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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Venezuela after the Recall Referendum of 2004
By Juan Fernando Jaramillo (Deceased) |
En Latinoamérica, a pesar de toda la retórica integracionista, sabemos muy poco sobre los países vecinos. Esta verdad se aplica también a los colombianos en relación con Venezuela. Nuestros conocimientos ...
Lea más Variations about the Justification of Impunity
By Danilo Rojas (Retired in 2019) |
La historia social ha sido descrita desde distintas perspectivas, todas necesariamente relacionadas: batallas épicas, héroes universales, sucesión de imperios y regímenes políticos, amores troyanos, grandes meretrices, miseria, revoluciones, sistemas jurídicos, ...
Lea más The VAT (GST) and the Constitutional Court
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
En un país de malos lectores, es muy probable que nadie se lea las 140 páginas del fallo de la Corte Constitucional que tumbó el cobro del IVA sobre los ...
Lea más Multiculturalism in Colombian constitutional jurisprudence
By Catalina Botero Marino |
Con el objetivo de contribuir al análisis y la reflexión sobre la coexistencia de los ordenamientos indígenas y el común en el Ecuador, el proyecto Fortalecimiento de la Justicia Constitucional ...
Lea más Pension or Illusion?
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Muchos economistas han atacado a la Corte Constitucional por atentar contra la seguridad jurídica. Ahora que la Corte Constitucional viene de proteger la seguridad jurídica de los trabajadores y pensionados, ...
Lea más Multiculturalism and Indigenous Rights
By Catalina Botero Marino |
Tras una reflexión sobre multiculturalismo y derecho constitucional en América Latina, se hace una exposición sistemática de las decisiones más importantes de la Corte Constitucional colombiana sobre los derechos de ...
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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.
