In the prison of Oscar Wilde
When Oscar Wilde entered prison to pay his sentence for sodomy, he stopped being the popular and witty poet of the end of the 19th century.
Read MoreTrust for peace
A peace accord that does not count with a broad social and political backing will be hard to implement in the practice, even if it finds judicially appropriate ways.
Read MoreIn defense of the Constitution
If those who see themselves as spokespeople of the NO campaign developed
their argument against the Havana accord because it “modified the
Constitution”, they must honor their words and not make regressive
proposals on the Constitution they said to defend. But exactly the opposite is
happening with their arguments regarding what was agreed in terms of land
reform, under a supposed defense of private property.
Peace and the prisoner’s dilemma
After a month of observing and participating in joint meeings between the speakers of the NO and YES, Ihave two conclusions and two mixed feelings.
Read MoreIllicit Drug Sales in the Deep Web: Safer Trading for Whom?
The creativity evidenced by drug traders and consumers reminds us that prohibition got it all wrong by making “a drug-free world” its main objective.
Without judicial tricks
Democracy demands that we accept the results of ballot boxes, even when we don’t agree with them.
Read MorePalenque: to celebrate and resist
Several buses of people wearing weekend clothes stopped in the highway at the entrance of San Basilio de Palenque.
Read MoreSodas and cigarettes: healthy taxes
Visiting the San Francisco de Asís hospital in Quibdó is enough to understand why the tax reform is right to include taxes destined to public health.
Read MoreDiscriminate to make peace?
The homophobic mobilization wants to use the changes in the peace accord to eliminate any mention of the LGBTI population in the text and to introduce judicial elements that reduce the equality in rights that we have won in democracy.
Read MoreColombia’s record on privacy, surveillance, and human rights under renewed scrutiny at the United Nations
2nd Women and Transitional Justice Meeting
From the 27th to the 28th of August Women’s and Victims’ Organizations will discuss the Truth Commision’s challenges and proposals.
Read MoreRodrigo Uprimny Gives Expert Testimony at the Inter-American Court in Case Against Colombia Regarding Discrimination due to Sexual Orientation
Alberto Duque was denied surviving spouse pension following the death of his same-sex partner. Watch the hearing live via streaming.
Read MoreESCR-Net and Dejusticia Defend Sawhoyamaxa Community Human Rights Advocate’s Innocence
The organizations presented an amicus in Paraguay to protect the freedom of expression of the lawyer Julia Cabello.
Read More“One realizes that what has been done in Colombia isn’t so terrible”
Leonarda De la Ossa, Activist from Montes de María, talks about her experience in the Action-Research Global School.
Read MoreTo Tell Powerful Stories: A Goal of the Global School
Interview with Nélson Padilla
Read MoreForum in Bogotá about the Challenges of Judicial Administration
Carolina Villadiego will intervene on behalf of Dejusticia.
Read MoreDejusticia’s Third Action-Research Global School Begins
Indigenous Leaders, Afrodescendants and Human Rights Organizations Meet with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
They discussed the implementation of the right to prior, free, and informed consultation and consent in Latin America.
Read MoreColombian Police Ought to Clarify Their Relationship with “Hacking Team”
According to investigations, the Colombian Police allegedly contracted Hacking Team in order to gain access to citizens’ digital information.
Read MoreDejusticia Launches Research Project about Ethnic-Racial Justice in Latin America
Regarding regulations on diversity in the continent and communities’ demands for recognition.
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