Issue-Judiciary
Dear Congress members, too much noise around the Special Jurisdiction for Peace!
The proposals asking to remove the application of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to military and civilians ignore the complex dynamics of the armed conflict.
Read MoreInnocence and jail
Not all people who have been deprived of their liberty should have been in prison in the first place. In 2013, for example, the State Legal Defense Agency was handling 13,385 lawsuits for unjust deprivation of liberty.
Read MoreThe Constitutional Court and a minimalist peace
The Constitutional Court’s ruling on the fast track process could mean a minimalist peace for Colombia: a peace that brings the end of the FARC without the reforms needed to build a modern state.
Read MoreThe Court on the fast-track process
The Court’s ruling on the fast track procedure could be an opportunity to achieve greater democratic legitimacy for the peace agreement, as the new rules of the game demand the construction of stronger consensus in Congress.
Read MoreEveryday violence
A look at the behavior of homicides, personal injuries and violence between couples shows that the eradication of violent conflict goes beyond the peace process.
Read MoreBeing detained for arguing with the police?
Last Friday at 11 pm, a friend who I was with received a call from two of her friends who told her they were being taken to the UPJ for having a beer in the Park of the Hippies in Bogotá
Read MorePopulism and imprisonment in the Americas
A noxious trend has been embedded in the region for years. It consists in believing that jail is the only way to combat crime and in stigmatizing certain populations as “criminals.”
Read MoreA weak and temporary court does not serve peace
To guarantee a proper normative implementation of the peace accord, we need an independent and very strong Constitutional Court both in the political and in the technical sense.
Read MoreWhy people do not like the new Police Code
Colombia has a new Police Code. The law that created these new rules for “coexistence” has 241 articles, was drafted by the Ministry of Defense in the company of the same National Police and had the approval of Congress. Its spirit, the document says, is “preventive.”
Read MoreWith the new code, the police could “legally” violate rights
Our researcher Sebastián Lalinde analyzed for El Espectador the problems with the new Police Code that is active since January 30th. Dejusticia has led two lawsuits against this law for violating the right to protest and privacy.
Read MoreLaunch of Effective Criminal Defence in Latin America in Washington D.C.
It will take place on October 20th at 7pm in the offices of Open Society Foudations.
Read MoreDiscussion: The Situation of Detained People in Colombia
This October 5th at 9AM this event will take place with our researcher Carolina Villadiego. Free entrance.
Read MoreInternational Seminar on Judicial Independence in Latin America
This event seeks to analyze the achievements, vicissitudes, and challenges of judicial independence in Latin Amerian democracies.
Read MorePublic Hearing on the Balance of Powers
Rodrigo Uprimny will give expert testimony this September 9th before the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreSouth-South Drug Policy Workshop
From the 31st to the 3rd of September African and Colombian government and civil society members will discuss current drug policy.
Read MoreForum in Bogotá about the Challenges of Judicial Administration
Carolina Villadiego will intervene on behalf of Dejusticia.
Read MoreMarriage Equality Public Hearing
This July 30th the Constitutional Court held a public hearing to discuss whether or not it should approve marriage equality nationally and not annull the existing marriages between same-sex couples.
Read MoreForum about Decongestion Measures
Sebastián Lalinde, researcher at Dejusticia, will present at a forum held at the College of Judges and Public Prosecutors of Antioquia.
Read MoreRodrigo Uprimny Responds to the Solicitor General’s and Ex-Judge Marco Velilla’s Regarding Alleged Leaks of Judicial Decisions
In Search for an Alternative Drug Policy Peasant Leaders from Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia Meet
From July 4-6, Dejusticia will participate in the first meeting of the Coca, Poppy, and Marihuana Constituent Assembly in Putumayo, which seeks to take stock of current drug policy and and discuss alternatives.
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