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Ethics and Judicial Juncture
Since the judicial strike, new judges for the Constitutional Court and the airs of reform it´s important to ask one self what ethical parameters must prevail.
Read MoreDejusticia will Participate in Thematic Audience on Racial Discrimination in Colombia before the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights Next Week
Dejusticia, as a member of the Observatory on Racial Discrimination, will participate next week on audience before the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, regarding racial discrimination in Colombia.
Read MoreThe Press Talks about Racial Discrimination in Discotheques in Bogotá: Links of Interest
Dejusticia has tracked the coverage from the press to the case of the afro-descendants that suffered from racial discrimination in bars in the north of Bogota. In attached document you will find a compilation of news published in different media.
Read MoreThe World Disorder
The recent collapse from Wall Street has produced three types of reactions in the press: that from the neo-liberals that simply keep quiet (it was time); that from the enemies of capitalism, that rub their hands with the expectations that this will be the end of the United States; and that from those that don´t believe this to be the end of capitalism, but think that its survival depends on the strengthening of the State.
Read MoreDaniel Samper Pizano Talks about Discrimination in Discotheques
The columnist from the newspaper El Tiempo, Daniel Samper Pizano talks about the discrimination against the afro-descendants that presented a lawsuit because of their rights violated by 3 night clubs in Bogotá. He also urges people not to be tolerant with this type of attitudes and to restrain from going to these places.
Read More“University Research shows Latente Racism in some Bars in Bogotá”: El Tiempo
El Tiempo informed about this situation in May this year. This is the article on the subject.
Read MoreThe Justice of the Bankers
It´s important that the bankers preoccupy about the problems on the judicial system in Colombia. But that does not means that their visions and solutions are to be accepted, as is shown in the interview on Sunday in El Tiempo. to Luis Carlos Sarmiento.
Read MoreLatin American Congress on Justice Reforms
The Congress presented experiences from different Latin American countries that have had processes of justice reform. Exponents from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and others, presented how they have worked on reforms in their countries, both the successes and the difficulties. This Congress has carried out on occasion the launch of the book by Dejusticia “Justice for All”.
Read MoreThe Judges and the Government
Every country has its evils. Poverty, without doubt,is the most common and extended from them all. But many countries face their own difficulties: In Bangladesh they fight against an inclement nature; in Georgia they try to contain the Russian imperialism; in Belgium they do the possible to avoid the dismember of the country; in Ukraine they combat the aging of the population, etc. And in Colombia? Well here, their is no lack for poverty – 60% of the population suffers it – as well, we have problems typically ours and these are minimum: drug trafficking, violence and armed conflict.
Read MoreCaracol Radio Talks about the Ruling from the Supreme Court on Racial Discrimination
Color became a Barrier in three Bars from the North of Bogotá
That was what found out six afro-descendants who were not allowed to enter to the night clubs Gavanna, Sirocco and Genoveva. The discrimination against the young made that the Supreme Court emitted a transcendental ruling.
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