Our mission

The CDHAL is an independent organization that participates in campaigns for justice and freedom in Latin America by working to promote and defend human rights, disseminating information on the political, social, economic and cultural life, encouraging the Canadian and Quebec governments to adopt an international policy that encourages respect for human rights and, finally, publicly denouncing the impunity that prevails in Latin America.

The accomplishment of our mission is done in 3 ways:

• Through SolidaRed our network of alternative news and urgent actions, which allows everyone to contribute to the work of the CDHAL supporting communities in the South, denouncing violations of human rights, environmental and territorial through alternative news and campaigns of pressure addressed letters to the authorities of North and South.
• Through our review Caminando, a review of reflection and commitment, published for four issues per year, bringing a critical eye on social issues in Latin America.
• Through advocacy and commitment, as the 2007-2008 campaign on Collective power from south to north! The peasant and indigenous communities to defend their environmental self-determination, on the exploitation of natural resources, particularly mining projects, and its consequences for the right to self-determination of communities.