DR-CAFTA and Workers’ Rights: Moving from Paper to Practice

May 1, 2009

In this new report WOLA finds that while the funds directed towards implementing the White Paper recommendations support novel and commendable projects, the money is insufficient to resolve the long-standing labor problems plaguing the region. Despite the promises by the governments and U.S. funding, labor conditions in the DR-CAFTA countries have not improved and violations continue unabated. WOLA also finds ...

Advocates Against Impunity: A Case Study on Human Rights Organizing in Guatemala

January 12, 2009

In 2001, a group of human rights organizations based in Guatemala launched an advocacy campaign calling for the creation of an international commission to investigate and assist in prosecuting the illegal armed groups and clandestine structures deeply entrenched in the Guatemalan state. A legacy of the country's 36-year internal armed conflict, these groups morphed into organized criminal networks and are ...

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