QUARTERLY REPORT
FY 2018 Q1: OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2017
Cooperative Agreement No AID-596-A-16-00001 Reporting Period: October 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017 Submission Date: January 30, 2018
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List of Acronyms
AI Amnesty International ARENA Alianza Republicana Nacionalista ASPIDH Asociación Solidaria Para Impulsar el Desarrollo Humano ASPARLEXSAL Junta Directiva de la Asociación de Parlamentarias y ex Parlamentarias Salvadoreñas CCPPDH Consejo Centroamericano de Procuradoras y Procuradores de Derechos Humanos de Centroamérica CEAV Comisión Ejecutiva de Atención a Víctimas CEJIL Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho International (International Law and Justice Center) CIPPDV Comisión Interinstitucional para la Protección de Personas Desplazadas por Violencia CICIG Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala CIPRODEH Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos CMDPDH Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos CNDH Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos COAMEX Coalición México por los Derechos de las personas con discapacidad CONADEH Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos de Honduras CONAPID Consejo Nacional de Atención Integral a la Persona con CONAPO Consejo Nacional de Población CONNA Consejo Nacional de la Niñez y de la Adolescencia CSO Civil Society Organization EIP Political Advocacy School/ Escuela Internacional de Protocolo ENIA Encuesta Nacional para el Informe Alternativo ENVIPE La Encuesta Nacional de Victimización y Percepción sobre Seguridad Pública FESPAD Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación de Derecho FSLN Sandinista National Liberation Front FMELGBT Federación Mexicana de Empresarios LGTBI FMLN Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front GMIES Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador IACHR/CIDH Inter-American Commission on Human Rights/Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos IDHUCA Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA IIDH/IIHR Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos/ Inter-American Institute for Human Rights INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía ISNA Instituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo Integral de la Niños y la Adolescencia IUDOP Instituto de Opinión Pública de la UCA LEPP Ley Electoral de Partidos Políticos LGBTI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual or Intersex MACCIH Misión de Apoyo contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad en Honduras M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MoU Memorandum of Understanding ND University of Notre Dame NDI National Democratic Institute NGO Non-Governmental Organization OAS/OEA Organization of American States/Organización de Estados Americanos OEI Organization of Iber-American States for Education, Science and Culture ONNAS Organization for Children and Adolescentes PADF Pan American Development Foundation PARLACEN Parlamento Centroamericano PDDH Procuraduría para la Defensa de Derechos Humanos RIA Red de Infancia y Adolescencia RFA Request for Applications SIA Segundo Informe Alternativo (Mexico) SIDH Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos/InterAmerican System of Human Rights SOMOS/CDC Centro para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación LGBTI SST Self-Assessment Security Tool for Organizations TSE Tribunal Supremo Electoral/Supreme Electoral Council UCA Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas UDEFEGUA La Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos, Guatemala UNAH Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNITEC La Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana UNICEF Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia/United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government UTE Unidad Técnica Ejecutiva del Sector de Justicia de El Salvador
Table of Contents
Executive Summary ______3 Resumen Ejecutivo ______8 Program Activities and Progress ______13 Objective 1: Improved Enabling Environments for Prevention of Human Rights Violations ______14 Objective 2: Strengthened Responsive Actions to Address Human Rights Violations ____ 19 Objective 3: Sustainable Early Warning and Protection Systems for Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Place ______26 Challenges and Lessons Learned ______28 Performance Indicators ______32 Training Events ______39 Planned Activities ______43 Gender and Vulnerable Populations ______48 Coordination and Collaboration ______49 Annexes ______51 Annex 1: Financial Information ______51 Annex 2: NDI Campaign Communication Materials ______51 Annex 3: Informational Materials on Gender Identity Law ______51 Annex 4: Technical Summary of Local Subgrantees, by subtopic ______51
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Executive Summary
The Regional Human Rights and Democracy Project is advancing within a particularly challenging geopolitical context. Climate change and natural disasters, such as the earthquakes that hit Mexico and those that continue to affect the countries throughout Central America, the people’s manifestations against their government as in the case of Guatemala; the elections in Nicaragua that allowed greater power into the hands of Daniel Ortega and his party; and the general elections in Honduras that for the first time saw the unconstitutional presidential reelection in a context plagued with illegality and illegitimacy influence the expected trajectory of the project and require constant analysis and observation to adequately adjust to the ever-changing needs throughout the region. Despite challenges within the operating environment, the Regional Human Rights and Democracy Project (referred to henceforth as the Project) has thrived and advanced in its activities to promote human rights throughout the region. The situation of human rights is critical in the target region of the Project. As is the case with Mexico, that in many ways embodies the common sub-regional situation, the country is facing cases of missing persons, extrajudicial killings, torture, citizen insecurity, lack of justice and impunity. It is a country in which the human rights of the most vulnerable groups, especially human rights defenders, women, indigenous populations, children, adolescents, persons with disabilities, migrants and LGBTI individuals are constantly undermined and even threatened. Assassinations, threats, and violence against journalists are increasing, and Mexico is currently considered one of the most dangerous countries in which to be a journalist. On October 10th, 2017, the National Commission of Human Rights gave Recommendation (CNDH) No. 39/20171, soliciting that the authorities, as well as the law enforcement of the state of Sonaloa, take action to protect the right of 2,038 victims of forced internal displacement caused by violence in the municipalities of Choix and Sonaloa de Leyva, Sinaloa. This recommendation came as the first pronouncement from a Mexican authority in which the right to not suffer forced internal displacement is recognized as a human right, and was the first time that the phenomenon of internal displacement was mentioned as a direct consequence of organized crime in Mexico. In contrast to the advances that represent the recommendation given by the CNDH, the Executive Commission of Victim Assistance (CEAV) has denied all recognition of the situation of 60 members of a displaced family. The resolution to the request of acknowledgement was issued with an unjustified delay and without a reasonable explanation. The CEAV declared a “lack of evidence” to grant the recognition of victimization to the members of this family. El Salvador is in the preparatory stages of a municipal electoral process, causing the various candidates to focus on their campaigns and activities that are directly related to winning votes.
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The preoccupation of these officials with their own campaigns has shifted their focus away from other activities, including those implemented in coordination with the Project. President Sánchez Cerén insists on maintaining repressive policies, specifically incarceration, in front of the insecurity created during the ARENA and FMLN governments at the end of the nineties. Consequentially, the Minister of Security requested that the National Assembly continue so- called extraordinary measures despite their modest results in recent years. In the second half of 2017, El Salvador saw a marked increase in the number of homicides. September and October of 2017 saw more than 887 homicides, which was the highest since 19941. The uptick in violence caused by youth gangs or the “maras”, also explains the increase in internal displacement that is fundamentally ignored by the government, both in the absence of policies to address the issue as well as lack of support services to meet victims’ needs. Reliable data currently does not exist on the number of displaced persons within the country, but a national survey conducted by the Public Opinion Institute at the UCA - Instituto de Opinión Pública de la UCA (IUDOP) reported that approximately 286,502 people are displaced internally, which is about 4.9% of all households in El Salvador, In Honduras, general elections took place on November 27th, 2017 and for the first time in the history of the country, the results were announced with a delay of 21 days after the closing of the polls. The president of the Supreme Electoral Council declared the incumbent, Juan Orlando Hernandez, as the winner. What should have been a civic celebration was interrupted by the declaration of the State of Exception by the government with the consequent suspension of constitutional validity. Demonstrating their political partiality, the National Commission of Human Rights (CONADEH) endorsed, in writing, recommendations to invoke international treaties. The majority of the population in Honduras does not recognize the president as the true winner, and considers the election to be fraudulent and ridden with irregularities, as is the position held by the OAS who called for new elections to be observed. The wave of protest that continues to date has generated intolerance from the government and resulted in the occupation by the repressive military government, resulting in the death of 34 people, predominantly youth. In Nicaragua, three major topics marked the agenda during the ultimate final months of 2017: 1) the approval of the Nica Act (Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act) by the House of Representatives of the United States, 2) the municipal elections and the recommendations made by the Electoral Observation Mission of the OAS, and 3) the sanctions of the Global Magnitsky Law on the magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Council and ally of the Government, Roberto Rivas. As a result of these three events there was a series of reactions on the part of civil society and international entities against the continued deterioration of human rights and the upsurge of
1 International Crisis Group, “Polí tica y violencia perpetua en El Salvador”, Informe No. 64, 19 diciembre 2017, p. 20.
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threats against human rights defenders and organizations that work towards the defense of fundamental rights. Further analysis highlights the following repercussions: the threat of the United States to block financing to Nicaragua before international organizations has caused the Nica Act to include as causes the violation of human rights, corruption, attacks on human rights defenders and the violation of democracy; the urgent reforms to the Electoral Law under the "official" justification of facilitating attendance at the pools for as many voters as possible, disguised the irregularities in the handling of the electoral process to implement the illegal double vote for government sympathizers; pre- and post-electoral violence left as a consequence 7 deaths and at least 67 people wounded following the protests in 13 municipalities; the OAS, in the final report from the Electoral Observation Mission, condemned the post-electoral violence and insisted that the Government of Nicaragua introduce electoral reforms and implement an integral audit and electoral registry that allows various forms of verification and control; depoliticization of the ID process, as well as the creation of a law of political parties framed within the process of democratization of the state. The sanction of Roberto Rivas elevated the risk for human rights defenders who, from a year ago, suffered threats from Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) members for being seen as promoters of the Nica Act. Several project partners are among those who have been targeted due to their active support for greater international pressure to be placed on the Government of Nicaragua. In Guatemala, it is important to note the intention of the various branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial) to hinder the fight against impunity and the work of the CICIG, evidenced by declaring Commissioner Ivan Velasquez as a persona non- grata. This spurred resignations within the executive power, as well as social manifestations that reversed serious decisions driven by the Congress of the Republic that sought to relax the cases being pursued against more than 500 people implicated in acts of corruption. At the same time, two legal recourses were presented soliciting that the president and other public officials step down due to their ties with illicit financing to political parties. There has also been apprehension related to the appointment of the new attorney general who will replace Telma Aldana in May. Amidst this backdrop, this quarter has also not been free of persecution, attacks and smear campaigns against human rights defenders, including both civil society organizations and the work of the Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsperson. This quarter, several important advances were made in the execution of activities related to the Regional Project of Human Rights Education for Teachers, led by OEI, upon conducting presentations and diagnostics on the situation of human rights in the teacher curriculum in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The results were presented at an event in which the three studies were integrated, which was made possible through the participation of representatives from the three Ministries of Education. Additionally, the plan for the certificate on education of human rights was defined and the individual modules and methodology guides are in development. In this way, OEI has positioned itself to begin training teachers in the material of human rights in the upcoming quarters.
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Project partner the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR/CIDH) prepared inputs for training workshops on the InterAmerican System of Human Rights (SIDH) for representatives from the Ombudsperson offices, civil society organizations, and government employees for the countries of the Northern Triangle. They also created the documentation required for the regional consult on internal displacement in the Northern Triangle countries. Technical experts from the IACHR conducted consultations with civil society organizations working on internal displacement to further understand the key actors and the activities already being conducted. The University of Notre Dame (ND) and PADF worked on the final stage of the first small grants solicitation for regional NGOs, universities and think tanks to research human rights and democracy at the regional level. The solicitation required bi-national collaboration for research on migration, forced internal displacement, violence and security, the relationship between human rights violations and democracy, and the relation between corruption and human rights. Four proposals out of twelve were selected by the evaluation committees as finalists. PADF notified these organizations and the contracting process is underway. If approved by USAID, $500,000 in small grants will be awarded for research with the collaboration of ND mentors. ND and the academic research network working group secretariats have worked with participants from each country to determine a work plan for 2018 with a special focus on training needs and desires, with advances being made in El Salvador to respond to those expressed needs. Due to the political situation in Honduras before and after the presidential elections in November 2017, activities there were suspended. In Guatemala some activities were also delayed due to the national strike in September 2017. In November, the Guatemalan group had a meeting and the response of the organizations was very positive, with plans for training activities in early 2018. A workshop on the challenges of doing research in violent contexts was hosted in El Salvador this quarter. Dr. Emiliano Rojido from Rio de Janeiro State University, a researcher from the Laboratory of Violence Analysis, provided training. His expertise and analysis as a researcher within violent contexts was very appreciated by the Salvadoran participants. NDI conducted a baseline study of existing human rights legislation and the level of institutionalization of the protection of human rights in each Northern Triangle country, including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The study provides a regional comparison of protection of marginalized communities to help analyze gaps in human rights legislation and the state of human rights institutions as well as identify civil society agendas for improving human rights protections. NDI hosted national forums and/or roundtables in each of the three countries to bring together state actors, legislators and civil society to consider the results of the baseline study and discuss key gaps and recommendations for strengthening legislation and institutions identified in it.
