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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Do Bulls have Rights?
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Animal Rights, Bogotá, Colombia, Consejo de Estado, Corte Constitucional, Ministerio de Ambiente
Al tiempo que la Corte Constitucional decide sobre las corridas de toros en Bogotá, una excelente sentencia del Consejo de Estado deja claro que los animales sí tienen algunos derechos. ...
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By Dejusticia | | Acción afirmativa, Colombia, Consulta previa, Costa Caribe, Discriminación, Movimientos sociales, Pueblos indígenas, Sierra Nevada
En el año 2005 el INCODER comenzó los trabajos de construcción de la represa El Cercado en el río Ranchería. La licencia de construcción de esta presa fue otorgada violando ...
Lea más Re-election, Peace and Democracy
By Javier Eduardo Revelo Rebolledo, Mauricio García Villegas | | Álvaro Uribe, Colombia, Constitución de 1991, Corte Constitucional, Democracy, Elección, Juan Manuel Santos, peace, Reelección
Muchos de quienes defienden la reelección del presidente Santos se opusieron en su momento a la reforma constitucional impuesta por la coalición de gobierno del entonces presidente Uribe. La esperanza ...
Lea más The Statue of Liberty… Chained
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Cárceles, Colombia, Drogas, Estados Unidos, Libertad, Penal System, Populismo punitivo, Raza
Las cifras hablan por sí solas: según datos del Centro de Estudios Penitenciarios (ICPS por sus siglas en inglés), en Estados Unidos hay más de 2’200.000 personas privadas de la ...
Lea más They Have the Right, but It’s Forbidden
By Nathalia Sandoval Rojas | | Afrocolombianos, Colombia, Constitucion, Constitución de 1991, Discriminación, Pueblos indígenas, Raza, Segregación
Decir que Colombia es un Estado pluriétnico y multicultural significa reconocer los derechos de las comunidades indígenas y afrodescendientes a la autonomía, la cultura y al territorio. Para lograrlo, es ...
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By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Alejandro Ordoñez, Colombia, Destitución, Gustavo Petro, Participación política, Procuraduría
Al sesgo político y las cruzadas personales del Procurador, se suma ahora una interpretación errónea y peligrosa de los deberes de los funcionarios públicos, que los deja al arbitrio de ...
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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.
