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INCLO condemns the use of excessive force and the misuse of less-lethal weapons against protesters in the USA
Fourteen members of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) express deep concern over the escalation in police responses to protests in the USA over the past week. The protests erupted in response to the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis on Monday. INCLO condemns the disproportionate use of force against protesters and calls on police to act in accordance with international standards on the use of force and the management of assemblies
Read MoreDigital conversation cycle “South-South Dialogues: Challenges and Opportunities in Human Rights”
Experts from academia and international organizations will discuss common issues and propose public policy recommendations and advocacy actions for civil society
Read MoreSuperior Court of Bogotá reaffirms that the right to defend human rights of social justice leaders must be protected
This important ruling confirms the urgent need to guarantee this right for social justice leaders and human rights defenders in their current situation of risk
Read More#LetsChangeTheGoal: We ask for a change in the deforestation target proposed in the National Development Plan
Civil society organizations sent a letter to Congress asking that the committee in charge of the National Development Plan change the indicators of deforestation results in Colombia.
Read MoreSecond Global Workshop for Indigenous Leaders
Dejusticia and the Racial Discrimination Watch announce its call for applications to the Second
Global Workshop on Human Rights Strategies for Indigenous Leaders. The workshop will take
place on December 2018.
Climate Change and Future Generations Lawsuit in Colombia: Key Excerpts from the Supreme Court’s Decision
The Supreme Court of Justice ordered the protection of the Colombian Amazon from deforestation, ruling in favor of a group of 25 children and youth, who with the support of Dejusticia, sued the Colombian government for failing to protect their rights to life and a healthy environment. Here are key excerpts from the sentence.
Read MoreVictims and press after the war
The drive to conduct this research was born out of the tension that developed on May of 2017 in the context of the journalistic coverage of the exhumations of those who died in the Bojayá massacre.
Read MoreBefore the Supreme Court of Justice, Peasants Demand That They Be Counted in 2018 Census
Peasants appealed the ruling by the the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá. The ruling recognized the importance of having statistical information on the peasantry, as well as the duty of the State to meet their needs, but did not order the institution in charge, the DANE, to change the form for the next year’s Census.
Read MoreA Nobel Prize Winner in Economics to Take Care of Water
There are hundreds of mechanisms that as a society we can use to protect the environment, but policies are often based on humans being homo economicus and on the assumption that we need changes in prices or penalties to change our habits.
Read MoreOur proposal to face the implementation crisis of the illicit drug section in the Peace Accord
Following the massacre of six peasants in Tumaco, in an event allegedly involving anti-narcotics police and currently under investigation, Dejusticia presents eight recommendations to fulfill what was agreed in point 4 of the Peace Agreement.
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