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Throughout the Northern Triangle countries, Mexico and Nicaragua, PADF is managing subgrants to local civil society organizations and civil society networks are implementing Project-funded activities to conduct advocacy, improve the documentation of cases of human rights violations, promote public policy, integrate other social actors into the human rights discussion, improve the security measures for civil society organizations, among other activities. PADF has facilitated exchanges between organizations to ensure that best practices and proven strategies are applied at the regional level and that activities that address cross- cutting thematic issues are done in collaboration and in coordination with other national and regional groups.
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Resumen Ejecutivo
El Proyecto Regional, se desenvuelve en un entorno geopolítico muy particular en el que los fenómenos propios de la naturaleza y del cambio climático, como los enjambres sísmicos que azotaron a México y que se hacen sentir en los países centroamericanos, las manifestaciones de los pueblos en contra de sus gobiernos como en el caso de Guatemala, las elecciones en Nicaragua que mantienen en el poder a Daniel Ortega, y las particulares elecciones generales en Honduras, donde por primera vez se llevó a cabo la inconstitucional reelección presidencial en un contexto plagado de ilegalidades, ilegitimidad y vicios, según muchos analistas. Estas variables influyen en el trayecto esperado de cualquier proyecto y, por lo tanto, exigen una observación y análisis constante de su comportamiento para adecuar y ajustar las acciones programadas. Este ejercicio ha permitido a nuestro Proyecto Regional de Derechos Humanos y Democracia (en adelante el Proyecto) avanzar en la ejecución de sus acciones. La situación de los derechos humanos es crítica para la región de cobertura del proyecto. Tal es el caso de México que en muchos sentidos refleja bien la situación sub-regional con el tema de desapariciones, ejecuciones extrajudiciales, tortura, la situación de inseguridad ciudadana, el acceso a la justicia y la impunidad. México es un país donde la situación de los derechos humanos es muy vulnerable para algunos grupos poblacionales, especialmente para los defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos, las mujeres, pueblos indígenas, niñas, niños y adolescentes, personas con discapacidades, personas migrantes y la población LGBTI. La situación de asesinatos, violencia y amenazas contra periodistas va en aumento y ha hecho que México sea considerado hoy en día como uno de los países más peligrosos del mundo para ejercer el periodismo. En lo referido al fenómeno de desplazamiento interno forzado en México, el pasado 10 de octubre la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH) emitió la Recomendación No. 39/20171, solicitando a las autoridades de gobierno, así como de procuración de justicia del estado de Sinaloa, acciones para la protección de los derechos humanos de 2,038 personas víctimas de desplazamiento interno forzado generadas por la violencia en los municipios de Choix y Sinaloa de Leyva, Sinaloa. Esta recomendación constituye el primer pronunciamiento de una autoridad mexicana en la que se reconoce el derecho humano a no sufrir desplazamiento interno forzado en México y es la primera que reconoce el fenómeno de desplazamiento interno forzado como consecuencia de la violencia del crimen organizado en México. En contraste con el avance que representa la Recomendación de la CNDH, la Comisión Ejecutiva de Atención a Víctimas (CEAV) ha negado el reconocimiento de la calidad de víctimas de violaciones a derechos humanos a 60 miembros de una familia desplazada. La resolución a dicha solicitud se emitió con un retraso injustificado y con una argumentación pobre. En dicha resolución, la CEAV determinó “falta de elementos” para otorgar el reconocimiento de la calidad de víctimas a los miembros de esta familia.
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El Salvador está previo a iniciar un proceso electoral para la elección de diputaciones y consejos municipales, de allí que los actores involucrados en el contexto electoral durante este tiempo hayan intensificado las acciones de proselitismo. A medida se acercan las elecciones, los diferentes candidatos de los partidos políticos, dedican la mayor parte de sus esfuerzos en las actividades públicas, con el propósito de ganar las elecciones o continuar gobernando en sus respectivos municipios o diputaciones, lo cual podría incidir de en la implementación del proyecto, al encontrarse el sector parlamentario o municipal enfocado en sus ocupaciones preelectorales. El actual gobierno de Sánchez Cerén persiste en continuar la política represiva, fundamentalmente carcelaria, frente a la desbordante situación de inseguridad implementada por diferentes gobiernos de ARENA y del FMLN desde fines de los noventa. Recientemente el Ministro de Seguridad ha solicitado a la Asamblea Nacional la continuación de las llamadas medidas extraordinarias a pesar de sus modestos resultados en los últimos años. En la segunda mitad del 2017 se observó un marcado aumento del número de homicidios. Septiembre y octubre de dicho año, con más de 887 homicidios, registraron la tasa más alta desde 1994. (International Crisis Group, “Política y violencia perpetua en El Salvador”, Informe No. 64, 19 diciembre 2017, p. 20). Este aumento de la violencia, perpetrada predominantemente por las pandillas juveniles o maras, explica el significativo aumento del desplazamiento interno en el país, realidad sistemáticamente negada por el gobierno, y por ello, totalmente desatendida por el Estado. Esto se traduce en la ausencia de políticas y programas de protección a las víctimas del desplazamiento. No se dispone de datos confiables sobre el número de personas desplazadas internamente en el país, pero una encuesta nacional realizada por el Instituto de Opinión Pública de la UCA (IUDOP) en el 2016, estima esta cifra en 286,502 personas o el 4.9% del total nacional de hogares. En Honduras se realizaron elecciones generales el 26 de noviembre, y por primera vez en la historia de este país los resultados son anunciados con un retraso de 21 días después del cierre de las urnas. El presidente del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) proclama como ganador al presidente de turno y a siete (7 días) de haberse practicado. Lo que debió ser una fiesta cívica fue interrumpido por la declaración del Estado de Excepción por el gobierno por diez (10) días con la consecuente suspensión de las garantías constitucionales. Demostrando su parcialidad política, el Comisionado Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CONADEH) avaló dicha medida con algunas recomendaciones de redacción de estilo en la invocación de tratados internacionales. Una proporción mayoritaria de la población no reconoce al actual presidente como ganador de las elecciones (considerada fraudulenta por la población y con serias irregularidades, como refiere la OEA, quien recomendó nuevas elecciones). La ola de protestas que continúa hasta la fecha generó la intolerancia del gobierno mediante la respuesta represiva a través de fuerzas militares que ha causado la muerte de 34 personas, en su mayoría jóvenes. En Nicaragua tres temas de suma relevancia marcaron la agenda mediática durante los últimos meses del año 2017: 1) la aprobación por parte de la Cámara Baja de Representantes del Congreso de Estados Unidos, de la ley denominada Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act,
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mejor conocida como la Nica Act; 2) las elecciones municipales y las recomendaciones formuladas por la Misión de Acompañamiento Electoral de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) y; 3) las sanciones de la Ley Global Magnitsky al magistrado del Consejo Supremo Electoral y aliado del Gobierno, Roberto Rivas. Como consecuencia de estos tres temas se produjeron una serie de reacciones de parte de organizaciones de sociedad civil y organismos internacionales ante el continuo deterioro de los derechos humanos y el recrudecimiento en las amenazas hacia defensores y defensoras, y organizaciones que ejercen la defensoría de derechos fundamentales. Algunos análisis destacan los siguientes sucesos: la amenaza de Estados Unidos de bloquear financiamientos del Estado de Nicaragua ante organismos internacionales ha ocasionado que la Ley Nica Act incluya como causales la violación de derechos humanos, la corrupción, los ataques a los defensores de derechos humanos y la vulneración de la democracia; las reformas con carácter de urgencia a la Ley Electoral bajo la justificación “oficial” de facilitar la asistencia a las Juntas Receptoras de Votos a la mayor cantidad de votantes posibles, tuvieron como fin, disfrazar las irregularidades en el manejo del padrón electoral para implementar el ilegal doble voto2 para simpatizantes de gobierno sandinista; la violencia pre- y post-electoral dejó como consecuencia 7 muertos y al menos 67 personas heridas, como resultado de los enfrentamientos en 13 municipios del país; en su informe final la Misión de Acompañamiento Electoral de la OEA condenó la violencia post-electoral e instó al Gobierno de Nicaragua a introducir reformas al sistema electoral y la necesidad de efectuar una “auditoría integral al registro electoral que permita realizar diversos ejercicios de verificación y control”, despolitización del proceso de cedulación, así como la elaboración de una ley de partidos políticos, entre otras, que se enmarcan dentro de proceso de democratización del Estado. La sanción a Roberto Rivas ha elevado el riesgo de los defensores de derechos humanos quienes desde hace más de un año sufrieron amenazas de personeros del FSLN por catalogarse como los impulsores de la Ley Nica Act. En Guatemala cabe destacar la intención de todos los poderes del Estado (ejecutivo, legislativo, judicial) por truncar el trabajo contra la impunidad que impulsa la CICIG, al declarar non grato al Comisionado Iván Velásquez. Esto degeneró en renuncias dentro del poder ejecutivo, así como manifestaciones sociales que hicieron revertir decisiones graves impulsadas por el Congreso de la República que pretendían laxar los procesos que se siguen contra más de 500 personas implicadas en actos de corrupción. A la vez, se presentaron dos recursos legales para solicitar el retiro de la inmunidad del presidente de la República, y otros funcionarios públicos, por estar vinculados a situaciones de financiamiento ilícito a los partidos políticos. También han sido temas de mucho peso aquellos relacionados con la
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designación del nuevo fiscal general que sustituirá en mayo a Telma Aldana. El período no ha estado exento de persecución, ataques y campañas de desprestigio contra defensores de derechos humanos, incluidos tanto organizaciones de sociedad civil como el trabajo del Procurador de los Derechos Humanos de Guatemala. Este trimestre registra avances importantes en la ejecución de actividades relacionadas al Proyecto Regional de Educación en Derechos Humanos para Educadores impulsado por OEI, tras realizar las presentaciones de los diagnósticos sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en los planes de formación docente y planes de estudio en Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador ante los respectivos titulares de Educación en cada país. También se dio el evento de presentación de resultados del proceso de integración de los tres diagnósticos. Éste contó con la colaboración y participación de representantes de los tres Ministerios de Educación en los que se desarrolla el Proyecto. Además, se cuenta con la definición de los contenidos del Plan de Estudios para el Diplomado en Educación en Derechos Humanos. Se está finalizando el desarrollo de los módulos y creando las guías metodológicas para para los facilitadores. De esta forma, OEI está realizado las actividades preparatorias para iniciar la formación de los docentes. Durante este período, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) preparó los insumos para los talleres de capacitación sobre el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (SIDH) para funcionarios y funcionarias de las Defensorías del Pueblo, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y funcionarios y funcionarias estatales de los países del Triángulo Norte. Asimismo, elaboraron los insumos para el documento y la consulta regional sobre desplazamiento interno en los países del Triángulo Norte. También realizaron la visita a El Salvador para la realización de entrevistas con organizaciones sociales vinculadas al desplazamiento interno en los países del Triángulo Norte. La Universidad de Notre Dame (ND) y PADF evaluaron las últimas propuestas de los grupos de investigación de ONGs, universidades y think tanks para hacer investigaciones sobre los derechos humanaos y democracia al nivel regional. La solicitud requiere colaboración entre investigadores de migración, desplazamiento interno causado por violencia, la relación entre las violaciones de los derechos humanos y democracia, y la relación entre corrupción y los derechos humanos. Cuatro propuestas de las doce entregadas fueron evaluadas por el comité de selección. PADF notificó las cuatro grupos de trabajo y el proceso de contratación está en proceso. $500,000 en subacuerdos serán asignado para investigaciones con la colaboración de asesores de ND. ND y la mesa de la red de investigación elaboraron un plan de trabajo para el 2018 con un enfoque en las áreas de investigación que requiere un mayor nivel de capacitación. Debido a la situación política en Honduras antes y después del proceso electoral en noviembre de 2017, postergaron las actividades en Honduras. En Guatemala, a pesar de los retrasos en implementación por el paro nacional en septiembre de 2017, las organizaciones de la red
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respondieron de una manera muy positiva con planes de capacitación citadas para los primeros meses de 2018. Un taller sobre los desafíos de investigación en contextos violentos se llevó a cabo en El Salvador este trimestre. El doctor Emiliano Rojido de La Universidad del Estado Rio de Janeiro, un investigador del laboratorio del análisis de violencia dio la capacitación. Su pericia y análisis como investigador dentro de contextos violentos fueron muy valorados por los participantes en El Salvador. NDI elaboró un estudio de base de la legislación de derechos humanos y el nivel de institucionalidad de la protección de los derechos humanos en el triángulo norte. El estudio de una comparación regional de la protección de comunidades vulnerables para ayudar con el análisis de las brechas en la legislación de derechos humanos, el estado de las instituciones que abordan el tema de los derechos humanos, y también identificar las agendas sociales para mejorar las protecciones de derechos humanos. NDI gestionó un foro y mesas de trabajo en cada país del triángulo norte para traer a funcionarios estatales, y la sociedad civil para considerar los resultados del estudio de base y discutir los desafíos y recomendaciones para fortalecer la legislación e instituciones identificadas. En el triángulo norte, México y Nicaragua, PADF está gestionando subacuerdos a organizaciones de la sociedad civil y a redes de la sociedad civil que están haciendo incidencia, mejorando la documentación de casos de violaciones de derechos humanos, haciendo consultas nacionales para proponer política pública, involucrando a otros actores sociales y públicos en la discusión de derechos humanos, mejorando las medidas de seguridad para la sociedad civil, entre otras cosas. PADF ha facilitado intercambios entre las organizaciones para asegurar que se apliquen las buenas prácticas al nivel regional y que las actividades relacionadas a temas transversales se hagan en colaboración y coordinación con otros grupos nacionales y regionales.
