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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Lessons of Saramago
By Danilo Rojas (Retired in 2019) |
La antena que trae las noticias de la guerra, está llena de pájaros Gustavo Adolfo Garcés Hay mucho que aprender de escritores como José Saramago, que ha podido vivenciar y ...
Lea más The weakness of a strong state
By Mauricio García Villegas |
La gran mayoría de los colombianos eligió a Álvaro Uribe como presidente porque quería un Estado fuerte. Un Estado que diera por terminados los devaneos del proceso de paz con ...
Lea más The problem with the State’s judicial defense system
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Algunas informaciones de prensa en los últimos días han cuestionado la manera como el Distrito Capital defiende los casos ante los jueces. Este hecho ha vuelto a poner sobre la ...
Lea más The Justice Reform
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Ahora sí parece que el gobierno va a presentar la reforma a la justicia, con lo cual se anuncia un intenso debate sobre los derechos fundamentales, la tutela y la ...
Lea más The True Judicial Activism: The Supreme Court of the United Status establishes limits on the fight on terrorism
By Helena Alviar García (Retired in 2019) |
¿En un Estado de derecho, cuáles son los límites al poder del ejecutivo para enfrentar el terrorismo? ¿Puede un Estado, aun combatiendo el terrorismo, detener personas indefinidamente sin acceso a ...
Lea más The United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and Labor Rights
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
En medio del coro de voces de apoyo al TLC de los sectores presentes en el llamado "cuarto de al lado" y del ruido de las protestas de quienes no ...
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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.
