A Cup of Justice: Ottawa coffeehouse
Invite all your friends! Performers to be announced soon as well! Message Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt if you’re interested in doing something artsy!
For more information on Development and Peace’s Share Lent campaign, and to see where Fr. Luis will be throughout his stay in Ottawa, visit the Share Lent blog.
Since its foundation by the Jesuits in 1988, the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Center Prodh) has worked to defend, promote and increase respect for human rights in Mexico.
As a result of its efforts, inspired by close contact with victims and characterized by professionalism and a holistic perspective in defending and promoting human rights, Center Prodh has achieved:
* The successful defense of crucial cases of human rights violations, including the liberation of a number of prisoners of conscience.
* The strengthening of human rights activists’ work in various regions of Mexico through trainings, workshops, and courses.
* Successful activism, litigation, and other participation before international bodies such as:
- the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- UN treaty bodies, and special mechanisms such as the UN Special Rapporteurs
- collaboration with organizations, among others:
- Amnesty International
- the Washington Office on Latin America
- Human Rights Watch
- the World Organisation Against Torture
- the International Commission of Jurists
- the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
* An active presence in various networks of Mexican human rights organizations and fruitful dialogue with academic and research bodies.
