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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Decree that created the National Comprehensive Program for Crop Substitution is constitutional
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Isabel Pereira Arana, Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, Luis Felipe Cruz, Lucía Ramírez Bolívar, Maryluz Barragán | | Acuerdo de paz, Implementación Acuerdo, Sustitución de cultivos
The National Comprehensive Program for Crop Substitution (PNIS) is an indispensable tool in overcoming the structural causes that lead families to join the economy of illicit crops. Given the importance ...
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10 reasons why drug policy needs to be shaken up
By Dejusticia | | Drogas
The United Nations declared June 26 as the "International Day to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking." More than 40 years of the war on drugs (which started on June ...
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Open Applications for Intensive Course on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
By Dejusticia | | Derechos económicos, sociales-y-culturales-desc
This course will be taught by renowned scholars and jurists from Latin America and other regions such as Philip Alston (United Nations Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty), Rodrigo Uprimny (ESCR Committee ...
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Research reveals that much of the control over food and beverage advertising rests solely on the industry’s self-regulation
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Scientific studies in recent decades have shown how unhealthy foods contribute to rising obesity, and the role of advertising as a risk factor in the consumption of such foods and ...
Lea más Ask the cocalera women, they have answers
By Isabel Pereira Arana | | Acuerdo de paz, Coca, Mujeres cocaleras, Putumayo, Sustitución de cultivos
"I sow this seed, and as a woman, I commit myself to the task of peace. Because - the men who are here will forgive me - the task was ...
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Crisis in Venezuela: Why isn’t this just another protest?
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“50 deaths in 50 days of protests in Venezuela,” was the headline of several international outlets on Saturday, May 20th. The statistic was accompanied by other equally shocking data: 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.
