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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The Constitutional Court and the ability to examine the President´s re-election
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Me da mucha pena con Juan Manuel Santos pero los argumentos de su columna del 16 de enero en El Tiempo para cuestionar la competencia de la Corte Constitucional para ...
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By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
El nuevo sistema acusatorio que empezó a regir hace 20 días promete una mejoría sustancial en la justicia, pero hay mucho que hacer para lograrlo. "TODOS DE PIE, PREside esta ...
Lea más The Constitutional Court and Control of Presidential Extraordinary Powers in Colombia
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
El artículo analiza los alcances y límites de las tentativas de la Corte Constitucional colombiana por controlar el abuso de los estados de excepción. Luego de mostrar los dilemas que ...
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By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
El nuevo Código de Procedimiento Penal, aprobado este año y que desarrolla la reforma constitucional a la Fiscalía de finales de 2002, pretende introducir cambios drásticos en la justicia. Sus ...
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By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Hace unas semanas defendí en este espacio la tesis de que el Estado colombiano, a pesar de pasársela en los juzgados, actuaba judicialmente como un novato. Y que esta situación ...
Lea más What time is it? The re-election of Bush and the future of the United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
La barrida republicana en las elecciones presidenciales y parlamentarias del pasado 2 de noviembre en los Estados Unidos ?basada en el voto religioso conservador del centro y sur del país? ...
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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.