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Program Activities and Progress
During this quarter, October - December 2017, the Project conducted various activities in line with the annual work plan for fiscal year 2018. The Project achieved the following overarching goals: • Reviewed proposals from eleven organizations for the various calls for proposals that PADF had released across the region. Four new proposals were approved during this quarter for a total of almost $600,000. The total amount of local subgrants awarded was approximately $1.53 million at the end of this quarter. • Finalized the Central American Human Rights Portal and presented it at the first Forum of the Inter-American Human Rights System • Conducted a workshop with youth networks from Northern Triangle countries and Mexico to identify areas for collaboration and activities and strategies that will strengthen the regional network. • Improved the technical capacities in the national and international documentation of human rights violations for civil and political rights in Nicaragua. The Project has focused on promoting effective interdisciplinary collaboration between organizations, human rights defenders, and local leaders to strengthen the quality of documentation of cases of human rights violations and strengthen the analytical capacity of local organizations regarding public policy for human rights. • Strengthened the defense networks and documentation of human rights violations across the target countries and created mechanisms to facilitate coordination with private universities to integrate academic institutions into the documentation of cases of human rights violations. • Created a working group made up of several civil society organizations, formal and informal groups, and human rights defenders with the goal of presenting local and national plans to the government of Nicaragua for a public policy plan for human rights in Nicaragua. • Strengthened the self-protection measures of Nicaraguan civil society organizations and journalists. • Strengthened the capacity of civil society in the area of strategic litigation in the InterAmerican System, facilitated by CEJIL. • Supported the creation of the Alternative Report on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families with the National Roundtable Migration in Guatemala. The study will conclude in March 2018. • Deputy Sandra Morán presented the proposed Gender Identity Law (Ley de Identidad de Género), developed by Project subgrantee Queens of the Night Organization (Organización Reinas de la Noche, OTRANS) and the transgender working group (Mesa Trans), in the Guatemalan National Congress.
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• Implemented the Vote for Equality campaign to promote the political participation of members of vulnerable populations in the Honduran elections. • Completed complementary studies to the human rights baseline studies in El Salvador and Guatemala to include additional vulnerable populations, including: women, children and youth, people with disabilities, and indigenous and afro-descendent populations. • Identified key legislative topics to prioritize when the new Legislative Assembly (2018-2021) is elected in March 2018. • Designed a diploma course on leadership and political participation for women to begin in 2018 with the Board of Directors of the Association of Current and Former Women Legislators (Junta Directiva de la Asociación de Parlamentarias y ex Parlamentarias Salvadoreñas, ASPARLEXSAL)
OBJECTIVE 1: IMPROVED ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS FOR PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS The major achievements during this quarter include a diagnostic conducted to support the design of the human rights curriculum for primary and secondary teacher and finishing the Human Rights Portal and the continued advocacy campaigns for women and LGBTI individuals in political leadership. The Human Rights Portal will be launched at the regional level in the following quarter. Intermediate Result 1.1: Human Rights Education and Awareness Strengthened The Project aims to expand human rights education throughout the Northern Triangle Region, closing information gaps previously identified by the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights (IIHR). To address the weaknesses and absence of human rights education within the region, PADF and its partners are 1) facilitating technical working groups to develop formal teacher curriculum, 2) creating and implementing a Regional Human Rights Education Portal and Virtual Certification for professionals, and 3) training civil society organizations to conduct awareness-raising campaigns. These activities will promote short-, medium-, and long-term societal acceptance and protection of human rights. Results achieved during this quarter include: Formation of Regional Technical Working Group for Formal Teacher Curriculum The Project aims to integrate human rights education into elementary and secondary education, thereby instilling a knowledge of and value for human rights. To achieve impact at scale, the Project under the guidance of OEI will train teachers on how to integrate human rights curriculum into their current plans. Over the course of this quarter, the Project conducted diagnostics on the way human rights are currently incorporated into teaching curriculum in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and on how to best integrate human rights into the curriculum. In October, OEI held a meeting on “Human Rights Education in
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Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador” in El Salvador with key actors, human rights experts, teachers and government representatives from each country to discuss the ways in which human rights are addressed at the primary and secondary levels in each country. Taking into account the results of the diagnostics conducted and the regional meeting held in October, curriculum design is underway for the certificate program that trains teachers in human rights education. The overall design of the certificate and the selection of the modules to include were finalized. Over the next quarter the various topic-specific modules will be developed in conjunction with the design of the presentation and visualization of the materials. Human Rights Curriculum and Open-Source Regional Human Rights Education Portal and Virtual Certification for Professionals In addition to education at the elementary and secondary levels, regional human rights education needs to be strengthened at the professional level. With the coordination of the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, (UCA) in El Salvador, the Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala and the Universidad Centroamericana in Nicaragua, PADF created an online portal to certify professionals in human rights, with specific emphasis on issues faced in the region. During this quarter, PADF and project partners launched the Central American Portal on Human Rights and Democracy at the first Forum of the Inter-American Human Rights System in Washington, DC in December 2017 and finished the design of the first virtual training module “Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups.” By presenting at the forum in Washington, DC, PADF and representatives from UCA, IDHUCA, and CEJIL shared the platform with civil society members; demonstrated the utility of the portal as a virtual space for human rights defenders to promote the sharing of information, research, investigations, reports, analysis, reflection, and learning; and the potential it has to link human rights defenders throughout the region. The event was organized by project partner IACHR and the Inter-American Court at the Organization of American States for members of civil society and government. In December, the Project completed the design of the first training module to be included in the Portal on “Human Rights and Vulnerable Populations,” implemented by the UCA in El Salvador. This training module will go live from February 1st to May 2nd, 2018 for professionals throughout the region. Further research and analysis was conducted this quarter on the virtual training modules to be included in the Portal. Of the various topics being considered, the Project has selected the topic of migration and the rights of migrants, to be conducted by the Universidad Iberoamericana de México. The Project is currently considering adding an additional training course with NDI on women’s political participation and leadership, solicited by the El Salvadorian Association for Parliamentarians and Ex-Parliamentarians (Asociación de Parlamentarias y Ex Parlamentarias Salvadoreñas -ASPARLEXSAL). Given that women remain underrepresented at all levels of government in El Salvador, NDI together with PADF
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and ASPARLEXSAL, are considering different ways to engage former and current female government officials and members of the Legislative Assembly in a leadership and political participation skills-building course. This course would help to provide women in politics with the motivation, skills, and networks to act independently and advance agendas on inclusion and human rights.
Increase Civil Society Capacity to Raise Awareness on Key Non-discrimination Topics The Project aims to reduce discrimination within the Northern Triangle by increasing local capacity to run non-discrimination awareness raising campaigns. Project partner NDI identified areas of discrimination to address during the course of the project specific to two vulnerable groups – women and LGBTI individuals. Honduras Women’s Political Participation Working Group and #NottheCost Campaign In 2018, NDI will build on its 2017 investigation on “Violence against women in politics: an assessment of political parties in Honduras” to advance a draft legislative initiative on combating violence against politically active women. Honduras LGBTI Political Inclusion Working Group and Awareness Campaign During the reporting period, NDI worked with its partners - We Are the Center for LGBTI Development and Cooperation - El Centro para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación LGBTI, SOMOS CDC LGBTI, Youth in Movement Association - Asociación Jóvenes en Movimiento (AJEM) from Honduras, Affirmative Caribbean from Colombia, and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund from the United States to promote and implement the Vote for Equality campaign. The objective of the campaign was to promote a free, informed, and transparent vote among vulnerable populations. On November 26, two of the signatories (of the campaign) were elected to the National Congress, including one representative from the Partido Nacional (PN) who is of Afro-descent and one from Unidad Democrática (UD). In January, NDI will collaborate with local partners to follow up with newly sworn-in representatives on the implementation of the Pact for Inclusion. Please see Annex 2 for examples of campaign communication materials. Guatemala Human Rights Public Awareness Campaign NDI also participated in the transgender working group (Mesa Trans) to provide technical assistance on an advocacy plan for the approval of a Gender Identity Law (Ley de Identidad de Género) in Guatemala. Through participation in the group, NDI provided technical assistance on the design of a document that will help members of LGBTI communities and the general public to understand the content of the proposed law. Deputy Sandra Morán presented the Gender Identity Law (Ley de Identidad de Género) in the Guatemalan Congress on December 1, 2017. In consultation with the Mesa Trans, NDI produced two documents with easy to understand infographics on the proposed law, one geared towards
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the general public, and the second for transgender individuals. (Please see Annex 3 for a copy of the materials). NDI will provide follow-on support for the Gender Identity Law within the Congress during the next quarter. Local Subgrants PADF extended subgrants in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua to local human rights organizations or networks that work on specific areas of interest. A summary of the activities conducted by local subgrants in each target country can be found in Annex 4. Intermediate Result 1.2: Human Rights Public Policy Research and Data Collection Increased Under this Project, PADF and its partners advance and support regional research in human rights. Working closely with the University of Notre Dame (ND) as an international partner, the Project builds the capacity of Central American universities and supports regionally- focused research on human rights through 1) establishing research working groups, 2) supporting collaborative research method training and 3) carrying out collaborative research projects. This quarter, with the help of consultants from each of the Northern Triangle countries and Nicaragua, the Project finalized the study “Democracy and Human Rights in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua Thirty Years After the Esquipulas II Accords.” The Project has also partnered with the National Working Group on Migration in Guatemala and with the help of other organizations protecting the rights of migrants to produce “An Alternative Study on Human Rights of Migrant Worker and their Families.” The study will conclude in March of 2018. Establish Policy Research Working Group Increasing the capacity of academic institutions, research centers and other key actors supports the formulation of more effective human rights public policies in the region. To advocate for better human rights policies, a reliable base of research and data is essential. This quarter, Project partner Notre Dame and the national secretariats convened working groups members in each country. In Honduras, ND had to change the university partner from UNAH to UNITEC given the crisis at the National University. The political situation before and after the presidential election in November further paralyzed planned activities. Participants reiterated their interest in the initiative but were clear expressing that they would not be able to participate in any activity until the current political situation stabilizes. After having to suspend a working group meeting in Guatemala due to a nation-wide strike, the group finally gathered on November 27th to confirm their commitment to the working
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group, which consisted of representatives from 8 institutions. Additionally, organizations confirmed their interest and availability to participate in the regional training scheduled for February 2018 in San Salvador. Overall, there has been positive reception to the training and exchange offered through the working groups, but the political instability has proved to be challenging. All groups have expressed the need for a space in which researchers share their experience and challenges, create a local network and even create a local peer review process through the working groups. Landívar University from Guatemala has shown interest in collaborating/leading a regional journal to publish articles on human rights, but further conversation in the following quarter are expected to take place. Support Collaborative Research Method Training Together with The University of Central America (UCA), ND held a workshop entitled “Ethical and Methodological Challenges While Doing Research in Violent Contexts” on November 16th, 2017 taught by Dr. Emiliano Rojido from Rio de Janeiro State University. Eight participants who were not in the working group also participated in the workshop. Feedback given at the end of the workshop suggested that learning opportunities of this kind are helpful to analyze El Salvador’s current situation together and agree on the risks and challenges that researchers face on their own in the field. The activity provided some tools that could be used as a group to manage risks. The workshop also provided ND more information about the baseline knowledge of the group as it relates to ethics and risk management protocols for research, security measurements applied during a research process, familiarity with innovative techniques to collect information in dangerous locations, among other topics. Twelve people attended to the workshop, a total of 8 Salvadoran institutions had representation in the activity. The material provided by Dr. Rojido will be shared with the working groups in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. A regional training will be held next quarter focused on research as a tool for advocacy on human rights cases. Participants in the working groups will have the opportunity to share their experience on this topic and express the challenges they are facing in Central America. Collaborative Research Projects The first small grants request for applications (RFA) for regional NGOs, universities and think tanks to research human rights and democracy at the regional level is in its final stage. The RFA was originally published on May 15th, 2017 and encouraged the formation of research consortia as a way to increase collaboration at the national and regional levels and applicants had to demonstrate the policy relevance of their work. During the pre-application phase, 12 proposals were received, of which six passed to the next stage; the proposals were then evaluated by committees organized by PADF. Four proposals were selected to receive grants for research in collaboration with Notre Dame.
