International justice: as fragile as it is necessary
Is international justice effective? We analyze the fragility, lack of budget, and political tensions and global courts.
By Paula Andrea Valencia Cortés | | Human Rights, ICC, Impunity, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, International Justice, Multilateralism Crisis.
With judges on the chopping block, who will defend us?
With the global Rule of Law in decline, Latin America has become a political chessboard. Who protects us when judges lose their power?
By Kelly Giraldo Viana, Sofía Carrerá Martínez | | Authoritarianism, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Judicial Independence, Rule of Law, Venezuela, World Justice Project
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Understanding Democratic Decline
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Autoritarismo, Democracia, política internacional, Populismo
After a certain springtime of constitutional democracy and multilateralism between 1990 and 2010, the decline of democracy and the rule of law in the world is clear. This is pointed ...
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Democracies in Crisis Bring Challenges for Civil Society
By Nina Chaparro González, Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez | | Civil Society, Crisis derechos humanos, Democracy, Latinoamérica, Program for strengthening - Others
During the second half of the 20th century, the human rights movement in Latin America experienced a golden age after harsh decades of military dictatorships, purges and genocides. Due to ...
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Are we moving forward or backward? The global debate on drugs at CND68
By Dejusticia | | CND68, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, drugs policy
Drug policy, and above all the global rules to be applied in each country, is by no means a distant issue. If you thought that, the 68th session of the ...
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The right to protest under threat: the situation in Peru
By Sofia Forero Alba, Betsy Zavaleta Amaya | | Perú, Repression, Social Protest
Peru bears wounds that have never healed. The scars of the internal armed conflict and the Fujimori dictatorship have left a democracy reeling, plagued by mistrust and disillusionment. These wounds, ...
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The right to protest under threat: the situation in Peru
By Sofia Forero Alba, Betsy Zavaleta Amaya | | Perú, Program for strengthening - Perú, Pueblos indígenas
Peru carries wounds that never fully healed. The scars of the internal armed conflict and the Fujimori dictatorship have left a shaky democracy, plagued by distrust and disillusionment. These wounds, ...
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The search for the disappeared: similar paths miles away
By Paula Andrea Valencia Cortés, Mulki Makmun | | Disappeared Persons, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, UBPD, Victims
Across the globe, families gather for dinner—a scene that seems so ordinary. Yet, some leave one plate untouched at the table, a silent tribute to the siblings or children who ...
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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.
