The 167th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), held in Bogotá, Colombia, evaluated the precautionary measures issued by recommendations of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) for the disappearance of the 43 students of the Rural Normal of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero.

Colombia has had a tumultuous political history since its formation as an independent nation. However, a current decrease in homicides and kidnappings is a promising indicator for bringing permanent change, or is it?

The number of civilians killed in Colombia’s armed conflict could be 30% higher than currently assumed, if the 83,000 people who were forcibly disappeared are ever found.

The assassination of activist Berta Cáceres shocked the Honduran and international community.

Conflicts between the poor communities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the courts have been tense to say the least, leaving citizens fearful of the same people who swear to protect them and their rights.

The peace process reached the point of no return when the FARC handed over their weapons to the UN in the Buenavista district of the Meta department.

Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, human rights violator from the last Argentine military dictatorship, has died at 90 years of age in Córdoba.

In Nicaragua, cases of police brutality continue to appear.

Ivan Briscoe, an expert in armed conflict monitoring and Latin American Programs Director at the think tank Crisis Group, discusses the issues of society and the Mara Salvatrucha gang.

Police brutality remains a complex topic in Central America.