International justice: as fragile as it is necessary
Is international justice effective? We analyze the fragility, lack of budget, and political tensions and global courts.
By Paula Andrea Valencia Cortés | | Human Rights, ICC, Impunity, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, International Justice, Multilateralism Crisis.
With judges on the chopping block, who will defend us?
With the global Rule of Law in decline, Latin America has become a political chessboard. Who protects us when judges lose their power?
By Kelly Giraldo Viana, Sofía Carrerá Martínez | | Authoritarianism, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Judicial Independence, Rule of Law, Venezuela, World Justice Project
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International justice: as fragile as it is necessary
By Paula Andrea Valencia Cortés | | Human Rights, ICC, Impunity, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, International Justice, Multilateralism Crisis.
In different parts of the world, there are people who keep files and testimonies for years, clinging to the hope that one day there will be justice. When the courts ...
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With judges on the chopping block, who will defend us?
By Kelly Giraldo Viana, Sofía Carrerá Martínez | | Authoritarianism, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Judicial Independence, Rule of Law, Venezuela, World Justice Project
“This is the story of a man / who knew very few letters / and dreamed of the justice / of comic book heroes / and disguised himself as good ...
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Justice in check, but not yet a checkmate
By Paola Molano Ayala | | Authoritarianism, Democracy, Human Rights, International Criminal Court, International Justice, Rule of Law
Justice today faces a paradox: it is, at the same time, the last bulwark against arbitrariness and unchecked power, and one of the favorite targets of those who seek to ...
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When discrimination determines who can travel
By William Morales Villalba | | Human Rights, migration, migratory controls
plane’s doors had closed did airline staff inform them that they could not board until they received a purported authorization email from the “Colombian Border Police.” This additional requirement did ...
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How the U.S.’s Narrative Hurts Immigrants
By Christy Crouse, Thomas Gustafson | | Donald Trump, ICE, immigration, Immigration policies, United States
It is a regular day in one of the United States’s largest cities. People wearing masks are driving around in unmarked cars, raiding and picking up people off the street—kidnapping ...
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COP30: transitions, hope, and discontent
By Diana Guarnizo | | Climate Change, COP30, Just transition, Right to Food
COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025, left a bittersweet impression. Although it was one of the most well-attended COPs, where innovative topics related to food and climate finance ...
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Limits to Freedom of Expression: Patriotic Union
By Dejusticia | | Elección, Elección
Dejusticia filed an amicus in the tutela action against Dr. Fabio Echeverri Correa, manager of the re-election campaign for Presidential Candidate Álvaro Uribe Vélez, for violating the fundamental rights of honor and good name, physical integrity and life.
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By Dejusticia | | Discriminación, Discriminación, Matrimonio Igualitario, Matrimonio Igualitario
Citizen intervention in the challenge to Article 1 of the Law 54 of 1990 and Article 2 of the Law 54 of 1990 modified by the Law 979 of 2005, which limit patrimony laws to heterosexual couples.
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By Dejusticia | | Corte Constitucional, Corte Suprema de Justicia, Derechos de las mujeres, Derechos de las mujeres, Discriminación, Discriminación, Ley de cuotas, Ley de cuotas
Dejusticia challenges the election of Dr. Nilson Pinilla Pinilla as new Judge of the Constitutional Court, due to violations of the Quotas Law and the restriction on voting for Dr. Pinilla by judges Dr. Pinilla had appointed.
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FromTheTerritory
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.
