by UNIBAM | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Re posted 10th February, 2014 El Salvador parliament rejects constitutional ban on same-sex marriage Sunday, February 9, 2014 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Salvadoran Parliament has again failed in its attempt to approve a constitutional ban on same-sex...
by UNIBAM | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Reposted January 30th, 2014 The Usual Forces, With Surprising Results Javier Corrales is the John E. Kirkpatrick 1951 professor of political science at Amherst College. January 29, 2014 The expansion of L.G.B.T. rights in Latin America has followed a...
by UNIBAM | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Reposted: January, 30th, 2014 High Courts Have Taken a Stand Omar G. Encarnación, a professor of political studies at Bard College, is the author of the recent essay “International Influence, Domestic Activism, and Gay Rights in Argentina.” January 29,...
by UNIBAM | Jan 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
14th January, 2014 Was it a crime of passion? Was it a hate crime or incident? That is what a community is asking itself ! The police suggests the motive was robbery, the family disputes that. UniBAM says the murder of Joseph Sanchez was a hate crime. What do we...
by UNIBAM | Jan 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Reposted January 13th, 2014 Justice urged for transgender murders during vigil Posted By Staff Writer On January 13, 2014 @ 5:06 am In Local News | No Comments One year after sex worker Wesley Holder was brutally slain and his bloodied...
by UNIBAM | Jan 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
January 11th, 2014 The far right in Belize has spoken of homophobia as not being a problem in Belize because gay men are not killed in Belize like Jamaica or they are jailed like in Uganda. While the state has no laws, or intention to move aggressively against its...
by UNIBAM | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Reposted January 9th, 2014 (By Sheila I. Velez-Martinez) A Commentary on McEwan, Fraser, Clarke, Persaud and SASOD vs. AG of Guyana On September 6, 2013, the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Guyana released an important decision regarding...
by UNIBAM | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
18th December, 2013 We rarely think of art as a powerful expression of the time, but with the coordination effort of the Mexican Cultural Institute, I have come see art an emotional expression of the times that may reflect corruption, violence, gender inequality,...
by UNIBAM | Dec 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dated: 11th December, 2013 Yesterday, UNDP celebrated International Human Rights Day. The guest speaker was current Bar President Eamon Courtney (seen on the right) who spoke about the broader issues of functional impunity. As the current dialogue about rights...
by UNIBAM | Nov 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
30th November, 2013 The work of Promoting Empowerment Through Awareness for Lesbian and Bisexual Women (PETAL), interventions called “Conversations” is a concept started by Marla Simone Hill which seeks to highlights the nuances of issues impacting...
