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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Who Decides When it Comes to Mining?
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Colombia, Democracy, Locomotora minera, Medio Ambiente, Minería, Procuraduría
Si se estudia lo que decidió la Corte, la conclusión es que, antes de autorizar un proyecto minero, el Gobierno Nacional debe llegar a un acuerdo con las autoridades de ...
Lea más Blank Votes: Who Wins?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Colombia, Democracy, Derechos políticos, Elección
Pero en realidad, al menos en las elecciones de este domingo para Congreso, es un autogol del voto de opinión, pues favorece a las maquinarias clientelistas. Procedo a explicarlo: si ...
Lea más The Bullying Continues
By Diana Rodríguez Franco | | Democracy, Derechos políticos, Destitución, Gustavo Petro, Mecanismos de consulta, Medio Ambiente, Procuraduría
Pero el matoneo que documentó César Rodríguez en El Espectador hace unos meses, se ha intensificado. Esta vez el turno es para los alcaldes que convocaron, o tienen la intención ...
Lea más The Displaced Persons’ “Tutela” Writ
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Colombia, Corte Constitucional, Desplazados, Desplazamiento, Guardianships, Gustavo Petro, Víctimas
Corría enero de 2004 cuando la Corte, desbordada por la avalancha de demandas de desplazados de todo el país, juntó las peticiones de 1.150 familias que huían de la violencia ...
Lea más The Commerce Clubs
By Tatiana Andia Rey | | Colombia, Derechos sociales, Estados Unidos, Latinoamérica, Medicamentos
Hemos vuelto a la era del comercio como privilegio. En los años 90, el mundo quiso transitar con la creación de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) hacia un modelo ...
Lea más Staggering Ignorance
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Colombia, Decriminalization, Drogas, Populismo punitivo, Prohibition, Senado
Colombia tuvo recientemente dos muestras monumentales de esas ignorancias alucinantes. A comienzos de enero, el senador Juan Carlos Vélez tuiteó la “noticia” de que en el primer día de legalización ...
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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.
