Posts by Dejusticia
Dejusticia seeks a Communications Director
Dejusticia seeks a dynamic Communications Director who will lead the creation of a communications strategy for both Colombia-based and international communications of the organization.
Read MoreLeaders Assassinated in Colombia: how many are left out of the counts?
This analysis by Dejusticia and the Human Rights Data Analysis Group groups the information compiled by different organizations regarding the homicides of social leaders in the country and concludes, through a statistical method, that the problem has a greater magnitude than what is reported.
Read MoreInvima Suspends Hit Commercial and Ad: Juices do not have as much fruit as they make you believe
The authorities found that the slogan “It’s natural that you like Hit” and other messages from Postobón contained misleading claims about the fruit content in these drinks. The measure was made after Dejusticia and Red Papaz denounced the case.
Read MoreBabies Without a Homeland That the Venezuelan Exodus May Leave in Colombia
More than 8,200 pregnant Venezuelan women have entered the country. Their babies will be born in Colombia, but will not be Colombian. This is our first contribution to #PanasEnColombia, an initiative by the UNHCR, El Tiempo, W Radio and Dejusticia.
Read More“Cúcuta: Emergency Exit,” A Special Series at the Frontlines
Dejusticia (Colombia) and Provea (Venezuela) brought together ten journalists from Venezuela and three from Colombia to tell, through seven heartbreaking stories of suffering, sacrifice and hope at the border between the two countries.
Read MoreDejusticia launches virtual platform for its alumni
We know how important it is to strengthen the links between activists and members of civil society organizations that participate in our academic and training activities, so we present: ‘Dejusticia Connect’.
Read MoreDejusticia intervenes in defense of Venezuelan migrants’ right to health
The Constitutional Court invited Dejusticia to present their legal opinion on two cases concerning the right to health of people coming from Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Yukpas: The Indigenous community who migrated to Colombia in search of rice
One of Colombia’s greatest challenges as it relates to Venezuela’s migration crisis is the ethnic group who came from the neighboring country, having fled the crisis and asking to be recognized as binational citizens. They are some 300 people who decry the death of two of their children, the disappearances of some of their members, and the consistent threats they face.
Read MoreDejusticia’s Drug Policy Research Coordinator is the new representative at the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Isabel Pereira, research coordinator for Drug Policy at Dejusticia, has been elected as the Latin America and Caribbean representative at the Membership Advisory Council of the International Drug Policy Consortium.
Read MoreThe collective despair of Venezuelans passing through Cúcuta
In response to the presidential elections, a repeated phrase is heard among those crossing the Simon Bolivar bridge to take refuge in other countries across South America: “Only God can save Venezuela.”
Read MoreFrom Ricaurte to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace must be composed of people selected with criteria and procedures free of suspicion. Specially at a critical time for justice, when there is an arrest warrant against former Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte.
Read MoreThe towns in Santa Marta’s ciénaga are not fiction
The people from the palafitic communities of the Cienaga Grande of Santa Marta are claiming their rights to food and water from the Colombian justice system, after years of living in the midst of one of the country’s worst environmental tragedies.
Read MoreGuerillian homophobia in Vistahermosa
The FARC should apologize to all LGBTI people for violating the human dignity of a historically discriminated population, and to explain if this was an institutional policy.
Read MoreChallenges and opportunities for rural transformation: Territorial Approach Development Programs
This mechanism is an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate the structural transformation of the countryside in order to live better, reverse the effects of the conflict and contribute to reparation and reconciliation in the territories.
Read MoreWorlds apart: Access to essential medicines for pain relief
We need to understand that the person battling addiction is facing an illness that needs public health policies just as much as those facing the end of life. The experience of pain, whether we experience it ourselves or we watch a loved one suffer, should remind us of the fragility of life and the need for compassion and empathy.
Read MoreThe door of the State
From the Supreme Court scandal, the first thing that surprises is the mediocrity of the magistrates involved, but the signs of a network of corruption are the most serious. If confirmed, this would be the worst institutional horror of the last decades.
Read MoreAgainst the bad: transparency
As we take deeper measures to deal with the serious judicial crisis that we are experiencing, the Courts and the General Attorney’s Office must adopt immediate transparency actions to face corruption and regain citizens’ trust.
Read MoreVenezuela: freedom for Juan Pedro Lares
I want to share a story with those who question the gravity of the breakdown of human rights and democracy in Venezuela.
Read MoreWhen missing people cannot be found, what happens with their property?
The property of missing persons is not only a home acquired, like for most Colombians, with much effort. For relatives of missing persons, this is the place where they have waited for the return of their loved one for years.
Read MoreOur “common home”
In his encyclical, Pope Francis makes an invitation to seek other ways of understanding the economy and progress, to explore a new vision of development that respects our house and allows believers and non believers to live in equality.
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