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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Democracy without Participation?
By María Paula Saffon Sanín | | Bogotá, Colombia, Constitución de 1991, Democracy, Gustavo Petro, Latinoamérica, Participación política, Populismo, Protesta social
El reciente llamado de los editores de la revista Semana a que Petro desista del uso del balcón para hacer valer sus ideas es tan poco feliz como poco sorprendente. ...
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By Nathalia Sandoval Rojas | | Bogotá, Colombia, Democracy, Participación política, Protesta social
Incluso para quienes defienden la movilización social, las protestas pueden llegar a ser incómodas. En el último bloqueo de taxistas en Bogotá tras la muerte de uno de sus compañeros, ...
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By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Derecho a la salud, Derechos fundamentales, Farmacéuticas, Ministerio de Salud, Organización Mundial de la Salud, Patentes
Dekkers dijo a Business Week que Bayer no había producido la droga Nexavar contra el cáncer para la India sino “para los pacientes occidentales, que son los que pueden pagarla”. ...
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By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Drogas, Human Rights
A medida que el debate sobre la política de drogas se vuelve mas abierto y aireado, especialmente en América Latina, han habido varios llamados para hacer que el respeto por ...
Lea más The second round of the Legal Framework for Peace
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León | | Congress, Corte Constitucional, ELN, FARC, Marco jurídico para la paz, Participación política, Penal System, Sentencia
La recientemente publicada Sentencia C-579 de 2013 era ansiosamente esperada después del incidente de los contradictorios comunicados de prensa en donde un día se anunciaba una cosa y al otro ...
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By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Abuso del Derecho, Alejandro Ordoñez, Constitución de 1991, Democracy, Estado de Derecho, Gustavo Petro, Inter American Court of Human Rights, Procuraduría
El Procurador Ordóñez está logrando lo que siempre ha querido: desacreditar la Constitución de 1991 y ambientar una reforma constitucional. Lo inesperado es que en ello le estén ayudando los ...
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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.
