Regulate the illicit market: a drug policy model with a human rights approach
In a publication by the KAS Foundation, Dejusticia researchers analyze the costs and benefits of different strategies used in the so-called war on drugs.
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.
Read MoreBill in Congress seeks to stop advertising of unhealthy food for minors
The project’s objective is to reduce the negative impact of consumption of unhealthy products, often advertised as “nutritious or healthy foods”, on the well-being of children.
Read MoreThe long wait of the JEP to the Constitutional Court and the Congress’ response
In the last six months civil society organizations, such as Dejusticia, have called on both institutions to give way to the rules that consolidate the Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
Read MoreAdministration of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace: comments on the Draft Statutory Law
On September 11, Rodrigo Uprimny participated in the public hearing convened by the joint commissions of the Senate of the Republic and the House of Representatives on the draft statutory law governing the administration of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). This project begins in Congress and will be discussed under a fast-track procedure.
Read More#VenezuelaBienvenida: Colombian-Venezuelans return to Colombia, a product of the crisis
For decades millions of Colombians crossed the border into Venezuela, fleeing our armed conflict. Now the humanitarian crisis created by the Maduro government is bringing back the children of those migrants. #VenezuelaWelcome is a call to solidarity.
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About the Colombian Peace Process
César Rodríguez Garavito, Executive Director of Dejusticia, gives a crash course on these complex aspects of the Colombian transition to peace in this talk at the American University of Beirut sponsored by The Legal Agenda and Issam Fares Institute.
Read MoreWe call for strengthening publicity and transparency in the selection of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
Dejusticia respectfully and publicly requests that before proceeding with the process, the Selection Committee informs society of some aspects of pre-selection and selection.
Read MoreDejusticia will defend right to health and information in hearing on draft law to regulate labeling of ultraprocessed products
On September 18 at 2 pm, there will be a public hearing in Congress on the Bill 019 of 2017, which seeks to enable consumers to make better decisions about their food health when making purchases.
Read MoreThe forgotten migrants of Venezuela
The lack of memory of Latin Americans explains why the region knows so little, and does less, about the situation of more than one million Venezuelan migrants who have arrived in our countries during the last five years.
Read MoreThe assets of the FARC: a litmus test for the ‘fast-track’
Opposition groups that disagree with the peace process pledged to “lash out” in the new legislature against Santos-issued fast-track decrees. The next debate will center around the inventory of FARC assets.
Read MoreThe ghost of fear
Social leaders working on the implementation of the Peace Agreement live in fear of being called guerrilla members, running away from the arbitrary arrests of the past.
Read MoreGentrification: Borders that amplify inequality
In Latin America, gentrification processes affecting social and cultural rights of economically vulnerable populations are becoming more common. In light of these scenarios, there is a clear need to demand the state to carry out urban transformations at the same time it protects memory, cultural expressions, and other elements that characterize our neighborhood.
Read MoreSatire, slander and democracy
Former President Uribe resorted to a forbidden speech (slander) to attack a speech protected in democracy (satire), which Daniel Samper Ospina uses in his columns.
Read MoreAntioquia is offended
The Antioquia that the former president Uribe says is offended with the satire of Samper Ospina is the uncompromising and unscrupulous Antioquia.
Read MoreHumor against power
The slander of former President Uribe against Daniel Samper Ospina shows that satire is becoming more and more uncomfortable, as more left and right-wing populist multiply.
Read MoreDear Congress members, too much noise around the Special Jurisdiction for Peace!
The proposals asking to remove the application of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to military and civilians ignore the complex dynamics of the armed conflict.
Read MorePayments for environmental services: a conservation tool or nature’s commodification?
Clean air, fresh water, food production, climate regulation, biodiversity protection and carbon storage are just a few of the ecological benefits we receive from nature. Should we pay for those services? How do we value them? Should we pay for the fact of preserving or because it helps humans?
Read MoreConstituting a black hole
The Constituent Assembly proposed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will consume what remains of democracy in Venezuela. It will also make Maduro a dictator who will control all the powers of the state. The international community must vigorously oppose it.
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