Issue-Anti-discrimination
Undue pressure in the wrong direction
Why let the United States continue to pressure the government to deal harshly with communities that plant coca, if the problem lies in the ban promoted by the U.S. and delays in rural development in Colombia?
Read MoreIs it possible to build a bridge between the Catholic Church and LGBTI people?
The Church should abandon its moral superiority and open the mind and heart to see the daily discriminatory acts against the LGBTI community around the world.
Read MoreInnovative approaches to the drug problem and imprisonment
The experiences of Uruguay, Costa Rica and Ecuador show that it is possible and useful to apply innovative approaches to drug-related incarceration. However, they also highlight the limits of these programs and their failure to prevent further criminal activity.
Read MoreThe debts we owe to female coca growers
Although women growers face particular contexts of discrimination, poverty and workload, the decree creating the Program for the Substitution of illicit crops did not include a gender approach.
Read MoreA hammer and a nail
We must face the challenges of the complex society we have today; This implies accepting family diversity and the positive values it embodies.
Read MoreDemocracy and minorities
It was fair and democratic that the adoption referendum was rejected by the House of Representatives. To have had it approved would have been to open the way for the perversion of Colombian democracy.
Read MoreCongress members or public notaries?
Some congress members say that they are against the referendum on adoption, but that they will vote in favor of convening it by democratic conviction. But this referendum is actually undemocratic, full of lies, contrary to the interests of children, and deeply discriminatory.
Read MoreThe double standard of Viviane Morales
Six years ago, Senator Morales opposed a referendum to establish life imprisonment for people who raped children, using the same constitutional as those of us who currently oppose her referendum.
Read MoreAddressing the Slave Trade
There is an increasing interest by several countries in the Global South, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean, to advance the discussion on the possibility of demanding reparations from former colonial powers and certain public and private institutions for the role they played in the transatlantic slave trade.
Read MoreA referendum against children
The House of Representatives, in deciding whether or not to support the referendum on adoption promoted by Viviane Morales, will have to analyze whether that reform really protects children and teenagers, as the senator maintains, or whether it affects them very negatively. El referendo propone que sólo puedan adoptar parejas heterosexuales, con lo cual…
Read MoreHuman Rights Organizations Demand Justice for Victims in Bagua and Fair Trials for those Detained
It’s the only way to guarantee the right to truth, justice, reparations for victims and their families.
Read MoreAdoption Equality Is a Reality in Colombia!
Constitutional Court advances the construction of an inclusive and diverse country.
Read MoreColombia to Respond before IACHR for Deficiencies in Attending to the Health of Survivors of Sexual Assault
This Thursday the 22nd a hearing will take pleace about the health problems that survivors of sexual assault face in Colombia, at IACHR’s headquarters in Washington D.C.
Read MoreTwo Dejusticia Researchers Named among Best Leaders of 2015 by Semana
César Rodríguez Garavito and Mauricio Albarracín were among the 20 leaders awarded.
Read MoreOrganizations Request Commitment to the Elimination of Gendered Violence in Habana
The Gender Subcommission invited ten human and women’s rights organizations to meet in Cuba.
Read MoreInfographic: Women and Peace
Find here the agreements reached in the peace process with a gender perspective.
Read More2nd Women and Transitional Justice Meeting
From the 27th to the 28th of August Women’s and Victims’ Organizations will discuss the Truth Commision’s challenges and proposals.
Read MoreESCR-Net and Dejusticia Defend Sawhoyamaxa Community Human Rights Advocate’s Innocence
The organizations presented an amicus in Paraguay to protect the freedom of expression of the lawyer Julia Cabello.
Read MoreRodrigo Uprimny Gives Expert Testimony at the Inter-American Court in Case Against Colombia Regarding Discrimination due to Sexual Orientation
Alberto Duque was denied surviving spouse pension following the death of his same-sex partner. Watch the hearing live via streaming.
Read MoreIndigenous Leaders, Afrodescendants and Human Rights Organizations Meet with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
They discussed the implementation of the right to prior, free, and informed consultation and consent in Latin America.
