Why the U.S.’s boat strikes are illegal and should concern us all
These extrajudicial executions are unilateral actions that threaten the sovereignty of Latin American and Caribbean countries, but even more seriously, they violate the right to life of people.
By Christy Crouse, Daniel Tovar | | Donald Trump, Drug trafficking, Human Rights, United States, Venezuela
CELAC-EU: Cooperation Trapped in Prohibitionism
Drug policy dominates the CELAC-EU Summit. We analyze the asymmetry in cooperation and the call to replace prohibitionism with financial traceability.
By Dejusticia | | Bi-regional cooperation, CELAC-EU Summit, Drug policy, Drug reform, Drug trafficking, Financial traceability, Prohibitionism
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Why the U.S.’s boat strikes are illegal and should concern us all
By Christy Crouse, Daniel Tovar | | Donald Trump, Drug trafficking, Human Rights, United States, Venezuela
Wilder's wife insists that he stay away from Lake Maracaibo. That he should look for another job. That fishing is too dangerous. Wilder, who has been fishing for 13 years, ...
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CELAC-EU: Cooperation Trapped in Prohibitionism
By Dejusticia | | Bi-regional cooperation, CELAC-EU Summit, Drug policy, Drug reform, Drug trafficking, Financial traceability, Prohibitionism
On the eve of the CELAC-EU Summit in Santa Marta, the geopolitical landscape is marked by serious tensions. According to the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), as of November ...
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Leveraging the CELAC–EU Summit in Colombia to promote a fair fiscal agenda
By Mariana Matamoros | | celac, CELAC-EU Summit, European Union, Human Rights, Progressive taxation, Tax cooperation, Tax justice, Tax systems
The CELAC–EU Summit transcends diplomacy to become a space where two regions, with different fiscal trajectories but common challenges, can jointly address the imbalances in the global tax system, from ...
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Transformative bi-regional cooperation for a just energy transition
By Dejusticia | | CELAC-EU Summit, Environmental Justice, European Union, Green extractivism, Just energy transition, Latin America and the Caribbean
In a global context marked by climate urgency, the energy transition has become a shared priority between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union. The two regions face the ...
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Care as a human right: a bi-regional agenda for the sustainability of life
By Margarita Martínez Osorio, Lucía Ramírez Bolívar | | Bi-regional pact on care, Care economy, celac, CELAC-EU Summit, European Union, Gender inequality, Right to care
Currently, after decades of sustained efforts by the global feminist movement, policymakers, governments, and United Nations agencies are beginning to incorporate into their agendas the recognition that care is necessary ...
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CELAC–EU: an alliance to defend democracy, rights, and multilateralism in difficult times
By Christy Crouse, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | | CELAC-EU Summit, Democracy and human rights, European Union, Geopolitics, Green transition, International cooperation, Latin America and the Caribbean, multilateralism, Santa Marta Summit
If we had to bet on an alliance capable of defending democracy, human rights, environmental sustainability, and multilateralism in these times of global uncertainty, it would be the one that ...
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I don’t care if they call me a dictator.
By Nina Chaparro González | | bukele, Democracy, Dictadura, El Salvador, Program for strengthening - Others
During his six years in office, Bukele has consolidated his power, paving the way to become the dictator he appears to be announcing himself as.
Lea más NGOs at risk of global extinction
By Nina Chaparro González | | financiación internacional, NGO, Program for strengthening - Others
How can non-governmental organizations transform themselves? What were they like when they did not depend on international funding?
Lea más Colombia: going back to the original balance of justice
By Paola Molano Ayala | | gorillaz, JEP, Transitional Justice, Victims
There is a crucial aspect of Colombia’s transitional justice model that is worrying: the current inability of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to offer legal security to those who participated in the conflict, including in human rights violations, and have not been identified as among the most responsible. And making sure they also contribute to the satisfaction of the rights of the victims. The JEP must avoid keep moving towards maximalist approaches and go back to the balance in the Peace Agreement.
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We travel with 20 indigenous activists of the world to the heart of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Listen to this story about the Kankuama Resistance.
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Discover some of the documentary pieces that we have made. Indigenous resistance, migration of Venezuelans to Colombia and stories of women coca growers, are some of our topics of interest.
