Area-Global South & North Collaborations (Internationalization)
Trump, Duterte and the “Strongman”
When we give swashbucklers like Duterte and Trump the absolute power to decide who is the good person and the bad, to remake what innocence and justice mean, we corrupt them absolutely. A leader who comes to power will eventually do anything to stay in power–including turning his back on those who put him there. And when we realize that we have unleashed a monster, it is already too late to put the genie back in the bottle.
The Violence Behind the Gold Route
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While all mining creates various problems, including environmental and social, these problems are magnified with illegal gold mining practices.
Read MoreThe Panama Papers and Collaborative Advocacy
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By now you have likely heard of the Panama Papers. Leaked to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung by an anonymous source, the Papers include over 11.5 million records from the files of Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that helped politicians, drug dealers, athletes, businessmen, and other rich clients hide wealth and evade taxes through offshore shell companies, investment funds, and tax havens.
Read MoreThe State Created a Vicious Cycle for Coca Producing Communities
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States made a mistake with coca producing communities, as they not only incentivized an illegal market that turned them into part of a criminal network, but also never addressed the causes of the increase of drug trafficking in rural areas, and responded with simplistic solutions: bullets or eradication.
Read MoreMining vs. Restitution
When land restitution conflicts with the country’s mining policy, it is necessary to make decisions that solve these tensions, prioritizing victims’ fundamental rights.
Read MoreReconciliation through the Environment
El proceso de paz de Colombia debería aprender de ejemplos internacionales que hacen uso de la gestión y restauración del medio ambiente como herramientas útiles para promover y reforzar el diálogo y la confianza en situaciones de posconflicto.
Read MoreColombia’s Exploding Tourist Industry
Tourism in Colombia has grown significantly and seems only to accelerate: in the last decade the number of tourist visa entries have doubled, with an increase of 16.3% in only the last year.
Read MoreTwo Democracies
This week in Bogotá and Ibagué, it was clear that the government is split between two different conceptions of democracy.
Read MoreWhat to Do with Human Rights?
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I would like see a human rights discourse with the participation of more people, more ways of knowing, and that is more local.
Read MoreWe Don’t Understand Feminism
Blu Radio, Héctor Abad and Mauricio Pombo show us that in reality we don’t understand feminism.
Read MoreCésar Rodríguez Garavito at the Constitutional Court’s Constitutional Conference on Lands
Talk “The New Frontiers of Constitutional Justice,” in the Participation and Environment panel.
Read MoreDemocracy or plutocracy?
Is the United States becoming aplutocracy? This is a legitimate question, since the influence of money in elections in that country is already overwhelming, and it may continue to increase due to a recent US Supreme Court decision (the McCutcheon case).
Read MoreA leftist ICHR?
Some of those who criticized the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR) for granting the precautionary measures in favor of Bogota Mayor Petro have suggested that this occured because the ICHR has a leftist bias.
Read MoreThe Ecuadorean Miracle?
With Venezuela and Argentina in trouble, many look to Ecuador in search of a inspiring model for the Left. The first impression is encouraging. Upon arriving at Quito’s superb airport you get a sense of the Correa government’s investment in infrastructure that extends into two-lane roads from the door to the Amazon in Puyo.
Read MoreEcuador is Mistakenly following Venezuela’s Lead at the OAS
Despite the Ecuadorian foreign ministry’s optimistic pronouncement last month that the countries of the region were close to reaching a consensus about moving the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), their peer States seem to feel differently.
Read MorePetro’s International Option
Since the day mayor Gustavo Petro´s legal team learned of the Inspector General’s Office’s decision to remove him from office and ban him from holding public office for 15 years, the team began to look North. They set their eyes on Washington, where the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is located.
Read MoreThe 25th Anniversary of the Comission of Colombian Jurists
The CCJ is the Comission of Colombian Jurists, one of the most important and respected organization of human rights in Latin America. Last thursday it celebrated 25 years of admirable and unstoppable work for democracy and rights in Colombia.
Read MoreThe United Nations Debates Business and Human Rights
A gathering organized by the UN Working Group may promote international regulation of business and human rights.
Read MoreEnvironmental Injustice and Social Movements
The Warsaw Summit failed. The sobs and the hunger strike of the representative of the Philippines were not enough. “It’s time to end this madness,” he told the stubborn leaders of the world, referring to global warming which exacerbated the effects of the Haiyan typhoon that destroyed his family.
Read MoreYoung Human Rights Activists Reflect on their Work
Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop to reflect on their human rights work.
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