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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Reclaiming multilateralism for a shared future
By Christy Crouse, Abby Steckel | | Estados Unidos, Multilateralismo, Trump
“The whole island seemed to be on fire,” recalls a resident of Providencia Island as Hurricane Iota passed through in 2020, leaving thousands of homes, hospitals, churches, and schools destroyed. ...
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Where will the solutions to a world in crisis come from?
By Daniel Tovar | | Geopolítica 2025, geopolitics 2025, Global South, Migración y democracia, Migration and democracy, multilateralism, Multilateralismo, Sur Global
2025 has been a year of intense change in global geopolitics. The US presidency and migration challenges coupled with the resurgence of repressive contexts in Latin America continue to challenge ...
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Human mobility under threat: How is Latin America responding?
By Lina Arroyave, Christy Crouse | | criminalización, Darién, EEUU, Human Rights, Migration, migration, Panamá
On February 15, 2025, the last of three flights carrying migrants expelled by the United States under an accelerated deportation scheme landed in Panama City. In just four days, 299 ...
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When spending and freedoms are restricted. Milei’s Argentina
By Sofia Forero Alba, Victoria Fernández Almeida | | Argentina, Human Rights, Milei, Represión
Since Javier Milei became president in December 2023, Argentina has been experiencing a paradox: while promoting drastic economic adjustment, it is simultaneously cutting back on the civil liberties necessary to ...
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The Moment of the Global South: Seizing 2025 to Transform Multilateralism
By Sergio Chaparro Hernández | | climate justice, justicia climatica, Justicia social, multilateralism, Multilateralismo, social justice, south global, Sur Global
In a world fractured by geopolitical rivalries, where great powers are building walls and mistrust threatens to dismantle what remains of the global order, three events in 2025 emerge as ...
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Strategies to defend civil society against authoritarianism in Latin America
By Dejusticia | | Autoritarismo, Civil Society, Enlaza, Program for strengthening, Social Organizations
Latin American civil society seems to be resting in a slow boil of restrictions and legislations that threaten its existence. The metaphor is clear: if a frog enters lukewarm water ...
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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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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.
