Trump’s inauguration
The idea of “inauguration” of a new political era rather than a presidential period seems to be more appropriate.
Read MoreThe new world disorder
There are two ways to read the global moment that begins today with Trump as president. The possibility that it is a periodic oscillation of the political pendulum, within the basic contours of the current world order since 1945.
Read MoreViolence Against Prisoners
More than a prison crisis, massive murders in prisons are proof of the institutional weakeness when facing organized crime.
Read MoreJudges, elections and post-truth
If the policy of post-truth is a threat to democracy as I argued in my last op-ed, a question arises: would the solution be that judges revoke electoral victories based on lies?
Read MoreOf espionage and bullying
Two intelligence reports that entangle Donald Trump with the Russians have just been published: the Russian hacking against Hillary Clinton and the espionage against Trump from the Kremlin. Both reports have different origins and credibility, but once again, they reflect the black clouds threatening the neighborhood.
Read MoreBojayá, the town we left without a voice or a vote
“The paramilitaries enter, two weeks later, the FARC enters, and kills half the town.” This is how Maxima, a black woman in the Committee for the Rights of the Bojayá Victims, summarizes what happened on May 2, 2002.
Read MoreAntidemocratic referendums
Days after the Brexit vote, the economist Kenneth Rogoff publicly opposed referendums and plebiscites like the British one on the European Union or the Colombian one on the peace accord.
An independent court for peace
An independent Judicial Branch is essential for the construction of a peaceful country, especially in this polarized environment. Thus, judicial decisions regarding peace must be juridically solid and cannot filtrate without being adopted.
Read MoreHow to move forward in the Access to Information Movement
I have learned that at some point, the human rights perspective is not enough to push the right forward. Instead, the time has come to collaborate more closely with tech-oriented background actors, such as the Open Government Data Movement.
Read MoreDemocracy and “post-truth”
The Oxford dictionaries chose “post-truth” as the 2016 word to emphasize that objective facts and the truth had become less important in the political discussion and elections than the so called appeals to emotions and personal beliefs.
Read More“The Conception of the Constitutional Court is Too Narrow”
César Rodríguez Garavito spoke about the face-off between the government and Congress with the judiciary due to the Constitutional Court’s ruling about the judiciary in this interview with Cecilia Orozco for El Espectador.
Read MoreThe Ineffective Reform about the Efficient Use of Prison
Alerts the inconsistencies of the bill in Congress to reform Law 1760 of 2015 about the maximum duration of pretrial detention in Colombia.
Read MoreVenezuela Should Repeal the Emergency Decree in Force
Dejusticia signed alongside 124 organizations asking the international community to put pressure on Venezuela and its state of emergency decree.
Read MoreInternational Meeting: Land Restitution and Territorial Rights
The meeting, organized by the National University, Dejusticia, the Office for Restitution, and the Swiss Embassy, seeks to encourage exchanges of reflections and local, national, and international experiences about land restitution processes and territorial rights from the approaches of “Do No Harm” and Transitional Justice.
Read MoreInternational Conference on Diversity in Public Employment
This conference seeks to encourage training and exchange of experiences about the benefits garnered by understanding the management of diversity in public employment as a strategic value that improves the public administration of a country.
Read MoreIdeas for Putting the Peace Accords to a Popular Vote
The Depenalization of Abortion in Colombia: Ten Years of a Right Unfulfilled
Ten years have passed since the ruling depenalizing abortion and the paronama in Colombia has not changed significantly. Dejusticia has always been committed to this issue and continues to work to overcome the obstacles that have presented themsleves in the execution of this ruling.
Read MoreA Pronouncement from the Coalition for Drug Reform Policy
An intent to reactivate fumigations
Read MoreRepairing Victims: Lessons Learned from a Study on Return
In recent days the National Univesity published a study titled “Challenges to the Integration of Returned Communities: Analysis of the Case of Las Palmas, Bolívar”. Although the study aimed to propose a tool that would allow monitoring and measurement of returned communities’ needs in terms of social capital, we will focus on the figures detailing inequality and the possible impact of these on the process of transformative reparations.
Read MoreFor Defender’s Day in Stockholm Dejusticia Worked with Activists from Some of the Most Repressive Countries in the World
Pressuring human rights defenders is a global trend today, both in authoritarian and democratic regimes. Dejusticia works on this issue internationally.
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