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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The reform that gives the Peace Accord stability and legal certainty is constitutional
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Diana Isabel Güiza Gómez | | Acuerdo de paz, FARC, Gobierno, Legal Stability
In a document delivered to the Constitutional Court on July 14, 2017, Dejusticia defended the constitutionality of the reform that confers stability and legal certainty to the Final Peace Agreement. ...
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The 1991 Constitution is open to peace and the profound transformations that it will require
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Corte Constitucional, Justicia transicional, Proceso de paz, Transiciones Constitucionales
During times of political transition from war to peace, constitutionalism must be sensitive to the political context, so that it facilitates the profound transformations that society requires to make peace ...
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The use of jail went out of proportion
By Luis Felipe Cruz | | Cárceles, Delitos de drogas, Política de drogas
Counter-narcotics strategies exploited the selectivity of criminal law to turn drug policy into a war against the weakest: against those who perform logistical tasks in the drug trade (such as ...
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Inter-American Comission on Human Rights wants to investigate police abuses during the Buenaventura strike
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The situation of Afro-Colombian victims of violence reached the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) on July 5th. During a hearing in Lima, Peru, the Racial Discrimination Watch, the Black ...
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Search Unit for Missing Persons is urgent and crucial
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Vivian Newman Pont, Mauricio Albarracín, Maria Paula Ángel, Ana María Ramírez, Maryluz Barragán, Ana Jimena Bautista, Daniel Gómez, Gabriela Eslava |
Dejusticia intervened before the Constitutional Court in the revision process of the Decree-Law that creates the Search Unit for Missing Persons in the context and due to the armed conflict – ...
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Every hour nine people are detained for drug-related crimes
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Sergio Chaparro Hernández, Luis Felipe Cruz | | Cárceles, Delitos de drogas, Política de drogas
Imprisonment for drug offenses is making a major contribution to the overcrowding crisis in prisons across the country, which is 50%. In addition, it directly threatens the guarantee of 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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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.