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OBJECTIVE 2: STRENGTHENED RESPONSIVE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Structural violence, citizen insecurity, repression and persecution of human rights defenders and journalists, as well as unemployment, the lack of quality social services (health, education, culture, etc.) are some of the principal worries of the general population in the countries throughout the region. Several topics of interest to note include: a. Internal and external migration rapidly increases as the young population is expulsed from their communities and forced to look for opportunities in other countries, principally the United States. b. Systemic racism against indigenous populations, increased violence against women and children, and food insecurity in Guatemala which results in a chronic malnutrition in every 6 out of 10 children in the country. c. Demand for justice and defense of territory and protection of land rights (particularly for indigenous communities) and a healthy environment, has provoked a situation in which environmental human rights defenders are criminalized. During the current period, the government of Nicaragua thwarted the visit of the Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, Special Rapporteur of the Rights of Children and Rapporteur for Nicaragua in the IACHR, who was invited by the coordinator of organizations that work for youth and adolescents to participate in a forum on the role of civil society organizations in the promotion and defense of the rights of children and youth. This action is not an isolated event, as various organizations and experts have been prevented from entering or have been expelled from the country, without allowing them to participate in conferences or research with civil society organizations. To date, the government of Nicaragua provides no legal justification for the travel restrictions that violate freedom of expression, information, and association. The entrance restrictions refer to a restrictive policy implemented in August 2017 that requires those who are traveling to Nicaragua give the government of Nicaragua a request for entrance seven days prior to travel. In the request, the government requires information about the visit and the organizations or institutions that the traveler will visit, as an arbitrary discriminatory measure that affects academics, clergy, human rights defenders, and whoever the Government of Nicaragua considers to be contrary to their line of thought. This proves to be a threat to diversity of thought and opinion, and serves to isolate civil society from divergent opinions. According to a report on human rights and access to justice presented by a Project partner in Nicaragua in December 2017 in which a sample was asked “Which do you believe are the principal problems with the judiciary?” The population responded obstruction caused by delays (34%); corruption (19%); lack of appropriate application of the law (14%) and
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partisanship (7%). These results corroborate the findings of the Global Index for Impunity, in which Nicaragua is the ninth country with the greatest impunity index3. Intermediate Result 2.1: Regional Cooperation of National Human Rights Authorities Strengthened To increase regional cooperation and strengthen human rights authorities, PADF and its partners seek to strengthen existing networks of relevant authorities to be more effective in their responses to human rights violations. To do so, the Project 1) promotes regional Ombudsperson exchanges and 2) increases regional legislative capacity to address human rights issues. Promote Regional Ombudsmen Exchanges During this quarter, the Project continued to plan various initiatives, such as the Forum on Internal Displacement and Migration led by the National Commission of Human Rights and El Salvador’s Attorney General’s Office for Human Rights (Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador). Following the delay caused by the earthquake in Mexico, the forum will be held in April 2018. Within the framework of the Central American Council of Human Rights Ombudsmen - Consejo Centroamericano de Procuradoras y Procuradores de Derechos Humanos de Centroamérica (CCPPDH), the Ombudsperson’s office of Costa Rica identified the possibility of creating a work plan that strategically brings together citizen security and human rights in the region. During December, the initiative was presented by the Ombudsperson’s office to its Central American counterparts in Panama City, which was approved for development within the framework of this Project. A work pan and timeline will be created in 2018, with efforts led by the Ombusdman’s office of Costa Rica. The Project maintained close relationships with the Executive Technical Unit of the Justice Sector of El Salvador - Unidad Técnica Ejecutiva (UTE) del Sector de Justicia de El Salvador, that continued to express interest in creating processes to strengthen the institutional capacities in transitional justice for the prosecution of past cases in El Salvador. In this context, PADF approached the IACHR and the State institutions to collaborate on this topic area. In December the IACHR presented a work plan on transitional justice to the UTE. In Guatemala, the Project held various meetings with the Directorate of International Cooperation (Dirección de Cooperación Internacional) and the Directorate of Promotion and Education of the Human Rights Ombudspersons (Dirección de Promoción y Educación de la Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos). Discussions resulted in the possibility of establishing a
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Human Rights School, led by the Directorate of Education and Promotion, which would consist of strengthening human rights knowledge of staff (human rights defenders, promoters, educators and other personnel), other government actors, and the general population. In December a MOU was created and is in the process of revision to be signed during the following quarter. In Honduras, PADF coordinated and collaborated with the Inter-Institutional Commission for the Protection of Persons Displaced by Violence (CIPPDV) to host a regional forum on internal displacement. The overall goal of the forum is to share international standards and regional best practices on internal displaced caused by violence and the prevention of human rights violations. Specifically, the forum seeks to analyze the Inter-American standards for the prevention of human rights violations that guide policies and interventions against forced displacement; further understand Early Warning Systems to adopt best practices; and review the State’s obligation according to the international standards set for internal displacement (assistance, sustainability and reparation). Increase Regional Legislative Capacity to Address Human Rights Issues In El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, NDI completed the baseline study on human rights legislation during the previous reporting period. In El Salvador and Guatemala, NDI carried out additional complementary studies to the baseline study to gather more information on the human rights of vulnerable populations, including women, children and adolescents, people with disabilities, and indigenous and afro-descendent populations. In October 2017, NDI presented the study to public institutions and civil society organizations. In total, 10 representatives (six women, three indigenous individuals, and one person with disabilities) attended the event, which included an overview of the major conclusions of the study and recommended legislative norms to advance the protection and promotion of human rights. During the reporting period, NDI completed and published the terms of reference for the regional study on human rights legislation. In November, NDI contracted two consultants in El Salvador to carry out the study, and worked with the consultants to develop the study methodology and work plan. The study will be completed in January 2018. In December, the Guatemalan Congress completed both ordinary sessions and commission meetings. During the reporting period, NDI created an instrument to track key initiatives identified by vulnerable populations through the human rights baseline study. Intermediate Result 2.2: Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Made More Effective and Secure Journalists and human rights defenders in the Northern Triangle, Nicaragua, and Mexico face increasing pressure and threats from both official and non-state actors, frequently as a result of exposing human rights violations or advocating for human rights protection. To increase the effectiveness and security for journalists and human rights defenders the Project 1) provides
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technical assistance to journalists and human rights defenders in the Northern Triangle and Nicaragua and links them to international networks; 2) supports regional scaling of locally- developed innovative technology to protect individual journalists and human rights defenders; and 3) provides training and technical assistance to improve the documentation of human rights in Nicaragua. Enhancing Local and Regional Capacity for Organizations Representing Journalist and Human Rights Defenders Training for journalists Two workshops were held on human rights that were directed towards journalists and communications students. In the workshop, the participants not only identified and recognized the extent to which human rights pertain to society, but also the importance of understanding the Inter-American System and the national human rights standards and frameworks that exist. This information is particularly relevant for the dissemination of human rights-related information in their current or future careers. Supporting the Regional Scaling of Innovative Technology to Protect Individual Journalists Smart Watches and installation of SARAA Nicaraguan subgrantee 2 finalized the development and platform of SARAA and made improvements to the design and usability of the program. Given procurement challenges in this first quarter, the program will be tested in the smart watches in the following quarter. However, the subgrantee began mapping the Nicaraguan organizations that could be recipients of the self-protection watches for human rights and journalistic work to ensure a quick and targeted rollout. Protocol for the use of emergency funds Internews and PADF worked on the development of an emergency fund as part of the program’s overall goal. The guide has been completed and Internews developed an emergency mechanism request form. During this reporting period, Internews’ staff assisted a Salvadoran journalist who was receiving death threats due to his work. The assistance consisted of logistical support and the creation of a physical and digital security plan that allowed him to safely carry out his daily activities. In coordination with PADF, Internews referred him to the Human Rights Institute (Instituto de Derechos Humanos) in the UCA (IDHUCA) to request international asylum. The Project will continue supporting this journalist in 2018 with trainings on digital and physical security.
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Country Assessments During the first and third weeks of November, as well as the first days of December, Internews’ staff members conducted a field assessment in Mexico to interview key media and human rights actors. During the two-week country assessment in Mexico, Internews organized various meetings with the main human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico City and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. Internews successfully met with representatives of 17 national and regional human rights and media organizations to identify the needs and opportunities faced by the main actors in the region. Due to Mexico’s vast geographic area, Internews decided to work in Mexico City and in San Cristobal de las Casas (a municipality within the State of Chiapas). All interviewees provided Internews with highly detailed and strategic information. The initiative was well received by local actors who wished to participate in the current program. The final report of the field trip is currently being drafted with the help of a local consultant. Final narrative and executive reports for all five country assessments have been finished in coordination with external local consultants and will be disseminated and presented in the next quarter. In El Salvador from November to December, four workshops with a total number of 193 participants were held with the Salvadoran Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson in the Eastern, Western, Paracentral, and Central regions to study the work environment of women journalists and social communicators. This activity is part of the promotion and coordination activities with government institutions for the prevention of violence against journalists, with a special focus on gender issues. Digital Security Training for End-Users Based on the previously-completed country assessments, Internews developed digital security trainings that addressed the needs of key populations and organizations. In total 29 people leading human rights and journalist organizations from Guatemala (14), El Salvador (5) and Nicaragua (10) were trained in digital security this quarter. Internews sought to strengthen the capacities in digital security issues in the region at the end-user level. This quarter’s activities were carried out in Guatemala (from November 20th to the 22nd) and El Salvador, with additional participation of Nicaragua end-users during the workshop held in El Salvador (from November 23rd to the 25th) due to the sensitive political situation in Nicaragua. For the digital security workshop, 29 individuals with little or no experience in digital security were selected and trained in coordination with PADF. Internews also supported the Salvadoran Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson in the development of a diagnosis of the work environment of female journalists and social communicators during November and December in different cities of the country.
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From Guatemala, the organizations included: the Asociación de Abogados Mayas de Guatemala, Colectivo Madreselva, Procuraduría para la Defensa de Derechos Humanos (PDDH), Pop Noj, Asociación Lambda, Observatorio de los Derechos de la Niñez (Ciprodeni) and Mesa Nacional de Migraciones. From El Salvador, some of the participants were from Cristosal, Pro-Búsqueda, Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES), Colectivo Alejandría, and Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD). From Nicaragua, nine organizations participated, five of which are Project subgrantees.
