(Even more here)

Colombia

• “Documento Lecciones Aprendidas, Paro Nacional Colombia, 2021, Juliette de Rivero, Representante de la Alta Comisionada” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Colombia Field Office, December 16, 2021).

De la información recopilada y analizada por la Oficina, hay razones fundadas para sostener que se habrían cometido graves violaciones a los derechos humanos

Mexico

• Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul, Balbina Flores Martinez, “La Vida Despues del Silencio” (El Universal (Mexico), December 16, 2021).

Cómo un sistema fallido de atención a víctimas abandonó a las familias de periodistas asesinados y desaparecidos

U.S.-Mexico Border

• Maria Sacchetti, Nick Miroff, “Border Arrests Ticked Up 5 Percent in November, First Increase Since Summer” (The Washington Post, December 16, 2021).

The increase is driven by sharp increases in arrivals from Venezuela, which smashed the record set in October, as well as steady arrivals from Cuba, parts of Central America and Mexico

• Julia Neusner, Ana Ortega Villegas, ““Nothing Humane About This Process:” Biden Administration Launches “Remain in Mexico” Revamp at el Paso Port of Entry” (Human Rights First, December 16, 2021).

In our roles as Human Rights First’s Advocacy Strategist and Associate Attorney for Refugee Protection, we spent a week in Ciudad Juárez monitoring the Biden administration’s rollout of “RMX 2.0”

• “New Report Unveils Impact of Biden Reboot of Remain in Mexico” (Women’s Refugee Commission, December 16, 2021).

The Women’s Refugee Commission released a new report that unveils new findings from a recent trip to the US border with Mexico on the heels of the Biden administration’s reimplementation of the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy