The “terrorist” with the toy gun: teenagers detained in Venezuela and the lines that should not be crossed
In Venezuela and other countries, the fight against terrorism has been used to stigmatize protest, to create labyrinths of criminalization that have no way out and to apply an almost magical formula of denial of rights.
Read More5 key points from COP16 that will set the course for the rest of the conference
The closing of the first discussions was defined by debates on financing, conservation commitments and new alliances between local communities and indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples to address the global environmental crisis.
Read MoreTen urgent actions to protect the Amazon promoted by colombian civil society organizations for COP16
As civil society members (The Escucha la Amazonía -ELA- Alliance), we urge the national governments of the Amazon region to establish agreements to combat factors that bring the Amazon closer to the tipping point, such as deforestation, inappropriate land use for activities like extensive cattle ranching, and illegal economies.
Read MoreA group of global activists will visit Colombia to discuss solutions to face the planetary crisis
34 researchers and global activists from the Atlantic Fellows community will meet for a week in Bogotá to discuss a just transition to address the world’s climate crisis. The week will have several key spaces to strengthen collective action and climate justice, as a prelude to COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
Read MoreTogether for a fair tax world
International tax cooperation is not just a matter of politics, but of global justice and respect for human rights. Only by working together and with strong leadership can we build a tax system that ensures the well-being of all people.
Read MoreA human rights-based approach to tax systems
Reforming tax systems with a focus on human rights is key to combating inequality, financing public services and promoting inclusive growth. International cooperation is necessary to confront tax evasion, reduce unfair dependencies and promote a more equitable redistribution of wealth.
Read MoreThe global ideal: fair taxation
A key aspect of achieving this goal is to adopt a human rights approach to how countries collect resources through their tax systems. This implies creating fairer taxes, where those who have more contribute more.
Read MoreEvery dose counts (and costs): Access to antiretrovirals and compulsory licensing
In Colombia, HIV is a visible and urgent challenge that affects thousands of people and puts many more at risk. Despite World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to use Dolutegravir as first-line treatment due to its high effectiveness and minimal side effects, the high cost of the drug prevented its access to a large part of the population.
Read MoreOn the path to corporate accountability: the Global South and the new European due diligence law
Despite the fact that most corporate violations are concentrated in the countries of the South, the drafting of regulations continues to come from the North, for the most part unilaterally and focused on the prevention of violations.
Read MoreAdvertising, children and the protection of rights: can they go together?
Despite the growing evidence of the harmful impact of advertising on children’s diets and the increasing recognition that advertising of ultra-processed products is harmful to children’s health, as of May 2022, only 60 countries have adopted policies to restrict advertising of ultra-processed products to which children are exposed.
Read MoreFalsehoods about our recent book
Recently, Dejusticia received strong criticism for the publication of our Increasing Accountability report. In this column, I respond and discuss the complexities of the role of businesses during the armed conflict.
Read MoreWhat justice reforms?
Several presidential candidates propose a justice reform; some have even said that they will hold a Constituent Assembly to achieve it. But beyond that, the candidates could discuss policies that would strengthen access to justice and the system’s legitimacy.
Read MoreSkepticism about pessimism
The so-called “negativity bias” helped humans survive as a species, but today makes us excessively pessimistic. We must counteract the pessimistic biases and professionals that receive excessive attention and credit.
Read MoreThis is what we lose when a social leader is attacked
It’s time to stop talking about leaders who are killed or threatened. It is entire communities who are affected when leaders are no longer present. Inevitably, this vulnerability opens the door for armed actors to settle in and take control of the territory.
Read MoreIn Search of Lost Treasures: Indigenous Peoples and Seized Culture
Global South countries have an obligation to set pathways to find lost treasures in museums and private collections around the world. Therefore, it is essential that indigenous peoples are taken into account when determining the use and destination of the cultural material that has been expatriated for centuries.
Read MoreDrawing lessons from the Colombian elections
The recent elections taught us that previous reforms have reduced a major problem we had in the late 1990s: extreme political fragmentation.
Read MorePraise for the average citizen
In the middle of my task as a voting jury, the following imaginary world occurred to me: what would happen if, instead of selecting the elected politicians to Congress that day, we selected a group of voting juries chosen by lottery?
Read MoreLitigation, science, and global warming
With the “science of attribution,” the Supreme Court of Justice has in its hands the strongest scientific basis by which to decide the lawsuit brought by 25 young people in the coming days.
Con la “ciencia de la atribución” la Corte Suprema de Justicia tendrá en sus manos las bases científicas más sólidas para decidir la tutela de los 25 jóvenes en los próximos días.
Read MoreIn this town, will something serious happen?
¿Por qué es más fácil sembrar miedo en los corazones que esperanza? Nos pasó en el plebiscito, nos pasó en la ola verde. No porque los que queremos un país mejor no seamos la mayoría, sino porque los otros son más efectivos con su ruido ensordecedor.
Read MoreThe place that female coca growers deserve
Women have been central in sustaining life in cocalero territories. Today more than ever, in the midst of substitution processes, that role must be protected.