Digital Security Workshop Agenda Risk analysis, work plan, how internet works, malicious software, Day 1 phishing, antivirus, passwords, keyrings, two-step authentication Encryption of data and transmission, HTTPS, VPN, Tor, mobile Day 2 security Day 3 PGP
Increasing Local Human Rights Documentation Capacity in Nicaragua Training Workshops on Mechanisms for Documenting Cases The Project advanced in the proposed “Manual for the Reception, Follow-up and Documentation of Human Rights Violations” in Nicaragua. The document will be reviewed and finalized in the following quarter. The first regional workshop on this topic took place this quarter, with 24 community leaders, human rights defenders, journalists and representatives from civil society organizations. 29% of those in attendance were youth aged 30 or younger and 67% of those in attendance were women. Subgrantees who received technical assistance and training through the Project held eight working sessions in the departments of Granada, Masaya, Managua, Matagalpa, Jinotega, Nueva Segovia, Chinandega and León to share the instruments, formats, and procedures for the documentation and systematization of reports of human rights violations. Documentation and Legal Assistance During this period, 292 reports of human rights violations were documented, in which 76% were against the National Police, and 61% of which achieved some kind of resolution. 20% of the reports were for police action (trespassing, illegal detentions, abuse of authority, violence) and 56% were for lack of police attention in situations of interfamilial or sexual violence. Local subgrantee 1 in Nicaragua that specializes in democracy and human rights gave legal assistance in 60% of the cases typified as violations of human rights. In the case of the
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Comunidad San Pablo 22 de la Cruz de Río Grande, Municipio de la Región Autónoma Caribe Sur, two children were brutally murdered by the Nicaraguan Army during a “criminal operation.” This case has been catalogued by experts in human rights as a war crime and a crime against humanity, and has been brought to the attention of the IACHR, from which protectionary measures have been requested. Proposal for public policy of human rights in Nicaragua Two workshops were conducted by Nicaragua subgrantee 5 on analysis and the formulation of public policy with a focus on human rights groups and defenders. The first workshop was to identify and establish the principal methods of monitoring and analysis of public policy, in which 24 people attended from diverse social organizations. The second workshop resulted in an interesting debate that defined, identified and applied a human rights framework to the process of defining the public policy problems and agenda. Shadow Report A Nicaraguan subgrantee also began a shadow report on the violations of human rights in Nicaragua, with emphasis on civil and political rights. Research is currently underway and information is being compiled on relevant acts of human rights violations, particularly those published in written and digital media sources. Advocacy Activities A Nicaraguan Project subgrantee, with the World Organisation Against Torture requested a hearing on the situation of persons deprived of their liberty in Nicaragua for the 167th Extraordinary Period of Sessions of the IACHR from February 22nd to March 2nd, 2018 in Bogota, Colombia. In the hearing, the group seeks to present evidence about acts that demonstrate the violation of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. Intermediate Result 2.3: Human Rights Strategic Litigation Enhanced Limited access to justice, weak institutions, lack of respect for the law, peddling of private and public interests, and the criminalization of civic protests demonstrate the weaknesses of the judiciary and the powerlessness of the citizenry in the face of public power in the target countries. As a result, there is a need to strengthen organizations in their capacity for strategic litigation so they can more effectively defend human rights throughout the region. The Project enhances strategic litigation through 1) establishing regional communities of practice on strategic litigation; 2) deploying and integrating tools to coordinate and monitor strategic litigation cases, and 3) strengthening follow-up and monitoring of court cases. Creation of Regional Strategic Litigation Community of Practice During this quarter, CEJIL began providing technical assistance on strategic litigation in anticipation of the regional strategic litigation community of practice. The first phase of
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establishing a community of practice was a training course on strategic litigation directed towards civil society organizations from the 5 target countries. The training was focused on the mechanisms available through the Inter-American System of Human Rights with the objective of standardizing the basic knowledge about how to navigate the Inter-American System and to gain a deeper understanding of strategic litigation in the region. PADF worked with local organizations to better understand the current gaps in their knowledge on strategic litigation and their internal capacity to litigate at the national level, as a precursor for international litigation. At the end of this quarter, the Project finalized an internal report on the technical assistance required to build local capacity in strategic litigation.
OBJECTIVE 3: SUSTAINABLE EARLY WARNING AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND MIGRANTS IN PLACE Intermediate Result 3.1: Regional Early Warning and Threat Assessment Processes Strengthened With high levels of internally displaced persons throughout the region, solutions are needed to implement a regional early warning and threat assessment process. The lack of acknowledgement of internal displacement within most of the target countries signifies that there is little support at the national level for assistance to those who are internally displaced, mostly due to violence and threats of violence. The Project seeks to strengthen early warning processes by identifying and sharing best practices for early warning systems and strengthening the monitoring of internally displaced persons. Strengthened Monitoring of Internal Displacement and Violence In November, Project subgrantee Cristosal and the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights - Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH) held an exchange workshop to identify the methodologies of reporting on internal displacement in the Northern Triangle and Mexico. Cristosal also designed the method for data collection of victims of internal displacement and the system or collecting victims’ cases of internal displacement. The system for collecting information from victims is an important tool to register and attend to cases of internal displacement identified in territories of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The Project found that the Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos in Guatemala has an early warning system to periodically create a map that shows the crisis situations and possible violations of human rights around the country. However, in evaluating the system, the Project found that it is not particularly efficient and in order to be effective it requires the ability to process and analyze a lot more information than it currently collects. During this quarter, CMDPDH began various studies on victims of forced internal displacement. The studies include: a qualitative study to review official surveys provided by
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the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (INEGI), the National Survey of Victimization and the Perception of Public Safety (ENVIPE) and the National Population Council (CONAPO) with sociodemographic data that can be useful to cross check data; and a mixed study which creates a quantitative database specifically for the statistical analytic software SPSS with indicators based on the definition and causes of displacement taken from the United Nations Guiding Principles of Internal Displacement for reporting of instances of displacement, and a qualitative section that records the profile of those from vulnerable groups. Surveys to collect information on internal displacement in Mexico were designed and deployed to the various states identified in the work plan, and methodology was proposed for setting public policy guidelines and recommendations to the states regarding internal displacement. Intermediate Result 3.2: Enhanced Remedies for Victims and Survivors of Human Rights Violations Generation and Dissemination of Regional Standards on Internal Displacement The Project, led by IACHR, continued to foster its relationships with the States and social organizations that work on the area of internal displacement to gather documentation for forthcoming recommendations and regional public consultation on internal displacement. They identified institutions and public officials that address issues of internal displacement in the three Northern Triangle countries and identified regulations and jurisprudence on internal displacement in the region. They began designing the reporting methodologies to be used in future quarters in the analysis of standards on internal displacement. Support to Standardized National Registries of Disappearances During this quarter, the Project identified the organization Pro-Búsqueda to support the area of registration and attention of missing persons and extended a grant to them, which will be signed in the following quarter. In addition to the grant with Pro-Búsqueda, the Project worked with the UTE in El Salvador to identify important judicial topic areas focused on strengthening the attention and registry of missing persons. Initial meetings were held with other international organizations and entities that work in the area of missing persons, which has allowed the Project to identify potential partners and establish areas for collaboration and coordination. Collaborative work plans and timelines will be developed over the next quarter.
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Challenges and Lessons Learned
Operating Environment Regional Political instability in the region continues to be a challenge. The political and social polarization that the target countries face create an adverse climate for journalists and human rights defenders, and the Project is observing an increase in the number of threats to journalists in El Salvador and Honduras. Therefore, it is urgent to activate the emergency fund and the security protocol aimed at protecting these actors, especially in the face of the electoral processes in El Salvador and Honduras. Political and legal setbacks across the region challenge the advancement of national legislative agendas and legislative harmonization on human rights across the region. Concerns about human rights violations arose during the electoral process in Honduras and Nicaragua, and in El Salvador with the use of extraordinary measures by security forces to address security concerns, at times compromising the protection of human rights. To counter these setbacks, greater advocacy from civil society organizations and more robust international support are needed to ensure that the fundamental rights of vulnerable populations are prioritized on the legislative agenda in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. El Salvador The Legislative Assembly in El Salvador remained deadlocked throughout the reporting period, and as the country enters the electoral period in 2018, support to advance human rights agendas is unlikely. The upcoming election in which nine deputies for the legislative assembly, municipal councils and mayors will be elected is expected to generate some delays within the Project, particularly in areas that include collaboration with local and national government officials or with local CSOs conducting advocacy at the time of the elections. The upcoming election also presents new challenges for the gender identity law and the LGBTI political agenda. Crime and insecurity in El Salvador has also presented a challenge, specifically as it relates to displacement for persons with disabilities or youth and adolescents. The lack of reliable transportation due to strikes and general insecurity can inhibit the participation of the most vulnerable who are dependent upon the operation of social services. Guatemala In Guatemala, the political crisis that began in August remains largely unresolved. In the Congress, anti-reform blocks remain strong, stalling deliberation on reforms to the justice system, the Law on Elections and Political Parties (Ley Electoral y de Partidos Políticos, LEPP), and laws on the public system of acquisitions. Deliberation during the final months of
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2017 focused on the 2018 budget. One of the principal challenges in Guatemala continues to be the political will among members of Congress to address human rights topics among competing priorities. While individual deputies support human rights laws, they are in the midst of time-consuming and high stakes corruption scandals and discussions on the 2018 fiscal budget. Honduras The recent presidential elections held in Honduras pushed the country into a state of social and political instability. The situation has resulted in the criminalization of protests by the Honduran government, threats against and repression of human rights defenders and journalists who are speaking out against the electoral process and the current government. On December 8th, Amnesty International (AI) issued a statement accusing the Honduran government, which on December 1st announced a suspension of constitutional guarantees for 10 days and decreed a curfew, “deploying dangerous and illegal tactics to silence any dissenting voices in the aftermath of one of the country’s worst political crises in a decade.4” The overwhelming presence of military armed forces has created insecurity and instability within the population. Due to the events related to the electoral process, several subgrantees have had to reprogram their activities for a later date. The anticipated IACHR visit to Honduras in 2018 will provide an opportunity for the international community to support human rights defenders and civil society organizations promoting political participation of historically marginalized populations, as well as those monitoring the application of Article 590 of the Penal Code (Código Penal), which was passed in September and could be applied in protests, that are likely to continue following the swearing in of the new administration at the end of January. The visit will also present an opportunity for human rights defenders and civil society organizations to request assistance from the IACHR and as an extension, the international community. Seven individuals openly identifying as LGBTI participated as candidates in the elections for positions as deputies and alternate deputies to the National Congress and the Central American Parliament (Parlamento Centroamericano, PARLACEN). However, no openly LGBTI candidates were elected. Fear of retaliation within their party and supporters dissuaded several LGBTI individuals from openly identifying as LGBTI, despite their support for the Vote for Equality campaign. Additionally, both transgender candidates who participated in the election campaigned under their assumed name, which created challenges for voters who did not recognize the candidates’ legal names on the ballot. The candidate Rihanna Ferrer, a transgender woman, was the target of attacks and bullying both on social media and in print media. As a result of the campaign, 2 of the 128 deputies elected in the November election signed the Pact for Inclusion and committed to support the inclusion agenda of marginalized
4 https://www.amnesty.org/es/latest/news/2017/12/honduras-government-deploys-dangerous-and-illegal-tactics- to-silence-population/
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populations. In the next quarter, NDI and local partners will follow up with the newly elected legislators to move the agenda forward. Mexico The residual effects of the earthquakes last September in Mexico have continued to be felt by some of the Project partners, specifically those whose offices suffered physical damage. The timeline of some activities was changed due to delays in implementation, but activities are expected to advance further in the following quarter. Changes in officials for key human rights institutions have slowed collaboration in certain instances. In the example of Mexico, Nashellí Ramírez, former president of the Alianza MX, one of the Project partners, was appointed to the Representatives Assembly of Mexico City, leaving a vacancy at Alianza MX. Nicaragua The principal challenges in Nicaragua are related to the political context, the government’s violation of human rights, and their persecution and harassment of human rights defenders and journalists. Lack of funding opportunities for local NGOs also continues to be a challenge as organizations compete for the few resources designated for human rights. The lack of funding presents a threat to the availability of human capital. Programmatic (including logistics, if applicable) Overall, the research capacities of the organizations have been lower than expected at the time of project start-up. Planned trainings, conferences, and discussions over the following quarter will help to strengthen the academic research. The process of evaluating proposals for research grants, the composition of the committee, and the guidelines to evaluate the proposals are being reconsidered for the next open call. The instruments are now being adapted for research proposals. Management and Administration The administrative and financial reporting and oversight required by PADF and USAID has been a learning curve for several subgrantees. PADF, specifically its staff in local offices and the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, is constantly working with all subgrantees to build their reporting capacity and find shared and common solutions to monitoring and reporting their results. With local subgrants well underway this quarter, the need for constant coordination has dramatically increased. PADF is working with the financial teams of all subgrantees to guarantee accuracy and efficiency in the reporting process and to build each organization’s capacity to manage their finances. The demand on the local finance team has increased, but
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reorganization of roles and responsibilities at the local level has been effective in responding to the increased demands for financial reporting. PADF Mexico has been providing assistance to organizations that are trying to comply with law relevant to non-profit entities and with the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Individuals. Best practices that PADF Mexico is gaining from their law firm are also being shared and transferred to subgrantees. Lessons Learned During implementation, the Project realized that, in general, the leaders of the groups for persons with disabilities had a lower level of education due to the limited access to education for persons with disabilities, which affected their ability to engage fully in the trainings and workshops. Workshops have been modified to account for lower education levels while also maximizing the knowledge and skills acquisition on the topics presented. It is essential to continue adapting all trainings, workshops, and materials to meet the needs of the intended beneficiaries. PADF and Project partners are working with subgrantees to develop financial management plans to ensure the sustainability of future activities. Throughout the course of implementation, PADF noticed that the lack of financial sustainability could prevent long-term impact beyond the subgrant timeline and therefore has worked to build the financial management capacity of subgrantees. Awareness and knowledge of the risks and threats faced by journalists, human rights defenders and advocates, was not always clearly understood by project partners. Since there are important differences in the level of awareness among the countries and organizations, it is essential to reinforce the importance of incorporating security protocols into one’s work rather than assume that each country and organization is aware of the potential risks and the need to strengthen their systems. While planning and implementing the digital security workshops, the Project also realized that either PADF or Internews should conduct the digital security workshops locally, when possible, and not relocate individuals from their municipalities. In preparing and conducting the consultations on internal displacement, the IACHR recognized the importance of having a comprehensive picture of the actors who are working in a similar space, and the ways in which their work can complement the efforts already in progress. The IACHR is working closely with PADF to identify other key stakeholders to improve a public policy focused on internal displacement that will be utilized by the States throughout the region, which is universal enough to address the issues throughout the region while also specific enough to be useful for the individual countries.
