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CSIS Human Rights Initiative undertakes research and analysis on the critical role that human rights and democratic values play in a comprehensive and sustainable foreign policy.

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“Tough on the Weak, Lenient on the Powerful”

This report provides a summary of the discussions from a series of three roundtables held from August to September 2024 as part of the CSIS-USAID LACLEARN roundtable series on mano dura.

Report by Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Juliana Rubio, Henry Ziemer, and Rubi Bledsoe — January 9, 2025

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A New Security Paradigm in Colombia

CSIS Americas associate director Juliana Rubio discusses the Petro administration's security policy and contends that a focus on human security is a step in the right direction.

Commentary by Juliana Rubio — January 31, 2024

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Should Do Less to Achieve More

The World Bank and IMF are increasingly focused on expanding their mandate at the expense of economic development and financial stability goals. This paper urges these institutions to “get back to basics” by streamlining their priorities and enhancing accountability.   

Report by Jennifer "DJ" Nordquist and Dan Katz — January 22, 2024

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Derechos Humanos en Cuba / Human Rights in Cuba

En esta edición especial en español, Christopher Hernández-Roy, Director Adjunto y Senior Fellow del Programa sobre las Américas, conversa con Yaxys Cires, Director de Estrategia del Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos sobre los resultados del último Examen Periódico Universal de Cuba del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas. / In this special Spanish-language episode, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow with the Americas Program, sits down with Yaxys Cires, Director of Strategy at the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights to discuss the recent United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Cuba. 

Podcast Episode by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — January 12, 2024

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Babel: Translating the Middle East

Analysis: Human Rights in a Multipolar World

Zeid Qiblawi speaks with Natasha Hall, senior fellow with the Middle East Program at CSIS, about the reversal of human rights norms in an increasingly multipolar world.

Podcast Episode by Natasha Hall — December 19, 2023

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