The selection of the Justice of Peace
With the march of the members of the FARC to the selected zones and the sessions in the Congress that have been integrating the agreement to the Colombian legislation, the Peace Agreement becomes a tangible reality. Not without uncertainties and without much bullying.
Read MoreReasons for mandatory voting
The question about mandatory voting resurfaces with the Government’s proposal to include it in the package of reforms derived from the peace agreement. The discussion is deep, has occurred in many countries and involves arguments and studies that must be considered with pause.
It’s not Trump, it’s the United States: a history of racism and xenophobia
The idea of nation is beautiful. But I believe, as a US citizen, that as long as fear subsists, the idea will remain just that.
Read MoreTrampling on rights by judicial order: the risks of presidential appointments of judges in a personalist era
Since Trump ascended to the seat of Lincoln, political personalism has taken over the most powerful nation in the world. Now with the selection of the ultraconservative Neil Gorsuch as nominee to the Supreme Court, the politicization of justice is sharpened, and so is the scrutiny of the system to designate judges to the high courts. Read the…
Read MoreA weak and temporary court does not serve peace
To guarantee a proper normative implementation of the peace accord, we need an independent and very strong Constitutional Court both in the political and in the technical sense.
Read MoreEnough is enough!
In the last two years, every three days on average, a social leader or human rights defender was murdered.
Read MorePrivate life in a public way
The new Police Code confuses privacy with staying at home and targets the right to privacy.
Read MoreFrom guerrilleros to forest rangers
The end of war, as war itself, has paradoxical effects on nature. The most well-known impacts are the destructive ones: the poisoning of rivers through illegal mining that has financed guerrillas and paramilitaries alike; the contamination of soil due to the bombing of oil pipelines by the ELN, the rents imposed by FARC for coca crops in national parks, the forever dried-up wetlands by paramilities who cultivated palm.
Read MoreA decade of dignity
On February 7th, 2007, the Constitutional Court ended with the legal apartheid against same-sex couples by recognizing their constitutional protection and extending the patrimonial protection under the same conditions as heterosexual couples.
Read MoreWhy people do not like the new Police Code
Colombia has a new Police Code. The law that created these new rules for “coexistence” has 241 articles, was drafted by the Ministry of Defense in the company of the same National Police and had the approval of Congress. Its spirit, the document says, is “preventive.”
Read MoreThe Constitutional Court decides on popular consultation processes in favor of public participation
The Constitutional Court recognizes that popular consultations on mining are legal and that municipalities can prohibit mining in their territories.
Read MorePijao, the “slow” town that challenges the mining sector
In this article by El Tiempo, Laura Sepúlveda explains how Dejusticia supported the formulation of the tutela that Pijao residents submitted to get a popular consultation process on mining affairs.
Read MoreOrganizations across the world say YES to peace in Colombia
More than 60 civil society organizations around the world, including Dejusticia, sign this declaration supporting the YES to the plebiscite for peace in Colombia.
Read MorePublic letter on the reactivation of terrestrial spraying of illicit crops
Without previously implementing
an adequate development approach, concerted with the communities, forced
eradication has proven to be wrong and harmful.
The IV Global Action-Research Workshop Begins
From August 27th to September 3rd, 19 young Global South activtists from countries like India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Russia and Colombia will be part of this itinerant workshop.
Read MoreDejusticia and civil society organizations propose measures to guarantee transparency and participation in implementation of Final Agreement
Twelve civil society organizations, including Dejusticia, signed a letter addressed to President Juan Manuel Santos and members of the CSIVI to support Legislative Act 1 of 2016, which regulates fast-track, and to propose 7 measures to guarantee transparency and Citizen participation in the design, deliberation and implementation of the public policies foreseen in the Final Agreement.
Read MoreDejusticia attends the XVIII Regional Peace Meeting in Calamar, Guaviare
The meeting seeks to explain the Havana peace accords.
Read More#PlebiSÍto: Dejusticia explains the reasons to vote YES to the peace agreements
The plebiscite about the peace agreements is a unique opportunity to write our future differently. That is why Dejusticia proposes to write #PlebiSÍto.
Read MoreCampaign to raise awareness about the harm of sugary drinks
In Colombia, more than 50% of the population suffers from obesity or overweight. Sugary drinks have a direct effect on this statistic.
Read MoreConstitutional Court ruled over claim against the granting of mining titles in the Mining Code
Dejusticia intervened in a claim that sought to declare several articles in the Mining Code (Law 685 of 2001) unconstitutional. This was the Court´s response.
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