WOLA: Advocacy for Human Rights in the Americas

Our programs address the most daunting challenges facing the Americas

We provide a truly unique combination of research and advocacy, in close collaboration with our colleagues throughout the hemisphere.

Defense Oversight

Latin America’s transition to democracy began forty years ago, but democratic civilian control over militaries remains far from complete. Too...

Citizen Security

Latin American countries face some of the highest rates of crime and violence in the world. WOLA works for comprehensive reform that addresses the...

Migration & Border Security

WOLA’s migration and border security program documents the violence, corruption, lack of opportunity, and other factors driving forced migration to...

Drug Policy

The U.S.-led “war on drugs” has failed to suppress the production, trafficking, or consumption of illegal drugs, while enriching and empowering...

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