The Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of Antisemitism through a declaration approved today. A few months ago, the Wiesenthal Center, who has status as recognized NGO partner by the international organization, raised the official request.
Dr. Ariel Gelblung, Director of the Center for Latin America, was invited to present the reasons in person, explain the international evolution of the adoption by countries, international organizations and Civil Society institutions and answer any questions from the Board of Directors.
This was followed by the formation of two articles of Declaration on behalf of the organization that brings together Congresspersons from 23 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The first article of declaration adopts the IHRA Definition. In the second, it urges “the Member Parliaments to adopt the indicated definition as an active way of combating hate speech and as a tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, as well as to act specifically against Antisemitism in our days and on all other forms of discrimination, in accordance with the following purposes enshrined in the PARLATINO Institutionalization Treaty and unanimously approved by the Parties: ‘to ensure strict respect for fundamental human rights, and that they are not affected in any Latin American State in any way that undermines human dignity’; ‘fight for the suppression of all forms of colonialism, neocolonialism, racism, and any other form of discrimination in Latin America’”
