Knowledge, resistance and reflection
A new initiative for indigenous leaders in the Global South.
Read MoreSo close and yet so fragile
The current situation in the country is dramatic: the pacific solution to our armed conflict is very close…and yet so fragile.
Read MoreDemocracy for peace
The analyses on the plebiscite have focused on explaining where and why the NO won. They have ignored the greatest worry: that the majority of voters did not vote
Read MoreMarching for a wide bloc for peace
The massive march last Wednesday confirms that a wide bloc for peace is consolidating: students, indigenous people, farmers and citizens of all ages that converge on an expedited and reached by concesus peace, whether they voted on October 2nd or they voted in favor or against the accords.
Read MoreA letter to Christians
I write to women and men who in good faith believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThe hidden face of abstention
What is wrong in a democracy where a clear majority stays at home on the day of the most important vote of a generation?
Read MoreThe Growing Political Power of Christian Groups in Colombia is a Threat to Women and LGBTI People’s Rights
Given the stereotype of Colombia as a traditional, machista country, it was refreshing for me to see how the country used an effective separation of Church and State to be a leader in protecting the rights of women and LGBTI people. However, the growth of conservative morality and religious based movements and the tactics they are using to oppose such rights is uncomfortably similar to those I have witnessed in the United States.
Read MoreClarifications for peace
If the results of the plebiscite had been the opposite and the YES had
won by a narrow margin, the implementation of the accord would have been
politically very difficult in any case because we would have a similar
political situation to the one today: a technical tie between the YES and the
NO, mixed with a great rate of abstention and a great geographic and social
diversity in voting.
Elites, bases and peace
The plebiscite breaks the political chess in the country.
Read MoreA broad front for peace
There are two political roads towards a revision of the peace accords. One is a new National Front that, like in 1957, is a pact behind closed doors between two factions of the political class (those supporting Santos and those supporting Uribe), this time complimented by an accord with the FARC.
Read MoreMarriage Equality Public Hearing
This July 30th the Constitutional Court held a public hearing to discuss whether or not it should approve marriage equality nationally and not annull the existing marriages between same-sex couples.
Read MoreForum about Decongestion Measures
Sebastián Lalinde, researcher at Dejusticia, will present at a forum held at the College of Judges and Public Prosecutors of Antioquia.
Read MoreRodrigo Uprimny Responds to the Solicitor General’s and Ex-Judge Marco Velilla’s Regarding Alleged Leaks of Judicial Decisions
Prior Consultation Can Prevent Environmental Damage in Colombia and for Humanity: Daniel Cerqueira
Interview with DPLF’s expert that participated in the 25th Anniversary Seminar of the ILO Convention 169 in Bogotá.
Read MoreIn Search for an Alternative Drug Policy Peasant Leaders from Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia Meet
From July 4-6, Dejusticia will participate in the first meeting of the Coca, Poppy, and Marihuana Constituent Assembly in Putumayo, which seeks to take stock of current drug policy and and discuss alternatives.
Read MoreThe United States Shows that It Is Possible to Build a Path towards Equality
In a pluralist democracy it is discriminatory for a person to be deprived of a right due to their sexual orientation. Today the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage.
Read MoreReferendum Mechanisms for the Peace Accords in Colombia
This past May 4th, the Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia), with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Rule of Law for Latin America Program, held a Coffee and Debate about holding referenda for the peace agreements in Colombia.
Read MoreHow to Change the Box “Sex” on Your Documents: Infographic
Dejusticia, alongside other organizations, intervened before the Court in the case of a trans woman who saw her rights to identity and dignitiy violated by the state not allowing her to change her sex on official documents.
The Constitutional Court ruled in her favor, and the ruling served as a precedent for the Decree 1227 that now allows people to change their sex on official ocuments through a notarized deed.
Read MoreSuspension of Glyphosate Fumigation: Big Decision
Due to its impacts on the rights of communities, aereal fumigation should not be considered as a anti-drug strategy.
Read MoreThe Truth Commission’s Advances and Challenges
What implications does this new agreement reached between the National Government and the FARC-EP at the negotiation table have? Some thoughts from Dejusticia.
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