Against the “faggots”
“The faggots come and organize right in front of the Church…because being a faggot is…they are faggots, I am sorry but they are faggots…This is what they are.” These are the words that Pastor Miguel Arrázola used to speak of journalist Lucio Torres.
Read MoreIn the country side, life is much harder for women than for men
The progress made in the Peace Agreement on the recognition of the triple discrimination faced by rural women in Colombia cannot be just words and empty promises.
Read MorePolitical equality and women
On March 8 we celebrated woman’s day, which seeks to eradicate discrimination and gender violence. In the context of this celebration, it may be worth remembering that Colombia could have been a world vanguard in recognizing the political equality of women.
Read MorePandora’s box?
What if we knew who killed Jorge Eliécer Gaitan ? Or if we had access to the private papers of General Rojas Pinilla? And if we could find the documents that explain the systematicity in the deaths of the Patriotic Union?
Read MoreReasons and Non-reasons of the Post-Truth
Why do we believe clearly false news? Why do millions think climate change does not exist? Why is it that so many fathers and mothers do not immunize their children, believing the myths about the curses of the vaccines? How do voters around the world and all conditions choose populist rulers who lie in the light of day?
Read MoreRenewing Pathways to Peace in the Philippines: International Law and Amnesties
In 2016, I was attending a book launch in Manila pertaining to the Communist peace process in the Philippines, when the topic of amnesty came up. I realized that while there was scant awareness of the intricacies of the topic, amnesty was critical to the resolution of the conflict but it was also a potential landmine.
Read MoreThe moon of Ms. María
Moonlight, the winner of the Oscar for best film, and Miss Maria: the skirt of the mountain, the Colombian documentary by Rubén Mendoza, tell two necessary stories to better understand the lives of those who live and feel a sexuality other than the heterosexual one.
Read MoreWatching the small print in business and human rights
Imagine an innovative Alternative Dispute Resolution proposal for international individual claims, offered as a solution, in the context of Business and Human Rights, to the lack of access to forums of the home country of a Corporation.
Read MoreOvercoming skepticism
Peace with the FARC advances decisively, but does not generate enthusiasm or defeat the skepticism of large urban sectors
Read MoreDisarmament
The FARC’s transition from war to life without arms is ever closer. A few days ago, the FARC’s walk to the rural zones ended, and with it, the concentration of almost 7,000 people seeking to leave the war.
Read More“Democracy, justice and society: 10 years of Dejusticia research” is already available.
Edited by Mauricio García and María Adelaida Ceballos, this book collects the essential of the texts on justice produced by more than a dozen researchers during the last decade at Dejusticia.
Read MoreWhy certain parts of the peace accord should have legal force? Comments on the Senate’s draft bill 01 of 2016
The following text presents some reflections to the public and the national Congress related to the constitutional reform project that seeks to give stability and judicial security to the peace accord signed between the Colombia government and the FARC on November 24th, 2016.
Read MoreCivil’s society second report on the penitentiary and prison situation
The Civil Society Commission Tracking the Sentence T-388 that Dejusticia makes part of presented a second report before the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreThe State Council’s decision did NOT change the rules for safe and timely abortion services
The high court, which for the first time recognizes the voluntary interruption of pregnancy as a fundamental right, also did not authorize the objection of institutional conscience for clinics or hospitals.
Read MoreThe Constitutional Court confirms decision that allows mayors to veto mining projects
The Constitutional Court has confirmed the ruling that allows the country’s mayors to veto mining projects in their municipalities if they consider that they can affect the environment.
Dejusticia News 2016
Thank you for being with us this year. We will return to work on January 5th, 2017.
Read MoreFisherfolk file a tutela to save Santa Marta’s Ciénaga Grande
The environmental crisis of this ecosystem, which has caused massive fish deaths, inspired a group of citizens to engage in a judicial battle to claim the protection of their right to a healthy environment, decent life, and work.
Read MoreBojayá indigenous people claim their right to vote
Almost 70% of people from Bojayá did not vote on the peace plebiscite. A part of this group was composed by indigenous communities who claim that they were not able to reach the ballot box.
Read MoreExtractivism versus human rights: chronicles of the mined fields in the Global South
This book and Dejusticia’s initiative that originated it propose a new type of human rights approach that is characterized by three traits. First, it is about reflective writing whose authors are the very own activists that work directly in the organizations on the ground and stop to think about the potential, achievements and challenges of their knowledge and practice.
Read MoreColombia, Year Zero
The Italian newspaper conducted a report on the Colombian peace process. For our director César Rodríguez, this accord “promotes conditions for a more inclusive society from a social, economic, and political point of view.”
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