Noticias Internacional
Science, Higgs boson and Neptune
The discovery of the Higgs particle, awarded the Nobel Price in Physics this year, evokes another discovery made over 150 years ago: the discovery of Neptune. Both discoveries reflect an ethic of collaborative work in science that should inspire us in other fields.
Read MoreSleeping in a burning bed
The new report from the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) nudes the existential dilemma of humanity: we know that we are destroying the planet, but we are still working on it.
Read MoreVenezuela and the Inter American Court: A farewell or a long goodbye
The fifth floor of the building of the Organization of American States (OAS) harbors the Rómulo Gallegos library, named this way as a homage to the first president of the Inter American Commission of Human Rights. This is a meaningful acknowledgment to the role that Venezuela once assumed in the hemispheric system of human rights. Venezuela bore the responsibility of this role in an era that was decades before both the adoption of the American Convention of Human Rights and the establishment of a Court to protect the Convention.
Read MoreCompanies and human rights
How does Chiquita respond in Colombia for the victims of illegal armed groups that the multinational would helped to finance?
Read MoreThe plane of Evo in the new air of the relation between Europe and Latin America
The recent rebellion of the Latin American countries over the incident involving Evo Morales’s plane is symbolically complex; it could mean a change in power relations but it also runs the risk of obscuring national human rights issues.
Read MoreThe Wiwa People and the Rancheria Dam
In this mini documentary, Dejusticia and the Wiwa people describe the effects of the construction of a dam without prior consulation on the affected communities. It shows the devastating affects of the dam on the lives and territority of the Wiwa People.
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.
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