“Migration, Remittances, and Deportations: Facts and Numbers on Deportation and Other Migrant Categories” analyzes data on irregular migrants and deportation risks in the United States by Manuel Orozco, director of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Migration, Remittances, and Development program.
[Unlike Mexico, a major manufacturing country,] they don’t have an alternative economic growth strategy.
Fiorella Melzi is a Peruvian and U.S. attorney and human rights specialist. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Monitoring Area 1 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), overseeing Mexico and Central America, as well as the Rapporteurships on Human Rights Defenders and Justice Operators, Memory, Truth and Justice, and the Rights of Older Persons.
Suyen Barahona is the Executive Director of the Women’s Political Leadership Fund, an independent initiative focused on advancing feminist and democratic political leadership, particularly in the Global South. She is a political leader, human rights activist, and feminist with over 15 years of experience.
The Inter-American Dialogue and Freedom House invite you to join us on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, from 9:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET, for a panel discussion addressing current trends in political imprisonment, strategies to mitigate and condemn this practice, and ways to amplify diplomatic pressure to secure the release of individuals unjustly deprived of liberty for political reasons in the region.
Join the Inter-American Dialogue on Wednesday, December 11, from 9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. for a conversation about women, remittances, and financial inclusion in Guatemala to reflect on issues of prosperity and access to financial services for women.
Gerardo Berthin serves as Vice President of International Programs at Freedom House, overseeing efforts to promote democracy and human rights globally.
Gina Romero, a Colombian national, was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association in April 2024.
Tania Reneaum Panszi has served as the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights since June 1, 2021.
Laritza Diversent is a Cuban human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist. In 2010, Diversent founded Cubalex in Havana, a non-profit organization specializing in providing legal assistance to victims of human rights violations.
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