Read MoreFiscal Policy and Human Rights in the Americas: Mobilizing Resources to Guarantee Rights
Report written for the thematic hearing on Fiscal Policy and Human Rights of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Read MoreMulti-Door Courthouses: A Good Idea Badly Managed
This research project aims to do a diagnostic about the National Program on Multi-Door Courthoses and make some public policy recommendations that could magnify their virtues and improve access to justice.
Read MoreChallenges to the Inter-American System of Human Rights
This book chronicles how a group of Latin American human rights organizations worked together to develop new strategies monitor the so-called “strengthening process” of the CIDH.
Read MoreRadical Deprivation on Trial
This book by César Rodríguez Garavito and Diana Rodríguez Franco is a fundamental contribution to the study of the most relevant judicial innovations courts have done in the past decade.
Read MoreHuman Rights in Minefields
This book compiles accounts from sixteen action-researchers from the global South about different human rights issues in their respective countries. It is the result of the first Global Action-Research Workshop hosted and organized by Dejusticia.
Read MoreAmphibious Research: Action Research in a Multimedia World
Action research combines academic studies, participation in public debates, public policy advocacy, and the strengthening of institutions (for example, think tanks and nongovernmental organizations).
Read MoreRecognition with Redistribution: Ethno-Racial Law and Justice in Latin America
This Dejusticia book presents an analytical framework and an empirical panorama of the reality of indigenous and afro-descendant rights throughout the region. To this end, it traces trends, advances and tensions in the regulation of cultural diversity and ethnic-racial justice through the analysis of four themes
Read MoreTechnical Report for Alternatives to Imprisonment for Drug-Related Offenses
Police Searches at Discretion? The Tension between Security and Privacy
This text seeks to harmonize the duty of the National Police to preserve public order and guarantee security with the right to privacy.
Read MoreTraining on Issues on Sexual Violence in the Armed Conflict: A Methodological Proposal for Public Servants
We contribute some pedagogical materials to develop a training program on this topic. We hope its implementation will contribute to an improvement in the attention given to survivors, and the investigation and judicialization of sexual violence committed in the armed conflict with the goal of reducing impunity for these crimes and increasing survivors’ access to justice.
Read MoreDejusticia and Colombia Diversa Intervened before the Constitutional Court to Ask That Adoption Laws Do Not Exclude Same-Sex Couples
Mauricio Albarracín Caballero, Jaime Ardila Salcedo, Daniel Gómez-Mazo, Alejandro Lanz Sánchez, Olga Patricia Velásques Ocampo, Juan Felipe Rivera Osorio y María Paula Hoyos Sánchez, executive director and members of Colombia Diversa, are also authors of this intervention.
Read MoreCitizen Intervention in the Revision of the BIll on Petition Rights Statutory Law
Dejusticia and Flip ask the Court to examine the contradictions and disharmony between the Statutory Law of Transparency and Access and the public information already in effect as well as the bill on the right to petition that finds itself under constitutional review.
Read MoreIntervention in the Case of Belo Monte
The Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), the Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (DEJUSTICIA), the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), The Yudjá Mïratu da Volta Grande do Xingu Indigenous Association (AYMÏX) and the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) presented before the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil written memo that shows the illegality of the Congressional permit for the Belo Monte dam.
Read MoreIntervention: Political Speech and Special Constitutional Protection
Dejusticia argued before the Constitutional Court that journalist Luis Agustín González should not be criminally liable for his statements about politician Leonor Serrano.
Read MoreIntervention: Defense of the Superintendent of Health´s Letter 03/13 on Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy
Dejusticia intervened before the State Council to support the legality of the Superintendent of Health’s Letter 03 from 2013 on voluntary interruption of pregnancy.
Read MoreIntervention: Political Rights in the Legal Framework for Peace
Dejusticia appeared before the Constitutional Court to request that it dismiss the lawsuit brought against Article 66 and 67 of the Constitution, which form part of what is called the “Legal Framework for Peace.”
Read MoreIntervention: Tutela Writ Against the Artistic Project “Blanco Porcelana”
The Constitutional Court invited us opine on the tension between freedom of expression and artistic creation, and the right to privacy and the reputation, in the context of artwork that addresses racial discrimination.
Read MoreHuman Rights report supporting the complaint brought by the Mapuche Bread-makers Union
This document was presented along with the complaint labor union No. 1 of Mapuche Bread-makers of Santiago (Chile) presented to the Committee of Experts of the ILO alleging that Chile violated the Mapuche’s right to prior consultation protected by Convention 169.
Read MoreIntervention: Right to Education of Persons with Disabilities
Dejusticia appeared before the Constitutional Court regarding a constitutional challenge (tutela) by a student who had been granted a loan for students with disabilities, but was then denied loan forgiveness.
Read MoreAmicus about the Rights of Indigenous Populations
Dejusticia, the Global Justice and Human RightsProgram at Universidad de los Andes, and the Law School Clinics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú and Stanford presented an amicus curiae challenging the constitutionality of guidelines regulating the Official Data Base of Indigenous and Native Peoples in Peru.
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