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Performance Indicators
During this quarter (October – December 2017) four of the performance indicators registered progress. These are: “number of awareness raising activities on non-discrimination and other human rights issues”, “number of cases submitted to national and international courts, human rights commissions, or treaty bodies in favor of human rights defense”, “number of resources developed to analyze human rights threats and violations”, “number of civil society organizations (CSOs) receiving USG assistance engaged in advocacy interventions.” Below is the table with information of performance progress indicators for the period.
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Org. Q Q Total Disaggreg Qr Qr Total Data Collection Responsible N. Indicator Level Type Baseline r r Target Freq. Data Source ation 3 4 2018 Methodology for 1 2 FY18 Collection Project Goal: Human Right Standards and Protection Mechanisms Strengthened Consultations with Number of policies or grantees, legislators, Country, regulations for the and other vulnerable promotion and protection PADF stakeholders; review Published regulations and policies; 1 Impact population 0 0 0 0 Annual All of human rights presented Custom and collection of subaward reports (if for approval as a result of policies, and applicable) project activities regulations; review of subaward reports OBJECTIVE 1: Improved Enabling Environments for Prevention of Human Rights Violations
Result 1.1 Human Rights Education and Awareness Strengthened
Number of teachers PADF Sex, Digital tracking, 2 trained in human rights Output 0 0 0 80 Quarterly OEI/PADF Digital records, survey results Custom Country survey of ministries approach Number of institutions Completion and USAID 3 strengthened to educate on Output Country 0 0 0 1 Annual review of activity PADF Activity reports Custom human rights issues reports Number of awareness Country, Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4 Output vulnerable 0 21 21 1 Quarterly tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom group outlet surveys human rights issues Number of awareness Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4.1 Output Honduras 0 1 1 Quarterly tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom outlet surveys human rights issues Number of awareness Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4.2 Output Guatemala 0 2 2 tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom outlet surveys human rights issues Quarterly Number of awareness Social media raising activities on non- PADF El 4.3 Output 0 18 18 Quarterly tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom Salvador outlet surveys human rights issues Number of awareness Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4.4 Output LGBTI 0 3 3 tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom outlet surveys human rights issues Quarterly Number of awareness Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4.5 Output Women 0 0 0 tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom Quarterly outlet surveys human rights issues
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Org. Q Q Total Disaggreg Qr Qr Total Data Collection Responsible N. Indicator Level Type Baseline r r Target Freq. Data Source ation 3 4 2018 Methodology for 1 2 FY18 Collection Number of awareness Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4.6 Output Children 0 0 0 Quarterly tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom outlet surveys human rights issues Number of awareness People Social media raising activities on non- PADF 4.6 Output with 0 18 18 Quarterly tracking; media NDI/PADF Partners’ reports discrimination and other Custom disabilities outlet surveys human rights issues Result 1.2: Human Rights Public Policy Research and Data Collection Increased Sex, Number of individuals Country, Collection and PADF 5 trained in research Output vulnerable 0 0 0 25 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods group (if sheets applicable) Number of individuals Collection and PADF 5.1 trained in research Output Female 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods sheets Number of individuals Collection and PADF 5.2 trained in research Output Male 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods sheets Number of individuals Collection and PADF El 5.3 trained in research Output 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom Salvador methods sheets Number of individuals Collection and PADF 5.4 trained in research Output Guatemala 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods sheets Number of individuals Collection and PADF 5.5 trained in research Output Nicaragua 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods sheets Number of individuals Collection and PADF 5.6 trained in research Output Honduras 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods sheets Number of individuals Collection and PADF 5.7 trained in research Output LGBTI 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance ND Attendance lists Custom methods sheets Number of studies and By assessments made with PADF Review of grant 6 Output vulnerable 0 0 0 4 Annual ND Grant proposals and reports USG support on human Custom proposals and reports group rights OBJECTIVE 2: Strengthened Responsive Actions to Address Human Rights Violations
Result 2.1: Regional Cooperation of National Human Rights Authorities Strengthened Number of regional exchanges and forums PADF Review of attendance 7 Output N/A 0 0 0 3 Quarterly IACHR/NDI Attendance lists held for officials of three Custom lists or more countries
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Org. Q Q Total Disaggreg Qr Qr Total Data Collection Responsible N. Indicator Level Type Baseline r r Target Freq. Data Source ation 3 4 2018 Methodology for 1 2 FY18 Collection Number of legislative Completion and PADF 8 committees provided Output Country 0 0 0 1 Quarterly review of activity NDI Subaward activity reports Custom technical assistance reports Result 2.2: Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Made More Effective and Secure Number of human rights Sex, defenders and journalists Country, Collection and using self-protection tools, PADF Internews Attendance lists Digital records of users 9 Outcome Vulnerable 0 0 0 21 Quarterly review of attendance practices and Early Alert Custom PADF/Cinco of the SARAA system group, sheets and reports and Rapid Response defenders Systems (SARAA) Result 2.3: Human Rights Strategic Litigation Enhanced Number of cases submitted to national and international courts, Country, Review of rulings; PADF PADF/ 10 human rights Outcome vulnerable 0 3 3 2 Annual consultations with Rulings Custom IACHR commissions, or treaty groups CSOs bodies in favor of human rights defense Number of cases submitted to national and international courts, Review of rulings; PADF PADF/ 10.1 human rights Outcome Nicaragua 0 3 3 0 consultations with Rulings Custom IACHR commissions, or treaty CSOs bodies in favor of human rights defense Completion and Number of tools and review of subaward methodologies developed USAID technical reports; PADF/ Subaward technical reports; copies of 11 to promote the use of Output N/A 0 0 0 1 Annual Custom collection of new IACHR tools and methodologies human rights complaint tools and systems methodologies OBJECTIVE 3: Sustainable Early Warning and Protection System for Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Place
Result 3.1: Regional Early Warning and Threat Assessment Processes Strengthened Collection of institutional Number of institutions PADF protocols and reports Institutional technical reports and 12 using early warning and Output Country 0 0 0 1 Quarterly PADF Custom and review how this protocols threat assessment systems documentation shows systems using Completion and Number of resources review of subaward developed to analyze USAID Subaward technical reports; digital 13 Output N/A 0 2 2 1 Annual technical reports; PADF human rights threats and custom copies of resources collection of new violations resources Result 3.2: Enhanced remedies for victims and survivors of human rights violations
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Org. Q Q Total Disaggreg Qr Qr Total Data Collection Responsible N. Indicator Level Type Baseline r r Target Freq. Data Source ation 3 4 2018 Methodology for 1 2 FY18 Collection Collection of Number of institutions institutional adopting international protocols and reports PADF Technical reports, institutional 14 standards for the Outcome N/A 0 0 0 2 Annual and review how this PADF Custom protocols registration of missing documentation people shows standards adoption Number of USG assisted Collection and organizations and/or F review of attendance Vulnerable Attendance lists, subaward technical 15 service delivery systems Output Indicator/ 0 0 0 0 Annual sheets; review of PADF population reports that serve vulnerable CARSI subaward technical persons strengthened reports Number of justice sector personnel that receive Country, Collection and USAID 16 USG training in the Output Sex, 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom treatment of human rights defenders sheets violations Number of justice sector personnel that receive Collection and USAID 16.1 USG training in the Output Female 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom treatment of human rights sheets violations Number of justice sector personnel that receive Collection and USAID 16.2 USG training in the Output Male 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom treatment of human rights sheets violations Number of justice sector personnel that receive Collection and USAID El 16.3 USG training in the Output 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom Salvador treatment of human rights sheets violations Number of justice sector personnel that receive Collection and USAID 16.4 USG training in the Output Honduras 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom treatment of human rights sheets violations Number of justice sector personnel that receive Collection and USAID 16.5 USG training in the Output Guatemala 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom treatment of human rights sheets violations Number of justice sector personnel that receive Collection and USAID 16.6 USG training in the Output Defenders 0 0 0 0 Quarterly review of attendance PADF Attendance lists custom treatment of human rights sheets violations Cross-Cutting Indicators
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Org. Q Q Total Disaggreg Qr Qr Total Data Collection Responsible N. Indicator Level Type Baseline r r Target Freq. Data Source ation 3 4 2018 Methodology for 1 2 FY18 Collection Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F Country, sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Vulnerable 0 11 11 20 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI group review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.1 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Honduras 0 4 4 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.2 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Guatemala 0 3 3 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.3 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Nicaragua 0 0 0 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.4 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Mexico 0 1 1 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F El sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.5 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ 0 3 3 Annual NDI/PADF Salvador grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.6 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ LGBTI 0 3 3 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.7 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Women 0 1 1 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports
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Org. Q Q Total Disaggreg Qr Qr Total Data Collection Responsible N. Indicator Level Type Baseline r r Target Freq. Data Source ation 3 4 2018 Methodology for 1 2 FY18 Collection Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.8 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Disability 0 0 0 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.9 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Children 0 2 2 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Collection and Number of civil society review of attendance organizations (CSOs) F sheets; review of Attendance sheets; subaward technical 17.10 receiving USG assistance Output Indicator/ Defenders 0 1 1 Annual NDI/PADF grant documents; reports; grant documents engaged in advocacy CARSI review of subaward Interventions technical reports Review of activity reports; review of Number of regional State vs. subaward technical USAID Activity reports; subaward technical 18 networks strengthened Output civil 0 0 0 2 Quarterly reports; consultations All Custom reports; PADF internal logs with USG support society with lawmakers, CSOs, and other stakeholders Review of activity reports; review of Number of regional subaward technical USAID Activity reports; subaward technical 18.1 networks strengthened Output State 0 0 0 Quarterly reports; consultations All Custom reports; PADF internal logs with USG support with lawmakers, CSOs, and other stakeholders Review of activity reports; review of Number of regional subaward technical USAID Civil Activity reports; subaward technical 18.2 networks strengthened Output 0 0 0 Quarterly reports; consultations All Custom society reports; PADF internal logs with USG support with lawmakers, CSOs, and other stakeholders
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ESTIMATED RELATIONSHIP TO START AND COST # OF FEMALE # MALE NAME FIELD OF STUDY OBJECTIVES END DATES (IN USD) PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE USAID: Strengthened Partner: Digital Security for End Responsive Actions November 20th Digital security Instruction: 9 4 Internews Users in Guatemala to Address Human to 22nd, 2017 Rights Violations Trainee: Travel: USAID Cost: Strengthened Digital Security for End Partner Cost: Responsive Actions November 23rd Users in El Salvador + Digital security Instruction: 8 7 Internews to Address Human to 25th, 2017 Nicaragua Rights Violations Trainee: Travel: Workshops on the work USAID Cost: environment of women Strengthened Partner Cost: Diagnostic of the work of Responsive Actions November 23rd, journalists and social Instruction: 12 46 Internews communicators women to Address Human 2017 Rights Violations Trainee: Travel: Workshops on the work USAID: environment of women Strengthened Partner: Diagnostic of the work of Responsive Actions December 5th. journalists and social Instruction: 19 26 Internews communicators women to Address Human 2017 Rights Violations Trainee: Travel: USAID: Workshops on the work Strengthened Partner: environment of women Diagnostic of the work of Responsive Actions December 7th, Instruction: 14 31 Internews journalists and social women to Address Human 2017 communicators Rights Violations Trainee: Travel: USAID Cost: Workshops on the work Strengthened Partner Cost: environment of women Diagnostic of the work of Responsive Actions December 12th, Instruction: 10 35 Internews journalists and social women to Address Human 2017 communicators Rights Violations Trainee: Travel:
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ESTIMATED RELATIONSHIP TO START AND COST # OF FEMALE # MALE NAME FIELD OF STUDY OBJECTIVES END DATES (IN USD) PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE USAID: Improved Enabling $861.51 Training on Human Rights Environments for the October 3rd, 4th, Red de Persons with Disability Fundación Red 38 39 in El Salvador Protection of Human and 5th, 2017 de Sobrevivientes Rights Violations Sobrevivientes: $75.00 USAID Cost: Improved Enabling $846.36 October 17th, Leadership Training in El Environments for the Red de Persons with Disability 18th, and 19th, Fundación Red 34 36 Salvador Protection of Human Sobrevivientes 2017 de Rights Violations Sobrevivientes: $75.00 USAID Cost:
