CADAL
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Founded in 2003, CADAL is a non-governmental organisation based in Buenos Aires, Argentina working on human rights, democracy & civil society, peace & conflict +1 more.
CADAL is a private, non-profit and non-partisan foundation founded in 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It promotes human rights and international democratic solidarity from the Global South, with a focus on authoritarian contexts that repress freedom of association, expression and political participation, and on democracies whose institutions and civil liberties are under threat. Its work includes advocacy, human rights monitoring and analysis, research on democratic governance, educational programmes for university students, an annual award for human rights activists, and temporary shelter in Buenos Aires for at-risk activists, artists and journalists. CADAL also operates a United States entity established in 2020.
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Promotion of the Political Opening in Cuba
Human rights · Cuba
Regional and international advocacy for political pluralism in Cuba, with support for Cuban democratic actors.
Premio Graciela Fernández Meijide
Human rights
Annual award recognising human rights activism in authoritarian contexts or where civil and political liberties are declining.
International Relations and Human Rights Observatory
Human rights
Analyses foreign policy on human rights and raises awareness of repression in countries with deteriorated democratic institutions.
Václav Havel Institute
Democracy & Civil society
Educational and cultural initiative promoting human rights, international democratic solidarity and the memory of totalitarianism, including the Goodbye Lenin seminar and an annual conference.
Coalición por la Libertad de Asociación
Democracy & Civil society
Coordinated civil society coalition calling for recognition of the freedom of association in countries with severe restrictions.
Defense of the Freedom of Artistic Expression
Arts & Culture
Work defending artistic expression in Latin America and authoritarian contexts.
Defense and promotion of democratic institutions in Argentina
Democracy & Civil society · Argentina
Monitoring institutional quality, judicial independence and civil and political rights in Argentina, including its provinces.
Democratic Governance Watch
Democracy & Civil society
Analysis of the political, economic and institutional performance of Latin America and other developing countries.
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