Posts by Dejusticia
INCLO condemns the use of excessive force and the misuse of less-lethal weapons against protesters in the USA
Fourteen members of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) express deep concern over the escalation in police responses to protests in the USA over the past week. The protests erupted in response to the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis on Monday. INCLO condemns the disproportionate use of force against protesters and calls on police to act in accordance with international standards on the use of force and the management of assemblies
Read MoreHistoric hearing! Organizations Warn The IACHR of the Impacts of the #ClimateCrisis on Human Rights
Fifteen national and regional organizations from over nine countries in the Americas appeared at a hearing on the impacts of climate change and its response measures on the rights of vulnerable groups.
Read MoreDigital conversation cycle “South-South Dialogues: Challenges and Opportunities in Human Rights”
Experts from academia and international organizations will discuss common issues and propose public policy recommendations and advocacy actions for civil society
Read MoreSuperior Court of Bogotá reaffirms that the right to defend human rights of social justice leaders must be protected
This important ruling confirms the urgent need to guarantee this right for social justice leaders and human rights defenders in their current situation of risk
Read MoreDejusticia welcomes Mary Lawlor’s appointment as the new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
In continuity with the Michel Forst’s work, we hope that the Special Rapporteur will visit Colombia and follow up on the report made by her predecessor
Read MoreControlling the Pandemic, Guaranteeing Rights
Already in various cases, such measures have been used to consolidate governmental power and to weaken the opposition, often using the health crisis as a pretext.
Read MoreCoronavirus and Migration: Unequal Responses?
The Coronavirus pandemic has made more evident than ever the great inequalities that exist in our societies, where the most vulnerable people, including the migrant and displaced population, will bear the greatest social costs and are most exposed to the virus.
Read MoreCourt rules in favor of social leaders and orders that the right to defend human rights be guaranteed
The decision emphasized that the fundamental rights of human rights defenders are not suspended at any time and that includes states of emergency. Therefore, the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be an excuse for not complying with the orders of this decision.
Read MoreThe climate momentum has reached BlackRock; now let’s get down to business
BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, with investments close to US$7 trillion, officially concluded that climate risk is investment risk and that it will consider how companies are confronting climate change in its investment decisions.
Read MoreClimate Change Research Coordinator, International Area
The Climate Change Research Coordinator will work with the International Research Team in developing Climate Change research and will also contribute to coordinate the work on Business and Human Rights (BHR) at the international level.
Read MoreDefending Santa Rita
The weight of state neglect fell on the 40 year-old building in the Santa Rita Market, until the community’s claims bore fruit in June 2011, when the Mayor of Cartagena socialized the designs for its renovation and left in a 12,000 million pesos allocation for its construction. However, today the work is a monument to district inefficiency.
Read More#MeToo
You do not have to be perceptive to guess that in the country championing cosmetic surgery, entertainment or advertising, these are not the only sectors where there is harassment, or where there is a fine line ranging from lascivious compliments and misogynistic jokes to workplace abuse and sexual violence.
Read More¿Tutelitis o abusitis?
Las reformas a la justicia deben partir de análisis integrales. Esto no significa que no puedan incorporar herramientas específicas para enfrentar ciertos problemas como la congestión judicial. Significa que en ciertos asuntos, las reformas deben tener una visión de Estado.
Read MoreTogether: a message for LGBTI activism
“Juntas” tells the story of the first female couple who married in Latin America and who, after two decades of living outside Colombia, return to the country to remember. A delicate and intimate film that leaves us many lessons for activism in the region.
Read MoreThere was no trick
There was no trick because there was no intention to evade the popular will. In a very difficult and volatile context, the government opted for the representative of the people, which is Congress, to interpret and decide whether or not the new agreement met the popular mandate of the plebiscite.
Read MorePeace without State
What happened in Tumaco in recent weeks is proof that violence not only depends on peace agreements, but also on strengthening the local state.
Read MoreThe need for collective leadership
We received the 2017 Collective Leadership Award, awarded by Semana Magazine, the Leadership and Democracy Foundation and Telefónica. These are the words of our Director.
Read More‘Ideas for peacebuilding’ brings four new debates for post-conflict
In response to the first implementation phase of the peace agreements that Colombia is currently experiencing in and light of the upcoming presidential elections of 2018, Dejusticia presents its second series of proposals to consolidate peace and think about post-conflict.
Read MorePeace implementation: was there a trick?
In the plebiscite for peace, some voted for hatred of the FARC; others because they conscientiously read the agreement and rejected it; others came out in anger after reading certain messages, not always accurate, that they received, etc. An obvious question arises: who could interpret and decide whether the changes incorporated into the new agreement genuinely responded to the concerns of those who voted against it?
Read MoreA normal country
During the decades that the armed conflict lasted, much was written about violence and its causes, to the point that a group of experts on this subject emerged (unique in the world) under the name of violentologists. Perhaps today we must do something similar for corruption.
Read MoreColombian Political Constitution
The book contains the text of the Colombian political Constitution, commented edition, including the relevant doctrine and jurisprudence on each of the articles. The original texts upon which Legis has done successive updates were elaborated by Catalina Botero.
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