I like Otto, the cartoonist for El Faro newspaper in El Salvador. Have you a favourite cartoonist? If so who, and what do you admire about them? One is on discrimination and freedom of expression in Latin America and the other one is on agnotology practices of the Salvadoraen government during the recent pandemic.Ħ. I would refer anyone interested to a couple of books I’ve written. Have you been involved in any note-worthy cases concerning cartoonists, artists or journalists? And I have some bad past experiences when I focused on LGBTQIA rights (2016-2019) and nowadays, especially following my work in the promotion of rule of law in El Salvador which has been so diminished during the presidency of Nayib Bukele.ĥ. Do you consider yourself a human rights defender (HRD)? If so and you are at liberty to describe the experience, have you been the victim of harassment or threat because of your work? I work often with other organisations and experts across Central America, including Saúl Antonio Baños of Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicacion del Derecho ( FESPAD), perhaps the best human rights defender I know in the world. In my articles there I comment on different topics including the political situation. El Salvador before the same international court.Īdditionally I have been an op-ed columnist in La Prensa Gráfica for over a decade. I have also participated in the abortion case of Manuela v. I have worked on many different human rights cases related to LGBTQIA rights, including an amicus curiae in Advisory Opinion OC-18/03 of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Describe the work of your firm in particular tell us about any efforts on behalf of minority or marginalised people. Naturally, that will include satirical cartoons.ģ. In El Salvador there are many, including the fear of reprisals for stating opinions critical of or contrary to the government. What is the greatest impediment to freedom of expression in your location?Īgain, in Costa Rica there are none that are worth mentioning.
Hostility towards independent journalists continues to grow and there are rumours around the advent of some new laws that will make it easier to intimidate journalists with impunity, diminishing the freedom of the press.Ģ. I would say there is no pressing reason for those in Costa Rica to be worried, however in El Salvador (I am a Salvadoran/Swiss citizen) there is. In your view, are they right to be worried? Our cartoonists are consistently expressing anxiety about criminalisation. Duarte is the Costa Rican representative for Arbitrator Intelligence and an advisor to the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation.ġ. In addition to directing his own firm Mr.
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With support from UNESCO’s Global Media Defence Fund, CRNI has recruited a new network of Legal Experts around the world, both practicing lawyers and academics, these bolstering our existing roster of Regional Representative cartoonists. The Cartoonists’ Legal Advisory Network was established with the support of UNESCO’s Global Media Defence Fund. we will not accept enquiries about civil law matters.
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