Litigation
Litigation
We present and follow up on our own cases before the high courts of Colombia and other countries (from Brazil and Peru to Kenya and India), selecting issues in coordination with our issue-based teams.
We intervene, make an appearanceĀ as an interested third party, or serve as amicus curiae in existing processes, either independently, in conjunction with similar organizations, or by invitation of the Court.
Internationally, we intervene in processes or cases beforeĀ the Inter-American Court and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and, where relevant, in foreign domestic cases that have an international impact.
Our Cases and Interventions
The Constitution of 1991 is open to peace and the profound changes it requires
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
What is the nature, scope and type of control that the Constitutional Court must exercise over the Legislative Acts issued to implement the Final Peace Agreement? Intervention by Rodrigo Uprimny before the High Court.
Dejusticia defended a decree that allows the Court to suspend terms of ordinary proceedings and focus on the implementation of peace
By CĆ©sar RodrĆguez Garavito |
Dejusticia defended the decree that allows the Constitutional Court to suspend ordinary processes to concentrate on the norms that implement the Peace Agreement, but emphasized that this interruption can not be undefined.
Dejusticia intervened regarding the constitutionality of the Search Unit for Missing Persons
By CĆ©sar RodrĆguez Garavito |
The decree meets the formal and material requirements to be declared enforceable. The decree was issued by the president, who is the competent authority and is also aligned with the criteria of connectedness and strict necessity.
Decree that created the National Comprehensive Program for Crop Substitution is constitutional
By CĆ©sar RodrĆguez Garavito |
In an intervention before the Constitutional Court, Dejusticia argued that this norm conforms to the Constitution. However, the organization warned that the deadline to determine the beneficiaries should be reconsidered because it could leave out a group of peasants living in poverty.
Dejusticia intervened before the Constitutional Court against censorship of a health-related commercial
By CĆ©sar RodrĆguez Garavito |
We support the freedom of expression of the NGO Educar Consumidores. They had released a commercial that talked about the content and health effects of sugary drinks, but the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce ordered to suspend its transmission.
Dejusticia and Cimarrón intervened before the Constitutional Court to oppose racial discrimination in the workplace
By Dejusticia |
The Constitutional Court is about to end the legal struggle that Jonh Jak Becerra undertook six years ago, after being a victim of racial discrimination at work. Dejusticia and Cimarrón called for the protection of the rights to equality, non-discrimination, decent work and due process.
Dejusticia intervened in defense of the non-discrimination of immigrants due to ideological reasons
By CĆ©sar RodrĆguez Garavito |
Dejusticia intervened before the Constitutional Court in the process of revision of the immigration and foreigners law of 1920, which considers communist and anarchist people as a danger to the stability of the public powers.
Intervention on the protection of information on content related to sugary drinks
By CĆ©sar RodrĆguez Garavito |
Twenty-three citizens, members of the Food Health Alliance, filed an intervention before the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce in the ongoing proceedings against the Educar Consumidores commercial, which presented the sugar content of different drinks available in the market.
Interventions in lawsuits against four aspects of the New Police Code
By Dejusticia |
Dejusticia carried out citizen interventions regarding the constitutionality of Police Code articles that establish police measures for several categories of persons and activities.
Dejusticia’s intervention on behalf of the right to health and food of the VaupĆ©s indigenous people
By Dejusticia |
Dejusticia intervened before the Constitutional Court in support of a tutela filed on behalf of indigenous peoples in VaupƩs for violations of their right to health.
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