Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According to a recent article in the Lancet, ...

The project analyses the strategic use of rights and law in battles over abortion rights in Latin America – and the various effects of ...

As a direct response to Norway’s “Brazil strategy” of enhancing research cooperation on global issues between Norway and Brazil, ...

This research project, funded by the Latin America Programme of the Norwegian Research Council, has had several objectives: First, the project ...

Over the past three decades, over 40 countries have established truth commissions (TCs) to investigate past patterns of gross human rights violations ...

Struggles for natural resources have taken place throughout the tumultuous history of Latin America. However, in recent decades a new wave of ...

Is Obama's foreign policy towards Latin America any different than that of Bush? Is Venezuela's economy going down the drain? What does the development of left-leaning governments in Latin America mean for the future of the continent? And is the US re-militarizing Latin America?

Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and democratizing countries, but not in others?  And, why do ...

Taking dominant narratives of human rights progress and skepticism in Latin America as my point of departure, I explore in this article an alternative ...

In a surprising turn of events, a “rainbow revolution” has blossomed in Latin America. In spite of the region’s long history ...

This is the first book to comprehensively and systematically trace the trajectory from impunity towards accountability for past human rights ...

Understanding law and its efficacy in Latin America demands concepts distinct from the hegemonic notions of rule of law which have dominated ...

Despite increased evidence of international lobbying groups working to restrict sexual and reproductive health and rights policies at international ...

This research project seeks to explore the relationship between legal pluralism – the multiple norms, institutions, practices and beliefs ...

Struggles for natural resources have taken place throughout the tumultuous history of Latin America. However, in recent decades a new wave of ...

This volume examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa. Are the courts able to hold political power-holders ...

Ideas about law are undergoing dramatic change in Latin America. The consolidation of democracy as the predominant form of government and the ...

This paper gives an overview of the challenges which indigenous women in Latin America face in accessing both formal state justice and indigenous ...

The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. ...

Norwegian Research on Human Rights and Justice in Latin America Elin Skaar and Jemima Garcia-Godos