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The Court, protagonist defender of the Constitution
Dejusticia examines the reasons for the prominence of the Constitutional Court in the last 20 years.
Read MoreAngelino vs Vargas Lleras: the problem is now in the Court
The coverage of the fight between the Vice President and the Minister of Interior was incomplete.
Read MoreThe constitution in perspective (I)
20 years after, the 1991 constitution has proven to be the most important social and political pact to broaden democracy and to achieve institutional modernization in recent decades.
Read MoreThe failures of a success
Throughout the continent, drug policies have failed to reduce drug trade and have flooded the justice system and caused overcrowding in prisons. At the same time, social demand for more security prompted little strategic responses that have not achieved the expected results.
In this context, the Transnational Institute (TNI), the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), and the National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN) convened international experts to participate in the Forum “Drug policies and public safety: facing the challenge in Ecuado”, which took place the 2d of March, from 9h00 to 18h00 in the IAEN auditorium located in Amazonas and Villalengua.
To see the intervention of Rodrigo Uprimny, executive director of the Center for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society -DeJusticia- watch the video.
Read MoreThe fate of natural resources in foreign hands
The FTA could serve as a legal weapon for multinational corporations, giving them more ability to influence environmental policy in Colombia.
Read MoreThe rules of sexual harassment (II)
How do sexual harrasers get away with it?
Read MoreA breeding rejoice!
The law that extends maternity leave to 14 weeks, although successful, is not sufficient to ensure the welfare of children, family protection, and gender equity.
Read MoreSuing the justice
“I will sue the state,” said Wilson Borja, former Congressman, when he learned that the Supreme Court would not follow the proceedings against him due to FARC-politics.
Read MoreLife imprisonment: punitive populism without arguments
THE INITIATIVE to hold a referendum to impose life imprisonment for certain crimes against children is not only unconstitutional, as I showed in my previous column, but it is also a proposal without any basis.
Read MoreIt’s time for peace after 40 years of war on drugs.
After 40 years of “war on drugs”, Dejusticia, together with other organizations that are part of the Latin American chapter of the International Consortium on Drug Policy (IDPC), claim the democratic right of all peoples of the continent to fix everything that has not worked in the war on drugs. We call for the end of the purely criminal and police approach, and believe on democratically building one in which emphasis is placed on social development, education, universal health coverage, freedom, and the rights of all people.
To read the complete letter please download the PDF file.
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