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
News
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Care as a human right: a bi-regional agenda for the sustainability of life
By Margarita Martínez Osorio, Lucía Ramírez Bolívar | | Bi-regional pact on care, Care economy, celac, CELAC-EU Summit, European Union, Gender inequality, Right to care
Currently, after decades of sustained efforts by the global feminist movement, policymakers, governments, and United Nations agencies are beginning to incorporate into their agendas the recognition that care is necessary ...
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CELAC–EU: an alliance to defend democracy, rights, and multilateralism in difficult times
By Christy Crouse, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | | CELAC-EU Summit, Democracy and human rights, European Union, Geopolitics, Green transition, International cooperation, Latin America and the Caribbean, multilateralism, Santa Marta Summit
If we had to bet on an alliance capable of defending democracy, human rights, environmental sustainability, and multilateralism in these times of global uncertainty, it would be the one that ...
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The critical review of the coca leaf: an opportunity to reevaluate the agricultural product and its potential uses
By Isabel Pereira Arana | | ancestral knowledge, coca leaf, Colombia, uses of coca leaf
The prohibition of coca leaves (Erythroxylum spp.) originated a few years after the conquest began. In 1573, Philip II issued ordinances attempting to regulate production, improve workers' conditions, and exercise ...
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Beyond critical review… What do we do with the coca leaf in Colombia?
By Sergio Pérez, Luis Felipe Cruz | | coca leaf, Colombia, Hoja de coca, medicinal plants, uses of the coca leaf
Reality moves ahead of the law, at least that is something you learn to live with when working on drug policy. Whether it is the regulation of cannabis for adult ...
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What’s next for coca?
By Isabel Pereira Arana, Sergio Pérez | | Coca, coca leaf, declassification, Hoja de coca, Human Rights, Prohibition
On October 20, the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) held a public session, where they presented their draft report on the coca leaf. Fifty-seven countries participated, 27 written contributions ...
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Coca as seen by the WHO: will the error be corrected?
By Isabel Pereira Arana, Sergio Pérez | | coca leaf, Hoja de coca, indigenous knowledge, Prohibition, WHOM
The discourse surrounding the coca leaf in the 20th century has been marked by contempt, promoted directly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies. In 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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Documentaries
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.
