Issue-Anti-discrimination
In the prison of Oscar Wilde
When Oscar Wilde entered prison to pay his sentence for sodomy, he stopped being the popular and witty poet of the end of the 19th century.
Read MorePalenque: to celebrate and resist
Several buses of people wearing weekend clothes stopped in the highway at the entrance of San Basilio de Palenque.
Read MoreDiscriminate to make peace?
The homophobic mobilization wants to use the changes in the peace accord to eliminate any mention of the LGBTI population in the text and to introduce judicial elements that reduce the equality in rights that we have won in democracy.
Read MoreKnowledge, resistance and reflection
A new initiative for indigenous leaders in the Global South.
Read MoreA letter to Christians
I write to women and men who in good faith believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThe Growing Political Power of Christian Groups in Colombia is a Threat to Women and LGBTI People’s Rights
Given the stereotype of Colombia as a traditional, machista country, it was refreshing for me to see how the country used an effective separation of Church and State to be a leader in protecting the rights of women and LGBTI people. However, the growth of conservative morality and religious based movements and the tactics they are using to oppose such rights is uncomfortably similar to those I have witnessed in the United States.
Read MoreThe homophobic machinery
The NO campaign on the peace plebiscite mobilized the homophobic machinery based on lies and the demonization of a historically discriminated community. We were the scapegoat of the peace debate.
Why Same-Sex Adoption Should Not Be Put to Vote
The current binary in Colombia presents an opportunity to ask when populations should vote on specific policies.
Read MorePeace is diversity
On October 2nd, those of us who believe in diversity, equality, freedom, and respecting differences have the responsibility to vote YES in the plebiscite on the peace accords.
Read MoreA referendum against families
The senator Viviane Morales and Carlos Alonso Lucio, head of the Referendum Supporters Committe, continue their effort to constitutionally establish an excluding family model that goes against the Constitution and the reality of Colombian families.
Read MoreSumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (long version)
In this documentary, Dejusticia and Canal Justicia follow one of the most important cases on environmental conflicts and indigenous rights before the Inter-American Human Rights Court in Latin America: Sarayaku v. Ecuador.
Read MoreSumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (short version)
The Sarayaku vs. Ecuador case began in 2003, when the Poeple of Sarayaku filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They accused the Ecuadorian government of authorizing a petroleum company to explore for petroleum on their indigenous territory in the Amazon, in violation of their right to prior consultation.
Read MoreLessons from the Sarayaku People for Other Indigenous Peoples
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what lessons they can share with other indigenous people of the region.
Read MoreThe meaning of Sumak Kawsay
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what “sumak kawsay” means.
Read MoreWhat is most important for the Sarayaku People?
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what is most important to them.
Read MoreA disabled society
On a litter. That is how people in a wheel chair must board and leave an airplane when travelling throughout Colombia. I had to see this painful scene in several airports, while traveling with a foreign colleague, whose extraordinary mind and heart are highlighted by his body’s immobile legs.
Read MoreWhat the Kichwa People of Sarayaku Leave Behind
What do the Kichwa People of Sarayaku leave behind?
Read MoreEquality, not favors
Quotas in favor of women are not a favor, but instead a way to guarantee real equality of women in the political sphere.
Read MoreDawn for Cordoba’s great women
Dawn was breaking on June 29th in San Pelayo. The dark blue of the night dissapears and makes way to a score of bands dragging rivers of locals and visitors.
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