Read MoreIntervention in the request for annulment of decision T-769/09
projects (Mandé Norte) in indigenous and Afro-Colombian collective territories until affected communities were consulted.
Read MoreIntervention in tutela for the protection of the conformation of community action groups in San Lorenzo
The Governor of the indigenous community of San Lorenzo filed a tutela against the government of Riosucio in order to stop it from promoting the formation of community action groups within the reservation. We argue that the promotion of these groups, undertaken without the consent of the authorities in the cabildo, is a violation of autonomy and the right to ethnic and cultural diversity of the Embera community of San Lorenzo who decided, through its legitimate authority, to not constitute the formation of such groups within the reservation.
Read MoreAmicus Curiae on the official duty to investigate sexual crimes and proof standards in sexual violence
Dejusticia submitted an amicus in a motion for legal protection case filed by a women’s organization against the Attorney General’s Office, claiming the infringement of the rights of access to justice and due process of a girl allegedly abused by her father.
Read MoreChallenge to the request for annulment of the decree that regulates the provision of services for voluntary interruption of pregnancy
Dejusticia requests the Council of State refuse the request for nullity of the decree that regulates the provision of services for voluntary interruption of pregnancy. We argue that this regulation is legitimate as Act 100 of 1993 establishes that the National Government is the competent authority to regulate the provision of health services.
Read MoreAmicus curiae in tutela for protection of the right to mental health of victims of forced displacement
Dejusticia supports the tutela to ensure the right to health of four women who have not received comprehensive care for the serious mental and emotional disorders they suffer following their forced displacement due to violence of the armed conflict
Read MoreNullity action against the administrative act through which the House of Representatives chose Dr. Volmar Perez as Ombudsman on August 19, 2008.
Dejusticia, the Human Corporation Regional Center for Human Rights and Gender Justice, the Women National Network, and the Antigone Corporation for Social Development, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, filed a nullity action against the administrative act through which the House of Representatives chose Dr. Volmar Perez as Ombudsman, arguing that the triad formed by the national government did not respect the law of equal participation of women (Law 581 of 2000) which requires that the lists of candidates for positions such as the Ombudsman include at least one woman.
Read MoreAfro forced displacement
This book documents and analyzes the effects of forced displacement on the Afrocolombian population and its particular impact on the rights that black communities have to the territory.
Read MoreSupreme Court of Justice sanctions nightclubs of Bogotá due to racial discrimination
Racial Discrimination Watch filed a tutela against the President, Bogotá´s Mayors Office and three night clubs for racial discrimination
Read MoreRacial Discrimination and Human Rights in Colombia
This unprecedented work offers a thorough analysis of the current situation of Afro-Colombians, providing a sociological and legal basis to advocate for the promotion of their rights.
Read MoreNo Truce: Public Policies for the Reparation for Women Victims of Sexual Violence During Dictatorships
This book is the product of a reflection process of groups that share a common past characterized by armed conflicts and military regimes responsible for massive human rights violations of their citizens.
Read MoreHealth Care: Afro Descendents
Public action of unconstitutionality of articles 1 through 30 of the Law 691 of 2001, which regulates the participation of ethnic groups in the General System of Social Security, alleging violations of the introduction and of articles 1, 2, 7, 11, 12, 13, 48, 49, 70, 85, 93, 330 (paragraph), 55 transitory of the Political Constitution.
Read MoreRights of the Black Communities
The Community Counsel of the Islands of Rosario filed a tutela against INCODER, arguing that the State has violated its rights of petition and due process, as well as the prior consultation rights of the community, and the existence, and cultural integrity of the community.
Read MoreAbortion
Dejusticia intervened in Nicaragua, Mexico and Colombia arguing for the legalization of abortion in these countries.
Read MoreThe Test of Reasonableness and the Right to Equality
This chapter analyzes the jurisprudential application of the equality clause as a constitutional right and proposes a test of reasonableness and compares this clause with those in American and European jurisprudences.
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