Training on the $827.55 Improved Enabling convention of the rights of October 24th, Fundación Red Environments for the persons with disabilities in Persons with Disability 25th, and 26th, de 29 Protection of Human Red de El Salvador 2017 Sobrevivientes: 31 Rights Violations Sobrevivientes $75.00 Investment in youth: Improved Enabling towards a path of Environments for the October 19th and USAID Cost: 61 (women) 27 (men) Technical Team advocacy for assigning Children and Adolescents Protection of Human 20th, 2017 $1890.00 from RIA resources for children and 17 (girls) 7 (boys) Rights Violations adolescents in El Salvador USAID Cost: Strengthened $871.40 Training on political November 7th, Responsive Actions Red de participation and public Persons with Disability 8th, and 9th, Fundación Red 36 40 to Address Human Sobrevivientes policy in El Salvador 2017 de Rights Violations Sobrevivientes: $75.00 Strengthened USAID Cost: Gender and the rights of Responsive Actions November 23rd 17 women 3 men Technical Team Children and Adolescents $1, 044 children and adolescents to Address Human and 24th, 2017 17 girls 10 boys from RIA Rights Violations Regional workshop on the Strengthened receipt, follow-up and Responsive Actions October 6th, Nicaragua Human Rights Defenders USAID: $2,756 16 8 systematization of the to Address Human 2017 Subgrantee 3 violation of human rights Rights Violations
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ESTIMATED RELATIONSHIP TO START AND COST # OF FEMALE # MALE NAME FIELD OF STUDY OBJECTIVES END DATES (IN USD) PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE Workshop for journalists Strengthened USAID Cost: and communications Communicators and Responsive Actions October 10th, Nicaragua $2,350 11 9 students on human rights, Journalists to Address Human 2017 Subgrantee 4 in Nicaragua Rights Violations Communication through a Strengthened USAID Cost: human rights lens for Communicators and Responsive Actions November 24th, Nicaragua $ 2,350 11 11 communicators in Journalists to Address Human 2017 Subgrantee 4 Nicaragua Rights Violations Strengthened Communication for the Communicators and Responsive Actions December 12th, USAID Cost: Nicaragua 7 11 defense of human rights Journalists to Address Human 2017 $1,685 Subgrantee 4 Rights Violations Strengthened Workshop on Public Public Policy for Human Responsive Actions USAID Cost: Nicaragua Policy with a Human 12/10/2017 14 10 Rights to Address Human $755.89 Subgrantee 5 Rights Focus Rights Violations Strengthened Workshop on Public Public Policy for Human Responsive Actions USAID Cost: Nicaragua Policy with a Human 26/10/2017 7 8 Rights to Address Human $810.32 Subgrantee 5 Rights Focus Rights Violations Training and Analysis workshop on Strengthened Protección 25th, 26th, and Protectionary Measures Security for Human Responsive Actions USAID Cost: Internacional 27th of October, 9 21 for Human Rights Rights Defenders to Address Human $ 242.96 (partner with 2017 Defenders (Santa María Rights Violations UDEFEGUA) Cahabón) Training and Analysis workshop on Strengthened Protección 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Protectionary Measures Security for Human Responsive Actions USAID Cost: Internacional of November, 5 22 for Human Rights Rights Defenders to Address Human (partner with 2017 $ 258.77 Defenders (San Pedro Rights Violations UDEFEGUA) Carchá) Training and Analysis workshop on Strengthened Protección 15th, 16th, and Protectionary Measures Security for Human Responsive Actions USAID Cost: Internacional 17th of 7 13 for Human Rights Rights Defenders to Address Human $283.81 (partner with November, 2017 Defenders (Santa María Rights Violations UDEFEGUA) Cahabón)
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ESTIMATED RELATIONSHIP TO START AND COST # OF FEMALE # MALE NAME FIELD OF STUDY OBJECTIVES END DATES (IN USD) PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS RESPONSIBLE Workshop for Human Strengthened Protección Rights Defenders on risk 22nd, 23rd, and USAID Cost: Security for Human Responsive Actions Internacional analysis and self- 24th of $ 257.04 10 17 Rights Defenders to Address Human (partner with protection measures – San November, 2017 Rights Violations UDEFEGUA) Pedro Carchá Workshop for Human Strengthened Protección Rights Defenders on risk USAID Cost: Security for Human Responsive Actions December 5th, Internacional analysis and self- $ 195.61 2 7 Rights Defenders to Address Human 6th, and 7th, 2017 (partner with protection measures - Rights Violations UDEFEGUA) (Santa María Cahabón) Strengthened Regional Meeting for USAID Cost: Public Policy for the Responsive Actions November 8th, Human Rights Defenders $2,472.95 24 30 UDEFEGUA Defense of Human Rights to Address Human 2017 (Zacapa) in Guatemala Rights Violations Plataforma Strengthened USAID Cost: Internacional 20 al 22 de Workshop for female Business and Human Responsive Actions Partner Cost: contra la noviembre de 40 0 human rights defenders Rights to Address Human $4,000.00 Impunidad 2017 Rights Violations (partner with UDEFEGUA)
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Planned Activities
The following activities, organized by Objective and Intermediate Result, are planned to take place over the next quarters: Objective 1: Improved Enabling Environments for Prevention of Human Rights Violations Intermediate Result 1.1: Human Rights Education and Awareness Strengthened • Launch the Central American Human Rights Portal, maintain it and add information and documentation • Award scholarships to participate in the first course of the Portal in the certificate “Human Rights and Vulnerable Groups” which begins in February 2018 led by IDHUCA. • Create and develop a communications plan to promote the Portal • Track the activity conducted by Mapeo Social as well as participation sessions in Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, to be done by Infancia Común. • Develop the consulting group on the alternative report for the UN to conduct consultations, focus groups, interviews, documentation, etc. which will be instrumental for the final report document by the end of May 2018 • Conduct further investigation into the topic of freedom of expression in Nicaragua; results to be released in January in the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro. • Continue the curriculum development for the Certificate of Education in Human Rights, define the profile of participants, and market the course to the public. • Adapt curriculum from the Political Advocacy School (EIP) with a focus on indigenous rights in Honduras. • Work with the Ministerio Publico and the Comisionado Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CONADEH) in Honduras to establish working goals and areas for collaboration in the recopying and receiving of information and reports of the violation of human rights • CIARH to create an advocacy plan focused on the prevention of auditory and intellectual disabilities through traditional and alternative media platforms and through forums, meetings and roundtable discussion in Honduras. • Select a consultant to design and develop the campaign against impunity on cases of violence against women in Honduras. • Design and implement communication campaigns for the sensitization and information on the rights of women and Lenca youth in Honduras. • Continue working on a draft for an Antidiscrimination Law in Honduras. • Conduct a study on land tenure of indigenous women in Honduras. • Conduct training with indigenous women in Honduras on the analysis, debate and reflection of the international instruments of individual and collective human rights.
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• Strengthen the Chamber of Commerce and Industry so that it does not discriminate against LGBTI persons in Honduras. • Follow up on the draft for the Gender Identity Law in Honduras. • Develop an app for presenting violations of human rights for the LGBTI community, developed by SOMOS/CDC. • Conduct a study on the access to justice in Honduras for LGBTI to support the institutionalization of support and protection services for the community (psychosocial, judicial, etc.). • Develop exchanges between LGBTI organization in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. • Train LGBTI civil society organizations on topics of diversity and labor inclusion in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, led by FMELGBT. • Develop a communication strategy with the Mexican Federation of LGBTI Entrepreneurs - Federación Mexicana de Empresarios LGBT (FEMLGBT) and create a work plan for the political leadership school for the LGBTI community in El Salvador. • Create alliances with organizations from civil society to propose edits to the Special Report annexes to the Second Alternative Report (SIA); analyze the matrix of information from focus groups conducted through a campaign with COAMEX – Consult to Construct; revise and analyze research on Migration and Disability; systematize and analyze the information from the National Survey for the Alternative Report (ENIA). They will also organize a Regional Forum to define the regional advocacy agenda. • Create and present a platform on the rights of persons with disabilities to be presented to departmental candidates • Present the Situational Report on the Rights of Children and Adolescents in El Salvador before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in February 2018 • Conduct trainings in El Salvador related to the national systems of protection for youth and adolescents, including standards of the IACHR, directed towards technical staff from civil society and state institutions. • Conduct trainings on gender, human rights, sexual diversity, stigma and discrimination with public officials implemented by ASPIDH, local Project partner in El Salvador. Additional trainings to members of the National Network of Persons with Disabilities on the following topics: myths and realities about disability, leadership with a focus on networks (conflict management), political advocacy and practical cases, judicial capacity, country report to the UN and tracking of the alternative report: art. 33 • Hold regional meeting of human rights defenders in Guatemala from the 13th to the 16th of February 2018 in coordination with HIVOS • Assist OTRANS as the leader of the transgender working group, to promote the proposed Gender Identity Law. • Finalize the Alternative Report on the Rights of Migrant Workers in Guatemala with MENAMIG.
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• Design and begin to implement the women’s leadership and political participation course for former and current female members of the Legislative Agenda.
Intermediate Result 1.2: Human Rights Public Policy Research and Data Collection Increased
• Each working group in the region will prepare a calendar-year work plan in January. • Conduct local workshops on quantitative and qualitative methods and innovative data collection techniques across the target countries. • Conduct regional training on data collection and methods in El Salvador. • Award the collaborative multi-country research grants. Objective 2: Strengthened Responsive Actions to Address Human Rights Violations Intermediate Result 2.1: Regional Cooperation of National Human Rights Authorities Strengthened • Hold a regional forum on internal displacement and migration, led by the Human Rights Commission of Mexico and the Human Rights Attorney General in el Salvador, to be held in quarter three. • Construct a work plan with the Consejo Centroamericano de Procuradoras y Procuradores de Derechos Humanos to analyze the situation of citizen Security and human rights in the region. • Sign the MOU with the Human Rights Ombudsperson’s Office in Guatemala to implement the Human Rights School to support the Early Warning System in the Ombudsperson’s office • Sign a contract with the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights to develop a project to strengthen National Commission of Human Rights in Honduras. • Identify the legislative agendas of vulnerable populations consulted in the human rights legislation baseline study; finalize the regional baseline study on human rights legislation in the Northern Triangle; and hold an introductory meeting with the Commission on Human Rights (Comisión de Derechos Humanos). • Design and carry out a regional human rights forum in El Salvador. • Present the human rights baseline study to the newly elected human rights commission in an effort to identify a priority agenda for the legislative session in Honduras; identify potential legislators interested in sustaining the work commenced by the inter-party legislative caucus, Parliament in Support of the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras, MACCIH (Frente Parlamentario de Apoyo a la Misión de Apoyo contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad en Honduras, MACCIH) to promote public integrity, and support the security and justice agenda Intermediate Result 2.2: Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Made More Effective and Secure
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• Produce videos to promote collective actions to contribute to alternative proposals to improve social justice, conducted by Nicaragua Subgrantee 1. The video will introduce a topic of interest on human rights relevant to the target population, above all to youth, to advocate at the local level. • Conduct organizational audits called "Self-assessment Security Tool for Organizations" (SST), which consists of short-term safety interventions with an emphasis on the self- appraisal of a group’s security practices and a process of continuous support, wherein the organization can be guided to resolve vulnerabilities that were identified during the audit, as well as new vulnerabilities that may arise. The SST will start in El Salvador and Guatemala. Two organizations from each country will be selected to receive assistance from the SST, which will in turn identify and resolve the main organizational security vulnerabilities. • Conduct a security workshop during the election process for journalists. The goal of such workshop will be to strengthen and empower journalists on issues that ensure their safety in their reporting, with emphasis during the electoral processes. Intermediate Result 2.3: Human Rights Strategic Litigation Enhanced • Establish a working framework to build the human and institutional capacity in transitional justice – prosecution of acts committed during the armed conflict in El Salvador. • Conduct workshops to improve the strategic litigation skills specific to the mechanisms present in the Inter-American System and other international mechanisms; conducted by CEJIL. • Strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders by Nicaragua Subgrantee 1 to improve the capacities of their legal team and that of key human rights organizations in Nicaragua. Objective 3: Sustainable Early Warning and Protection Systems for Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Place Intermediate Result 3.1: Regional Early Warning and Threat Assessment Processes Strengthened • Support municipal pilots of the Early Warning System developed by UNICEF on internal displacement and promote it before the Roundtable on Internal Displacement Intermediate Result 3.2: Enhanced Remedies for Victims and Survivors of Human Rights Violations • Improve the systems to register and attend to the cases of missing persons in El Salvador with Pro-Búsqueda. • Follow-up on meetings held in previous quarters and identify the key actors and potential partners. • Continue research in Mexico on internal displacement. The first study is aimed at estimating the number of persons displaced during 2017, as well as the cumulative number
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of displaced persons. Numbers will be publicized and distributed in media and communication outlets. It also seeks to categorize the groups that have been displaced. The second study is a qualitative study on internal displacement at the local level. • Conduct a regional consult on internal displacement with public officials, civil society organizations, international organism and academic center for the Northern Triangle. • Develop a document with guidelines on public policy and recommendation on internal displacement.
