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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Defend the ICC: INCLO national human rights organizations call on states to protect international rule of law against United States attack
By Dejusticia | | Human Rights, ICC, International Criminal Court, International Justice, multilateralism, United States
As national human rights organizations working across every region of the globe, we are alarmed by the campaign announced by the United States Department of State to “dismantle” the International ...
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Defending human rights around the world requires funding
By Mariana Matamoros | | CIDH, Derechos Humanos, Desigualdad, Global South, IACHR, Inequality, Justicia Fiscal, Public spending, Sustainable development., Tax cooperation, Tax justice, Tax policy
We live in a time when major global challenges—inequality, the climate crisis, and technological transformations, among others—require governments to have greater capacity to guarantee rights and promote the well-being of ...
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Who should collect taxes when services cross borders?
By Mariana Matamoros | | Digital economy, Digital taxes, International taxation, Justicia Fiscal, Sustainable development., Tax justice, Tributación internacional, United Nations
For decades, international tax rules were designed for an economy very different from today’s. In that world, companies produced physical goods and had factories and offices in the countries where ...
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From Taxes to Rights
By Mariana Matamoros | | CIDH, Fiscal justice, fiscal policy, Human Rights, IACHR, Justicia Fiscal, Public budget, Public investment, Social inequality., Tax policy, taxes
Let’s imagine for a moment a public school in a rural area, a hospital that treats hundreds of people every day, or a drinking water system that serves a community ...
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Three Borders, One Life: The Struggle of Three Trans Migrant Women in Colombia
By Lina Arroyave, Néstor Hernández | | LGBTIQ+ rights, migration colombia-venezuela, migratory controls, trans women
Leaving behind who they’re supposed to be, their family, their hometown, and even the life others decided for them—this is the story of many trans women who flee to save ...
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Between Dependency and Diversification: Agrarian Reform in Colombia and the Shift in International Cooperation
By Carlos Quesada, José Ignacio de la Torre | | Agrarian reform, Belt and Road, Colombia-China Relations, Foreign Investment, International cooperation, Paz territorial, Paz territorial, Territorial Peace, USAID
Since 2023, Colombia and China have announced bilateral agreements in which China committed to providing commercial support for agrarian reform. Colombia’s accession to the Belt and Road Initiative in 2025 ...
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Word by Word
By Mauricio García Villegas | | 1991 Constitution, Church, Colombia, Colombia, Constitución de 1991, Estado de Derecho, Estado de Derecho, Estados Unidos, Estados Unidos, Iglesia, Iglesia, Rule of Law, United States
The dream of any leader is that the people obey what they say word by word. When Napolean Bonaparte issued the Civil Code of 1804 he did not want anyone interpreting his laws, he only wanted people to obey them.
Lea más The Law as a Form of Politics
By Mauricio García Villegas | | Alejandro Ordoñez, Alejandro Ordoñez, Bogotá, Bogotá, Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracy, Democracy, Destitución, Destitución, Gustavo Petro, Gustavo Petro, Inter-American HR Commission, Office of the Inspector General, Procuraduría, Procuraduría
Carl Von Clausewitz once said that war is the continuation of politics through other means. Many Colombians think that something similar happened with the law here; that is, the the legal debates are a continuations of politics by other means. At least that appears to be the opinion of the 73 percent of residents of Bogota who believe the removal of their mayor Petro from office was unjust.
Lea más Human Rights report supporting the complaint brought by the Mapuche Bread-makers Union
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, Celeste Kauffman, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Chile, Consulta previa, OIT, Pueblos indígenas
This document was presented along with the complaint labor union No. 1 of Mapuche Bread-makers of Santiago (Chile) presented to the Committee of Experts of the ILO alleging that Chile violated the Mapuche’s right to prior consultation protected by Convention 169.
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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.
