Area-Global South & North Collaborations (Internationalization)
The new world disorder
There are two ways to read the global moment that begins today with Trump as president. The possibility that it is a periodic oscillation of the political pendulum, within the basic contours of the current world order since 1945.
Read MoreMichelle and Madonna
In this op-ed, I will take the liberty of making two recommendations to those who want to take advantage of the holidays to listen or repeat two powerful and inspiring speeches. For me, the best two speeches given this year.
Fisherfolk file a tutela to save Santa Marta’s Ciénaga Grande
The environmental crisis of this ecosystem, which has caused massive fish deaths, inspired a group of citizens to engage in a judicial battle to claim the protection of their right to a healthy environment, decent life, and work.
Read MoreTrump and the future of human rights
Donald Trump’s presidency creates serious risks and challenges for human rights globally, but this victory could have an unexpected positive effect: to push the human rights movement to carry out transformations in its architecture and changes in its strategy that were imperative even before Trump, and that are now urgent.
Read MoreExtractivism versus human rights: chronicles of the mined fields in the Global South
This book and Dejusticia’s initiative that originated it propose a new type of human rights approach that is characterized by three traits. First, it is about reflective writing whose authors are the very own activists that work directly in the organizations on the ground and stop to think about the potential, achievements and challenges of their knowledge and practice.
Read MoreThe year we crashed against ourselves
2016 is ending and I cannot find a better title to encapsulate it that the one of Martín Caparrós’ op-ed: “the year in which we crashed against ourselves.'”
Read MoreGender is Everyone’s Issue
I don’t believe, as some feminists would contend, that gender or patriarchy are necessarily the primary defining structures of society. And I still don’t believe that there is a special place in hell for women who don’t vote for the female candidate, even the historic one. But I have come to believe that in this moment, we ignore questions of gender at our peril
Read MoreAnticlimatic Trump
Trump’s electoral victory is anticlimatic in two ways, as I explained in another op-ed for Semana Sostenible.
Read MoreEntrenching the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Can the Inter-American System Help?
In the Case of the Kaliña and Lokono Peoples v. Suriname, decided in November, 2015, the Inter-American Court relied on the GPs and other international instruments in order to determine whether Suriname had violated its obligations under the American Convention. This event, while seemingly small, increases the legitimacy of the GPs as international norms.
Read MoreTo say without saying
Documentaries are a dialogue with reality, both in what they say and show as well as in what they keep silent.
Read MoreToxic Injustice
Toxis are everywhere. They are in pesticides that end up in our food and our water; they are in plastics, electronics, toys, clothes, decorative paints, mattresses and in the chemicals used in gold mining and fracking.
Read MoreWhat Else Happened in the U.S. Last Tuesday?
Everyone is talking about Trump’s victory, but what else happened in the US on November 8th?
Read MoreDejusticia intervenes at UN on transnational corporations and human rights
This week (October 24-28), the 2nd Session of Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights is meeting and discussing a binding legal instrument.
Read MoreDiscussion forum: The Future of Social Rights
As part of our Intensive Course on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Latin America in a Global Context, we invite you to an event on October 25th on the future of socials rights. The event will be livestreamed.
Read MoreIntensive Course on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Latin America in a Global Context Begins
The course brings national and international scholars in the area, as well as 23 participants to learn and build knowledge from the Global South.
Organizations across the world say YES to peace in Colombia
More than 60 civil society organizations around the world, including Dejusticia, sign this declaration supporting the YES to the plebiscite for peace in Colombia.
Read MoreThe IV Global Action-Research Workshop Begins
From August 27th to September 3rd, 19 young Global South activtists from countries like India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Russia and Colombia will be part of this itinerant workshop.
Read MoreCampaign to raise awareness about the harm of sugary drinks
In Colombia, more than 50% of the population suffers from obesity or overweight. Sugary drinks have a direct effect on this statistic.
Read MoreConstitutional Court ruled over claim against the granting of mining titles in the Mining Code
Dejusticia intervened in a claim that sought to declare several articles in the Mining Code (Law 685 of 2001) unconstitutional. This was the Court´s response.
Read MoreOpen Call for Applications: Intensive Social Rights Course
Applications due July 24th. The course, which offers advanced training in litigation, research, jurisprudence, and innovative social rights implementation strategies will take place October 24th-28th in Bogotá.
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