Discover WOLA’s vibrant event lineup for the upcoming days, coinciding with the IACHR public hearings during the 188th Period of Sessions from October 30 to November 10, 2023. We are delighted to extend a warm welcome to our partners from across Latin America as they gather in Washington, D.C., strengthening our shared dedication to the principles of justice and human rights.
Join WOLA’s Director for The Andes, Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, for a panel discussion about the contemporary landscape of diasporic and immigrant rights.
️ November 4
⏰ 11:00 AM EST
RSVP to gcho2@jhu.edu
Join WOLA’s President, Carolina Jiménez Sandoval, in the event “Journalism in Central America: Silence is not an option,” to discuss with exiled journalists and members of the Central American Network of Journalists about the challenges and perspectives for the current emergency affecting independent journalism in the region.
️ November 6
⏰ 4:00 PM EST
Join WOLA’s Director for Venezuela, Laura Dib, in the event “Situation of the democratic and civic space in Venezuela,” to understand how the current criminalization, repression, and social control in the electoral context are deepening the human rights crisis of the country.
️ November 9
⏰ 3:00 PM EST
Livestream here /Hybrid event
⚠️ Join WOLA’s Director for Defense Oversight, Adam Isacson, in the event “Crowd-Control Weapons in the Americas: Evidence From the Ground and How to Stop Their Harm,” for a discussion with civil society partners on how to tackle the negative impacts of crowd-control weapons used by law enforcement in protests across the Americas, with experts from the US, Argentina, Colombia, and Ecuador.
️ November 9
⏰ 5:00 PM EST
Join WOLA’s Senior Fellow, Coletta Youngers, and the working group on women, drugs, and incarceration for the launch of the report “Liberarlas es Justicia,” to reflect on the disproportionate impact that drug policy and prisons have on women and to discuss the perspectives for the Public Utility Law in Colombia.
️ November 16
⏰ 5:00 PM EST
