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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Venezuela Must Respect the People’s Right to Free and Fair Elections
By Dejusticia | | Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela
On January 23, Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) approved a decree that calls for presidential elections to be held by April 30, 2018. As organizations devoted to advancing human rights ...
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Eight key points of the first Latin American lawsuit on the rights of future generations and climate change
By Dejusticia | | Boletín, Generaciones futuras
1. What is the problem? At the 2015 climate change negotiations, Colombia reaffirmed its commitment to reach zero-net deforestation in the Colombian Amazon by the year 2020. Two years before ...
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Dejusticia and more than 70 international organizations request urgent attention for people who inject themselves with drugs in Colombia
By Dejusticia | | Drogas, Heroína, PID, Política de drogas
President of the Republic of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Minister of Health and Social Protection, Alejandro Gaviria Minister of Justice and Law, Enrique Gil Botero Minister of Foreign Affairs, María ...
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Coca: the plant that takes a toll
By Carolina Gutiérrez Torres | | Coca, Mujeres cocaleras, Putumayo, Sustitución de cultivos
In Colombia about 115,000 families plant coca. Almost all cultivate less than one hectare and live off selling the fresh leaf and whatever other crops they have in their plot. ...
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Maduro’s persecuted
By Angélica María Cuevas Guarnizo | | Antonio Ledezma, Crisis venezolana, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela
Luisa Ortega Díaz did it three months ago, in a scene as if from a movie. The former Prosecutor General, a public enemy of the government of Nicolás Maduro, fled ...
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Dejusticia and other organizations support the case brought before the United States Supreme Court to protect the right to non-discrimination of same-sex couples
By Carolina Mila Torres | | Discriminación, Matrimonio Igualitario
The case began in 2012 when Charlie Craig and David Mullins went to Masterpiece Cakeshop to order a cake to celebrate their marriage. Jack Philips, the establishment’s owner, informed them ...
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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.
