Derechos Human Rights
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Derechos Human Rights or Derechos humanos is an International human rights organization with their primary focus being on Latin America
. It was founded in 1995 as the first internet-based human rights organization. Its focus include issues of impunity
for human rights violations and has actively participated in the trials in Spain
against Pinochet and other Chilean and Argentine human rights violators for their roles in the Dirty War
. It coordinates Project Disappeared, an online memorial to the disappeared worldwide.
Derechos works with its sister organization Equipo Nizkor
in Spain and is a member of the World Organization Against Torture and the Global Internet Liberty Campaign.
The core of Derechos is made up of members and volunteers who give their time and effort to fight for a world where human rights abuses are a thing of the past. It was founded and is presided by Margarita Lacabe.
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. It was founded in 1995 as the first internet-based human rights organization. Its focus include issues of impunity
Impunity
Impunity means "exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines". In the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims' right to justice and redress...
for human rights violations and has actively participated in the trials in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
against Pinochet and other Chilean and Argentine human rights violators for their roles in the Dirty War
Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers, either proved or suspected...
. It coordinates Project Disappeared, an online memorial to the disappeared worldwide.
Derechos works with its sister organization Equipo Nizkor
Equipo Nizkor
----Equipo Nizkor is a human rights NGO concerned mostly about events in Latin America, but also Europe. It is affiliated with Derechos Human Rights, Serpaj Europe and the Global Internet Liberty Campaign...
in Spain and is a member of the World Organization Against Torture and the Global Internet Liberty Campaign.
The core of Derechos is made up of members and volunteers who give their time and effort to fight for a world where human rights abuses are a thing of the past. It was founded and is presided by Margarita Lacabe.