Defend the ICC: INCLO national human rights organizations call on states to protect international rule of law against United States attack
If left unanswered, it will set a precedent that will go beyond the ICC itself: that any country with sufficient power can threaten the institutions and individuals responsible for enforcing international law.
By Dejusticia | | Human Rights, ICC, International Criminal Court, International Justice, multilateralism, United States
Defending human rights around the world requires funding
Fiscal policy is no longer a purely economic issue; it has become the cornerstone of sustainable development.
By Mariana Matamoros | | CIDH, Derechos Humanos, Desigualdad, Global South, IACHR, Inequality, Justicia Fiscal, Public spending, Sustainable development., Tax cooperation, Tax justice, Tax policy
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Help us build the Intergenerational Pact for the Amazon
By Dejusticia | | Corte Suprema de Justicia, Generaciones futuras, Tutela Cambio Climático
The Supreme Court of Justice's historic decision, in favor of the lawsuit filed by 25 children and young people asking the government to stop deforestation in the Colombian Amazon and ...
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Registration open for course on ‘Business and human rights: doctrine, practice, and strategy’
By Claret Vargas |
[THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THIS COURSE IS CLOSED] July 9 - 13, 2018 Bogota, Colombia Description of the Course This course focuses on doctrine, practice and strategies for the implementation of ...
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Climate Change and Future Generations Lawsuit in Colombia: Key Excerpts from the Supreme Court’s Decision
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The Colombian government has four months to present an action plan to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region, the main source of greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change in the ...
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Dejusticia launches groundbreaking playbook for the human rights field against populism
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Krizna Gomez | | Closing Civil Society Spaces, Defenders’ Day, Human Rights Defenders, Populist leaders, Venezuela
Edited by César Rodríguez-Garavito and Krizna Gomez, this book collects and analyzes a repertoire of responses by human rights organizations to the growing crackdown against civil society in different countries ...
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In historic ruling, Colombian Court protects youth suing the national government for failing to curb deforestation
By Dejusticia | | Generaciones futuras, Primera Tutela Cambio Climático
The Colombian government has four months to present an action plan to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region, the main source of greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change in the ...
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Jury Finds Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Responsible for Extrajudicial Killings of Indigenous People
By Dejusticia, Claret Vargas | | Aymara, Bolivia, Carlos Sánchez, Gonzalo Sánchez
April 3, 2018, Fort Lauderdale, FL – In a landmark decision today, a federal jury found the former president of Bolivia and his minister of defense responsible for extrajudicial killings ...
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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.
