More than 400 international organizations reject the bill that seeks to stifle Venezuelan NGOs
We request that the bill be dismissed, including its reform or any other regulation that is similar in nature.
Read MoreWhat is happening in Peru? The question of difficult answers
Two months after the self-coup and subsequent dismissal of Pedro Castillo, we take stock of what has happened and what are the possible solutions to the critical moment this country is going through.
Read More#SOSPeru: The repeated script of repression in Latin America
The stigmatization of social protest by Peru’s interim government has put civil society and the media in demanding guarantees for a dialogue that allows for political transition without violence.
Read MoreIs Democracy in Brazil at stake?
Following what some consider a coup attempt on January 8, Brazil’s federal powers are taking action against the far right. Will they be able to act decisively without undermining the institutions they defend?
Read MoreNew Report: Misuse of Technologies in Emergency Responses
Three years after the begin of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ECNL, INCLO, and Privacy International published a report on how states use surveillance technologies to weaken Human Rights within their territories with the excuse of the fight against the virus.
Read MoreHow can science and statistics guarantee the right to truth?
Presentamos un nuevo documento sobre develación de patrones de violencia por medio de métodos estadísticos en comisiones de la verdad. Destacamos cinco lecciones que nos deja esta investigación.
Read MoreAre Human Rights Still Effective?
In 2018, we brought together activists from 11 Global South countries to reflect on the importance of human rights in contexts where their effectiveness has been questioned. Their conclusions were compiled in the book Reimagining the Future of Human Rights.
Read MoreWe stand in solidarity with palestinian human rights organizations
Israeli government declared palestinian human rights organizations as terrorist groups. INCLO members call Israel to desist from persecution campaign
Read MoreEl Salvador: State of Exception and Attacks against Human Rights Defenders and Organizations Facilitate State Abuses
We call on the government of El Salvador to comply with its international commitments on human rights and cease attacks against national and international civil society organizations that work for the protection of fundamental rights.
Read MoreINCLO condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and joins calls for an immediate cease fire
As INCLO members, we raise our collective voice to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its violation of international law, and the war crimes and human rights violations being committed against the people in Ukraine.
Read MoreThe sexist cartel of the robe
To break the silence of sexual violence it is necessary to “begin by believing” the victims. Also by applying international standards such as the Rome Statute against gender violence, which make it clear that silence or lack of resistance do not imply consent to abuse.
Read MoreSexual violence in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace: more penalties do not mean more truth
More important than the symbolic message that Congress intended to give by increasing the penalties for sexual violence against children is that truth and justice do in fact exist.
Read MoreWhy talk about rural Cartagena?
91.1% of Cartagena is rural: according to the SISBEN, approximately 70,000 of those who live in the 551 square kilometers face a situation of vulnerability. There, extreme poverty is four times what it is in urban areas.
Read MoreWhat happens with rural reform in Montes de María?
The delays in the construction of Development Programs with a Territorial Approach are shortening the time to guarantee spaces for the effective participation of communities and can endanger this citizen exercise if it overlaps with electoral campaigns.
Read MoreThe reduction of penalties for small growers is necessary
The Ministry of Justice’s proposal, a bill that regulates the differential criminal treatment for small coca, marihuana and poppy growers, proposes a permanent reduction of penalties for the cultivation and conservation offenses. This reform is an urgent and necessary step towards drug reform policy.
Read MoreHuman rights, climate change and displacement: Where do we even begin?
As climate-induced displacement forces more and more people to move, the international community grapples with the challenge of how to define, categorize, and respond to the phenomenon. While the loss of place is irreplaceable, we can certainly implement a human rights approach to move forward in a way that does justice to the needs of those directly affected.
Read MoreBittersweet sentence
The ruling of the Constitutional Court on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace has ambiguous effects: it could give a stronger floor to the JEP and peace, but for now everyone seems dissatisfied.
Read MoreThe invisible city
Citizen culture, which is a very important part of what a city is, is an invisible form of capital that cannot be sold on the stock market, but that is worth a lot.
Read MoreObese and famished
According to the latest Survey on the Nutritional Situation of Colombians, which was released this week, overweight rates in adults and children increased. This revelation opened the debate once again to imposing limits on ultra-processed food advertising and a tax on sugary drinks.
Read MoreRestricting junk food advertising: censorship or health protection?
It is time for Latin America to take on the challenge and decide whether commercial speech needs to be protected over children’s health or whether it can be restricted in order to prevent increasing children’s obesity rates. The recent decision by the Colombian Constitutional Court is a good step forward, but it is not enough.
Read MoreNo Truce: Public Policies for the Reparation for Women Victims of Sexual Violence During Dictatorships
This book is the product of a reflection process of groups that share a common past characterized by armed conflicts and military regimes responsible for massive human rights violations of their citizens.
Read MoreVictims for the Search for Truth and Reparation in Colombia
This book is a summary of diverse conferences that took place at the “Truth and Repair in Colombia: from the victims’ perspective” seminar revolved around the same issue: a search for solutions for repair and reconciliation in Colombia.
Read MoreTutelas Against Sentences
The problem that is discussed in this document is: What can we do to avoid those “train crashes” that do much harm to justice, and therefore to the whole country?
Read MoreTransitional Justice without Transition? Truth, Justice and Reparations for Colombia
The studies contained in this book offer empirical, regulatory and conceptual tools that can help understand transitional justice in Colombia.
Read MoreConstitutional Interpretation
This book looks at the contribution of discussion, comprehension and improvement of the abilities of Colombian judges in the interpretation of the Constitution.
Read MoreThe Penal Process Between Efficiency and Justice: The Technical Application of Judicial Direction of the Process of the Penal Accusatory System
This book examines the functions of direction, control and management in the process that should exert the Colombian judge into the framework of the new accusatory penal system that has been implemented by the Legislative Act 3 of 2002 and the Law 906 of 2004.
Read MoreReflections on the New Penal Process System. The Challenges for the Colombian Penal Judges
This book compiles six studies whose central idea is that of promoting an accusatory criminal system in Colombia.
Read MoreJustice for All? The Judicial System, Social Rights and Democracy in Colombia
The objective of this book is to offer an explanation of the origin, content and effect of the recent judicial reforms. The authors also undertake the challenge of evaluating the policies of judicial reform that have been developing in Colombia and in Latin America over the last two decades.
Read MoreThe Laws of the Judges
The Laws of Judges, already a classic of Colombian legal literature, offers in this second edition a substantial revision of its content and structure.
Read MoreThe Constitution and Economic Model in Colombia: Towards a Productive Discussion Between Economy and the Law
Community Radios
This suit against the Ministry of Communications aruges that the Miistry should have granted a community radio one or more stations in the capital of the country.
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