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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Nationalism and Other Old Demons
By Juan Manuel Caycedo, Mauricio García Villegas | | Digital technology, Isaiah Berlin, National sentiment, Nationalism, Populism
In the last two decades, we have seen a resurgence of nationalism, with profound implications for democracy, international law, and world peace. In this article, we argue that when national ...
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The Limits of the Nation State in Today’s World
By Juan Manuel Caycedo | | Immigration policies, migration, Nation state, Nationalism, Populism, Xenophobia
Recently, we have seen how, especially in the global north, several governments have tightened their migration policies with xenophobic overtones, promoted economic policies to the detriment of other countries, threatened ...
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Why the U.S.’s boat strikes are illegal and should concern us all
By Christy Crouse, Daniel Tovar | | derecho internacional, Donald Trump, Drug trafficking, Estados Unidos, Global blog, Human Rights, Narcotráfico, United States, Venezuela
Wilder's wife insists that he stay away from Lake Maracaibo. That he should look for another job. That fishing is too dangerous. Wilder, who has been fishing for 13 years, ...
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CELAC-EU: Cooperation Trapped in Prohibitionism
By Dejusticia | | Bi-regional cooperation, CELAC-EU Summit, Drug policy, Drug reform, Drug trafficking, Financial traceability, Prohibitionism
On the eve of the CELAC-EU Summit in Santa Marta, the geopolitical landscape is marked by serious tensions. According to the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), as of November ...
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Leveraging the CELAC–EU Summit in Colombia to promote a fair fiscal agenda
By Mariana Matamoros | | celac, CELAC-EU Summit, European Union, Human Rights, Progressive taxation, Tax cooperation, Tax justice, Tax systems
The CELAC–EU Summit transcends diplomacy to become a space where two regions, with different fiscal trajectories but common challenges, can jointly address the imbalances in the global tax system, from ...
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Transformative bi-regional cooperation for a just energy transition
By Dejusticia | | CELAC-EU Summit, Environmental Justice, European Union, Green extractivism, Just energy transition, Latin America and the Caribbean
In a global context marked by climate urgency, the energy transition has become a shared priority between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the European Union. The two regions face the ...
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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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Stories
FromTheTerritory
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.
