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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Legal Chauvinism
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Destitución, Gustavo Petro
Algunos dicen que esas medidas son simples recomendaciones, que los Estados pueden o no aceptar. Pero no es así: en Colombia esas medidas son obligatorias, según reiterada jurisprudencia de la ...
Lea más Why Santos should Comply with the Precautionary Measures
By José Rafael Espinosa Restrepo | | Corte Constitucional, Destitución, Gustavo Petro, Juan Manuel Santos, Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
Antes de explicarlas, dos aclaraciones. Primero, esta no es una defensa de la gestión de Petro. Como sostuve en una columna anterior, no estoy satisfecho con la gestión del ahora ...
Lea más The Culture of Compliments and Street Harassment
By Celeste Kauffman | | Colombia, Género, Sexual Harassment
Echar piropos en la calle no es un cumplido, es acoso sexual callejero hacia las mujeres. Hace unas semanas, vi un video en lo cual un joven sale a la ...
Lea más From the Ethical to the Ethnic
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Afrocolombianos, Consulta previa, Discriminación, Elección, Human Rights
¿Cómo evitar que pase de nuevo? Muchos se hacen estas preguntas, indignados por la elección a la Cámara de María del Socorro Bustamante y Moisés Orozco, dos políticos a los ...
Lea más Democracy without a People
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Congress, Democracy, Derechos políticos, Elección, Estados Unidos
Es una bella definición. Pero la democracia colombiana tal vez requiere una definición más prosaica: nuestra democracia es el gobierno a nombre del pueblo… pero sin mucho pueblo. Al menos ...
Lea más What is Missing from the Separate Spaces for Women
By | | Bogotá, Colombia, Discriminación, Género, Sexual Harassment
En este sentido, se sobreentiende que la separación no va a eliminar los elementos culturales que permiten a algunos hombres apropiarse del cuerpo de las mujeres, ni tampoco va a ...
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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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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.
