DEFENSORIA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

English translation: Office for the Defense of Human Rights

19:35 May 8, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Spanish term or phrase: DEFENSORIA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
Dear colleagues: I need to translate the phrase "DEFENSORIA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS" in the following context:

el Programa es el encargado de estrechar vínculos con los organismos internacionales, mediante la elaboración de propuestas para la presentación de documentos, informes y solicitudes ante los organismos internacionales, propiciando la activa participación del MPD, tanto a nivel regional como universal, constituyéndose como una Defensoría de los Derechos Humanos.

I would appreciate receiving suggestions.

Thanks
Sandra Pozzi
Argentina
Local time: 10:56
English translation:Office for the Defense of Human Rights
Explanation:
Examples:

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0822377500
Lynn Stephen - 2013 - ‎History
... reformed to create the **Defensoría de los Derechos Humanos del Pueblo de Oaxaca (Office for the Defense of Human Rights** of the People of Oaxaca, ddhpo).

www.nytimes.com/1995/10/13/opinion/in-america-in-deep-denia...
Oct 13, 1995 - A similar reaction came from Dr. Victoria Marina Velasquez de Aviles, who heads the Government's **Office for the Defense of Human Rights**

www.unesco.org/.../great_turnout_at_the_international_semin... 10, 2015 - ... and Justice before International Crimes”, organized by the General Attorney's **Office for the Defense of Human Rights** (PDDH) of El Salvador, ...

www.stopesmining.org/j25/index.php?option=com_content...a..... 14, 2016 - Yanira Cortez, **Deputy Ombudswoman for the Environment from the Office for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH)**, reiterated the support of ...

tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/.../NIC/INT_CERD_NGO_NIC_72_9739_E.pdf
by MC Kain - ‎2006 - ‎Cited by 4 - ‎Related articles
23 Even though the **Office for the Defense of Human Rights** has recognized the existence of 22 Indigenous communities in the. Pacific, Central, and North of the ...
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:56
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3 +5Office for the Defense of Human Rights
Muriel Vasconcellos
4 +1human rights ombudsman
Simon Bruni
3human rights advocacy body/entity
Ana Vozone


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
human rights ombudsman


Explanation:
"defensoría" is usually translated as ombudsman

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 180

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Phoenix III
27 mins

neutral  philgoddard: (a) It's a program rather than a person, and (b) an ombudsman is usually appointed by the government, which may not be the case here.
30 mins
  -> ombudsman is used in the UK to denote agencies, such as the financial ombudsman
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Office for the Defense of Human Rights


Explanation:
Examples:

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0822377500
Lynn Stephen - 2013 - ‎History
... reformed to create the **Defensoría de los Derechos Humanos del Pueblo de Oaxaca (Office for the Defense of Human Rights** of the People of Oaxaca, ddhpo).

www.nytimes.com/1995/10/13/opinion/in-america-in-deep-denia...
Oct 13, 1995 - A similar reaction came from Dr. Victoria Marina Velasquez de Aviles, who heads the Government's **Office for the Defense of Human Rights**

www.unesco.org/.../great_turnout_at_the_international_semin... 10, 2015 - ... and Justice before International Crimes”, organized by the General Attorney's **Office for the Defense of Human Rights** (PDDH) of El Salvador, ...

www.stopesmining.org/j25/index.php?option=com_content...a..... 14, 2016 - Yanira Cortez, **Deputy Ombudswoman for the Environment from the Office for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH)**, reiterated the support of ...

tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/.../NIC/INT_CERD_NGO_NIC_72_9739_E.pdf
by MC Kain - ‎2006 - ‎Cited by 4 - ‎Related articles
23 Even though the **Office for the Defense of Human Rights** has recognized the existence of 22 Indigenous communities in the. Pacific, Central, and North of the ...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 468
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Your suggestion was of great help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or just a defender of human rights.
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil!

agree  Charles Davis: Obviously an agency rather than a person.
41 mins
  -> Thanks, Charles!

agree  Enrique Cerini: It is an agency and not the individual.
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Enrique!

agree  Jennifer Levey: That is the usual term when referring in English to these bodies, across Latin America.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Robin!

agree  Andre Borges
21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Andre!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
human rights advocacy body/entity


Explanation:
Another possibility.

Example sentence(s):
  • The organisation is an independent human rights advocacy body that seeks to remove impediments to democratic development and enjoyment of the fundamental freedoms as enshrined in the ...
  • The human rights advocacy body also concluded the Israeli claim that surveillance cameras “ at such an important security point” were not operational that day due to technical fault is a lie. The killing of ...
Ana Vozone
Local time: 13:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
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