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Gender and Vulnerable Populations
Following the guidelines established in the Gender and Social Inclusion Plan, the local partners have integrated the following aspects into their work: • Evidence of serious violations of the human rights of children, women, people with disabilities, LGBTI population, indigenous population, young people. • Focus on women not only as victims or individuals who have had their human rights violated, but also recognize their important role in the process of development, their capacity and abilities, and incorporate women into the various actions proposed so as to develop a greater level of equality and respect between genders across all sectors. • Prioritize the cases dealing with women and the violation of their human rights, providing follow-up and accompaniment in their cases, but also promoting their role as protagonists within the fight for human rights. • Create spaces for indigenous women, youth and adults, to analyze and discuss the issue of gender-based violence. • Ensure equal opportunity for vulnerable populations in project activities. • A lack of access to justice is affecting women and youth in specific ways. Organizations are keeping these differences in mind as they apply pressure to public institutions to improve access to justice for vulnerable groups. Organizations are required to show how their activities take into consideration gender and the various vulnerable groups. The Project ensures that all international exchanges engage participants of various genders, ages, sexual orientation, indigenous backgrounds, and represent persons with disabilities to promote the leadership of vulnerable populations on issues of human rights. Activities prioritize women empowerment and engagement to see and empower a greater number of women rise to positions of local and national leadership. The Project is also incorporating gender and human rights into the child and youth protection area, ensuring that it is not only women but also girls who are benefitting from project activities. By promoting the value and leadership of girls within the discourse on the protection of children and youth, the Project seeks to advance and empower future women leaders. Within work being done with internally displaced persons, a greater focus is being placed on the need for diverse and flexible strategies and methods that attend to the needs of women and vulnerable populations. Integrating the LGBTI community into the human rights discourse and debate and into the solutions for advancing human rights at the local and national levels has been a priority for the Project. In addition to supporting the gender identity law, the Project seeks to identify the areas of collaboration and crossover with other vulnerable populations, such as children and youth or indigenous populations, to conduct advocacy in a collaborative and organized way, drawing on diverse resources.
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Coordination and Collaboration
The Project has made it a priority to coordinate and collaborate with other international organizations operating in each target country, the USAID missions, US embassies, relevant local and national public entities, and other NGOs and CSOs that are working towards similar goals as those of the Project. PADF coordinates with the five international partners on a regular basis, ensuring that all parties are aware of the activities that are being conducted throughout the region. The following examples demonstrate the depth and breadth to which the Project is collaborating not only internally but also regionally and across sectors. Project partner Internews has an important working relationship with the Office of the Ombudsperson in El Salvador and with the Salvadoran Association of Journalists. With both institutions, there is a series of activities to be carried out together to ensure compliance with the human rights of defenders and journalists and promote measures that guarantee their safety. They are strengthening relationships to work this year with UDEFEGUA and the Ombudsperson's Office in Guatemala, constantly including both civil society and government to ensure cooperation amongst different entities within the public sector. NDI has worked with ASPIDH and FMELGBTI to initiate a strategic alliance to support the creation and implementation of a plan of action to establish a political leadership school for the LGBTI community. NDI has also established strategic alliances with the embassies of Spain and Canada in El Salvador to support the forum “Constructing Democracy through Dialogue: For a Gender Identity Law in El Salvador.” Given the number of diverse actors that are monitoring the gender identity law in El Salvador, collaboration that combines resources towards a single goal has been found to be extremely important throughout project implementation. International partner OEI has worked closely with the important educational institutions in each target country to develop a diagnostic of the current curriculum. In Guatemala, they have coordinated closely with the Ministry of Education, the Training School for Teacher of Secondary Education, the University of San Carlos and the University Mariano Gálvez. In Honduras they are working with the Ministry of Education, the Juana Lecler Institute of Psycho-Pedagogy, and the Francis Morazán National Pedagogy University. In El Salvador they are coordinating with the Ministry of Education, National Center for Investigation of Social Sciences and Humanities, the University of El Salvador, and the Evangelical University of El Salvador. The input from each collaborating entity has proved invaluable for the diverse input and insight that each brings to develop the human rights curriculum. The Foundation of the Network of Survivors (Red de Sobrevivientes) in El Salvador has created alliances with municipal mayors throughout the micro-regions of Quezaltepeque, San Martín, San Luis Talpa, Colón, Comasagua, among others that have proved to be particularly strategic for project implementation and the mobilization of other resources to implement
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advocacy activities. The Foundation also has been coordinating closely with the Permanent Roundtable for Persons with Disabilities within the Attorney General’s Office and the National Council for the Integral Attention of Persons with Disabilities - Consejo Nacional de Atención Integral a la Persona con Discapacidad (CONAIPD), the state entity in charge of the protection for the rights of persons with disabilities. The Network of Children and Adolescents (RIA) has approached several sectors related to the child and adolescent protection measures in the country, such as the National Council for Children and Adolescents - El Consejo Nacional de la Niñez y de la Adolescencia (CONNA), the Salvadorean Institute for the Integral Development of Children and Adolescents – Instituto Salvadoreño para el Desarrollo Integral de la Niñez y la Adolescencia (ISNA), representatives from the courts specialized in youth, the Organization for Children and Adolescentes (ONNAS de niñez), who have become active participants and actors in workshops. They have coordinated with other international organizations such as UNICEF, Save the Children, Plan International and other units within the InterAmerican System. RIA was the main link for the IACHR during the visit of the special rapporteur on the rights of women. They also coordinated with other youth and adolescent civil society organizations on the participation of girls and the issue of femicides with the Commissioner. Local partner organization Cristosal developed work in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration to develop a monitoring and follow-up system for cases. They developed relationships with other organizations throughout the region such as CIPRODEH, Casa Alianza, la Pastoral de Movilidad Humana, la Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de Derechos Humanos, among others. In Nicaragua, Subgrantee 3 and Subgrantee 4 have formed an alliance with an association of journalists to incorporate advocacy actions into their journalism, as well as to create a means for receiving denouncements of violations of freedom of opinion and expression. Some notable areas of collaboration for PADF have been its coordination with the National Commission of Human Rights in El Salvador to hold the “Regional Forum on the Challenges Facing Internal Displacement and Migration in Mexico and Central America”; the Iberoamericano University of Mexico on the design of a virtual course on human rights; and recent relationships built with the Sub-secretary of Human Rights within the Secretariat of the Interior of Mexico, the Mexican Center for Philanthropy and the Governor of Oaxaca to coordinate actions associated with project implementation. The aforementioned examples only highlight a few of the way in which the Project is collaborating with the other actors operating within a similar space. The Project is committed to continuing its efforts to coordinate with a diverse set of actors thereby ensuring sustainability and replicability in the long-term.
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Annexes
Annex 1: Financial Information The SF-425 report for the program is attached separately and details program spending. Annex 2: NDI Campaign Communication Materials Annex 3: Informational Materials on Gender Identity Law Annex 4: Technical Summary of Local Subgrantees, by subtopic
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Propuesta de iniciativa de ley de IDENTIDAD DE GÉNERO #MiIdentidadMiDerecho ¿Qué promueve esta iniciativa?
Que las PERSONAS TRANS puedan solicitar la rectificación de la partida de nacimiento, mediante un trámite administrativo ante el Registro Nacional de las Personas –RENAP-. Además, la ley reivindica el derecho de todas las personas a ser reconocidas de acuerdo con su identidad de género.
¿Por qué es necesaria Vulnerabilidades una Ley como esta? de las personas trans Porque al no estar identificadas Expulsión temprana correctamente, del hogar son vulnerables a la discriminación, estigmatización y violencia Violencia de género familiar, TRANS de género; y no tienen social e institucional acceso a los derechos básicos. Exclusión del sistema Además, por parte de las educativo y de salud instituciones del Estado, no hay datos oficiales que permitan responder a sus necesidades No acceso a ofertas específicas. laborales dignas DATOS IMPORTANTES Ha sufrido 71% discriminación En el país viven Reporta ingresos menores 61% al salario mínimo Afirma haber sufrido +15 000 60% algún tipo de abuso No terminó la primaria por personas trans 53% exclusión del sistema educativo (cifra aproximada) Entre Son asesinadas 15-20 cada año ¿Cómo ayudará la Ley de Identidad de Género a las personas trans? 1 2 3 4 En el reconocimiento Contribuyendo a su Resarciendo sus Erradicando la violencia de su identidad desarrollo integral derechos y la discriminación
Con el apoyo financiero y técnico de: Sociedad civil que impulsa la propuesta de ley: Fuentes: Guardado M.E., Peren J., Cano F., Vega R., Rivas J., Lungo S., Ortega S. Caracte- rización y estimación del tamaño poblacional en mujeres trans en Guatemala. Nov. 2015; Situación de la Personas Trans en Guatemala, CIDH - 2015. ESTA RECTIFICACIÓN DE DATOS, NO DEMERITARÁ LOS DERECHOS CIVILES Y RESPONSABILIDADES DE LA PERSONA. ¿Qué dice la ley que estamos impulsando? Es decir que, ante la ley, seguirá teniendo las mismas CAJA 1 Establece que todas las BANCO obligaciones. No es que se personas trans, podrán Una vez que se haya hecho vayan a destruir los documentos solicitar ante el Registro la modificación en el DPI y Este trámite administrativo, anteriores, sólo se modificarán. Por Nacional de las Personas la partida de nacimiento, se será personal y las ejemplo, si se ha cometido un delito, –RENAP-, la rectificación podrá solicitar que sean quedará registrado; y si se tiene una mujeres y hombres trans, 1ºº Q. 1ºº1ºº1ºº registral del sexo, el actualizados sus títulos Q.Q.Q. tienen derecho a que los deuda, se deberá seguir pagando. cambio de nombre e académicos, licencia funcionarios guarden la imagen, en el documento de conducir, carnés y debida confidencialidad. personal de identificación cualquier otro documento TRÁMITE Nombre: Además, no hará falta Recordemos que es deber del Estado garantizar el ejercicio de todos –DPI-, cuando no coincidan ADMINISTRATIVO legal. Hoy por hoy, algunos que aporten testigos o los derechos para todas las personas, sin distinción alguna. con su identidad de género. Corregido de estos trámites generan certificados médicos, ni costos, son largos y difíciles psicológicos. Además, la ley reivindica Sexo: de realizar. el derecho de todas RECTIFICADO Propuesta de niciativa de ley de las personas a ser Si deseas saber más sobre la propuesta de Ley de Identidad de Género, visita las Sociedad civil que impulsa esta propuesta de ley: reconocidas de acuerdo páginas: con su identidad. www.reinasdelanoche.org.gt o www.redmmutrans.org.gt. IDENTIDAD DE GÉNERO También, puedes seguirnos Facebook: Otrans Guatemala, Redmmutrans #MiIdentidadMiDerecho Guatemala o Colectivo Trans-formación; Con el apoyo financiero y técnico de: o escribir a los correos: [email protected] #MiIdentidadMiDerecho - 5 6 - #MiIdentidadMiDerecho [email protected] [email protected] LEY DE IDENTIDAD DE GÉNERO: ¡POR EL DERECHO A TODOS LOS DERECHOS!
En Guatemala, hay más Las personas trans, eligen de 17 millones habitantes. la forma en la que desean De estos, más de 15,000 ser tratadas. En femenino, La inciativa de ley personas se identifican cuando son mujeres trans, o Una persona como trans. sea cuando su sexo biológico es de hombre y su identidad busca reivindicar el TRANS es la que su Una persona trans, es de género, femenina. En la que su género no cambio, los hombres trans derecho de todas corresponde al sexo (cuando el sexo biológico es de identidad de género asignado al nacer, porque mujer y la identidad de género la sociedad la cataloga en es masculina), eligen ser Por ello, tienen dificultades en el las personas a ser no corresponde con uno u otro género, basada tratados en masculino. goce de su derecho a una vida en sus características físicas digna. reconocidas de el sexo asignado al y sexuales. Entonces, En Guatemala, las mujeres y su rol (masculino o hombres trans, se encuentran Por esta razón, es que las acuerdo con su femenino) va en contra del expresan según el género indocumentadas en su propio organizaciones Trans nacer. comportamiento que la en el que se sienten. país porque no pueden ejercer promueven una iniciativa de sociedad le dicta. Algunas, toman hormonas su derecho a la identidad de ley que permita el derecho a la identidad de género. y pueden someterse a una género y al nombre, al no ser identidad y cambio de nombre Por eso, algunas personas cirugía para que su cuerpo reconocidos como tales en sus y género, a través de un trámite se visten, comportan y se coincida con su identidad. documentos de identificación. administrativo en el RENAP.
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