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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Let’s Talk about Education
By José Rafael Espinosa Restrepo | | Colombia, Desigualdad, Educación Superior, Education, Latinoamérica, Ministerio de Educación, Países en vía de desarollo, Posconflicto
Un país mejor en el mediano y largo plazo pasa, de una u otra manera, por una reforma a la educación en Colombia. Es cierto que el balance no es ...
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By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Banco Mundial, Colombia, Democracy, Desigualdad, Equidad, Estados Unidos, Injusticia, Latinoamérica
Solía decirse en tono de burla que los latinoamericanos de clase media soñaban ser como los estadounidenses, y los de la clase alta, como los europeos. Pero las cifras y ...
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By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Colombia, Ejército, Guerrilla, Injusticia, Municipios, Policía, Reparación, Seguridad, Sentencia, Víctimas
Esa es la verdadera pregunta que plantea la reciente sentencia del Consejo de Estado que ordenó al Estado que indemnizara las destrucciones de unas edificaciones vecinas de una estación de ...
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By Jorge Alberto Parra Norato | | Cárceles, Código penitenciario, Colombia, Decriminalization, Drogas, OEA, Penal System
Hace pocos días entró en vigencia el nuevo código penitenciario con la pretensión de reducir los problemas estructurales del sistema carcelario y penitenciario del país. El problema más visible es ...
Lea más Friends of the “Tutela” Writ
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Colombia, Corte Constitucional, Derechos fundamentales, Estado de Derecho, Guardianships, Reforma a la justicia
Apenas habían pasado dos meses desde la expedición de la Constitución de 1991 cuando Fernando Londoño, sintetizando el malestar de los defensores del viejo derecho, sentenció: “Cuando alguien decida hacer ...
Lea más Ecuador is Mistakenly following Venezuela’s Lead at the OAS
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León | | Cancillería, Colombia, Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Ecuador, Inter American Court of Human Rights, Latinoamérica, OEA, Venezuela
Despite the Ecuadorian foreign ministry’s optimistic pronouncement last month that the countries of the region were close to reaching a consensus about moving the headquarters of the Inter-American Commission on ...
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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.
