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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Litigating also means imagining possible futures
By Isabel Cristina Annear Camero | | Catatumbo, Data protection, Derechos Humanos, Google, litigio estratégico, protección de datos, Strategic litigation
Strategic litigation is, in essence, a tool for challenging the present and imagining more just futures. Although it is often associated solely with the judicial decisions it produces, its potential ...
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Civil society and the legality of public administration: the Google case
By Sergio Pulido | | Data protection, Digital sovereignty, Google, protección de datos, SIC
Civil society often turns to the courts to bring cases against the state in order to guarantee our rights. But what happens when it is civil society that wants to ...
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Inclusive cities: stories of exclusion and resistance
By Sofia Forero Alba | | Derechos Humanos, Global blog, Honduras, Inclusive cities, Participación
In the Cofradía neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the El Palmar settlement has been a symbol of resistance against urban exclusion for years. Since 2009, some 200 families have ...
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Apply to the 2026 Global South Fellowship Call
By Dejusticia | | Colombia, Dejusticia, Fellowships for 2026, Global South, Human rights opportunities
Are you a human rights defender from a country in the Global South who must carry out your work in an emergency or high-risk context? Our fellowship program could offer ...
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National sentiment on Santa Rosa Island
By Juan Manuel Caycedo | | Border conflict, Colombia, Nationalism, Patriotic rhetoric, Perú, Santa Rosa
The island of Santa Rosa emerged around 1950 in the Amazon River, on the border between Peru and Colombia, and was populated mainly by Peruvians, who set up police stations ...
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The tragedy of the Amazon
By Dejusticia | | ACTA, Amazon, Climate Crisis, Deforestation, Extractivism, Indigenous Peoples, International cooperation, National sovereignty
Despite its importance, the Amazon does not have a solid supranational institution to ensure its protection. The Amazon is the largest tropical forest on the planet, covering an area of ...
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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.
