International Representation
GQUAL recognizes that women's participation matters for equality of all and for the legitimacy and impact of international law and justice tribunals. The GQUAL initiative seeks to highlight both the nomination and voting processes for international tribunals and bodies as critical points of access, ones that can and should be shaped to ensure women's equal representation. The Campaign also proposes the development of mechanisms, standards, and policies to promote women's equal representation worldwide, along with the coordination of research, advocacy, and collective actions to pursue gender parity across international tribunals and bodies.
Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness (Red ANA)
The Americas Network on Nationality and Statelessness is a network of civil society organizations, academic initiatives, and individual experts committed to address statelessness in the Americas. We believe that all human beings have a right to a nationality and that those who lack nationality altogether – stateless persons – are entitled to adequate protection.
Where we work
External reviews
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
CEJIL is striving toward a more inclusive and democratic environment across the Americas where all citizens are able to enjoy their basic human rights as determined by international protocols.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
CEJIL works to promote a human rights system that effectively responds to victims of human rights abuses by boosting the impact and credibility of the Inter American Human Right System (IAHRS). To do this, CEJIL leads various coalitions, promotes dialogue and cooperation with civil society and key actors in the region, disseminates information to human rights defenders to strengthen their credibility, and uses strategic litigation to defend those most vulnerable to human rights violations before the IAHRS. As a result, the most emblematic issues of human rights are elevated in order to create changes in public policy and highlight the importance of justice.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The impact of CEJIL's litigation can take various forms, including creating a necessary debate on certain issues, and in some cases, helping to address and repair the damage done to victims, their families, and their communities. Cases may lead to the recognition of responsibility by State actors for their wrongdoing, leading to a change in public perception; or can also call for the harmonization of national law with international standards of human rights, whereby a State would be required to revise or nullify certain legal legislation in order to prevent a violation from recurring in the future. Some court cases are able to break the cycle of impunity, which fosters the persistence of human rights violations.
In most countries, the actual impact of an intervention is a byproduct of institutional and political factors. Countries where there is a legal and political recognition of the Inter American system can yield more results than those who are opposed or indifferent. As such, defense interventions (cases, hearings, amicus, etc.) are planned conscious of the various political, social, and legal structures in different countries, as well as the potential for change regarding the issues raised.
Depending on the case and country, decisions can also help to involve non-state human rights actors such as social movements, faith groups, and international organizations.
CEJIL has represented over 13,000 victims in 220 court cases across North, Central, and South America. CEJIL has obtained reparations of over US $19 million, for over 1,000 victims of human rights abuses and other violations of international law.
Financials
Unlock nonprofit financial insights that will help you make more informed decisions. Try our monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights?
Learn more
about GuideStar Pro.
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
Connect with nonprofit leaders
SubscribeBuild relationships with key people who manage and lead nonprofit organizations with GuideStar Pro. Try a low commitment monthly plan today.
- Analyze a variety of pre-calculated financial metrics
- Access beautifully interactive analysis and comparison tools
- Compare nonprofit financials to similar organizations
Want to see how you can enhance your nonprofit research and unlock more insights? Learn More about GuideStar Pro.
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
Board of directorsas of 04/29/2019
Mr. Gustavo Gallon
Mr. Alejandro Garro
Helen Mack
Julieta Montano
Gaston Chillier
Jose Miguel Vivanco
Marieclaire Acosta Urquidi
Sofia Macher
Benjamin Cuellar