Colibrí Center For Human Rights

We are facing an ongoing human rights crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since 2000, more than 7000 people have lost their lives crossing this terrain. Of the remains that have been found, hundreds are still unidentified. Thousands more are still missing. Their families are left with the agonizing uncertainty of not knowing what has become of their loved one. This crisis is complex and built upon layers of injustice. The same dehumanizing and deadly policies that created the crisis of death and disappearance continue to expand. At the same time, an average of 365 people lose their lives each year. The Colibrí Center for Human Rights is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization with the mission to end disappearance and uphold human dignity along the U.S.-Mexico border. Colibrí works in solidarity with the families of the disappeared to find truth and justice through forensic science, investigation, and community organizing. Colibrí bears witness to this unjust loss of life, accompanying families in their search and holding space for families to build community, share stories, and raise consciousness about this human rights crisis. For more information about our work, please visit www.colibricenter.org. El Centro Colibrí de Derechos Humanos es una organización no gubernamental sin fines de lucro trabajando para acabar con la desaparición y defender la dignidad humana a lo largo de la frontera EEUU-México. Colibrí trabajamos en solidaridad con familiares de los desaparecidos para encontrar la verdad y la justicia a través de la ciencia forense, la investigación y la organización comunitaria. Colibrí somos testigos de esta injusta pérdida de vidas, acompañando a las familias en su búsqueda y cultivando un espacio en que las familias cultivan comunidad, comparten historias y crean conciencia sobre esta crisis de derechos humanos. Para más información sobre nuestro trabajo, visite www.colibricenter.org.