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“Seville’s commitment” must not remain on paper
What we saw and heard in the previous forums—especially in the feminist and civil society space—made it clear to us that grassroots mobilization is key.
By Mariana Matamoros, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | | Financing for Development, Human Rights, ONU
Climate budgets
El presupuesto no es solo una hoja de cálculo. Es una herramienta política que define qué se protege y a quién se prioriza.
By Mariana Matamoros | | climate budgets, Tax policy, Taxes and climate change
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New Research Report: “The Defense of Human Rights in Venezuela”
By Dejusticia | | Derechos Humanos, Program for strengthening - Venezuela, Sociedad Civil, Venezuela
Civil society organizations in Venezuela have found themselves greatly weakened by the complex humanitarian emergency and the restriction of democratic spaces. For more than 17 years, the state has adopted ...
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“Protecting Human Rights on the Ground,” a report on UNHCR country offices
By Dejusticia | | Derechos Humanos, Venezuela
AlertaVenezuela (Venezuela), in conjunction with the Center for Law, Justice, and Society, Dejusticia (Colombia) and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University (USA) present the ...
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Supreme Court of Justice protects the right to protest against police violence
By Dejusticia | | Policía, Protesta
Bogotá, September 22, 2020 At the end of 2019, during the National Strike of November 21st demonstrations and mobilizations, a group of citizens, social organizations, human rights defenders, students, journalists, ...
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REQUIEM FOR JUSTICE: 44 writers, musicians and activists rally against social injustice and oppression amidst Covid-19
By Dejusticia | | Derechos Humanos, Sociedad Civil
Landscapes of Hope, a network of 25 civil society organizations from Latin America, South East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, led by the Belgian NGO Action for Hope will ...
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Colombia must implement the IACHR’s recommendations regarding social leaders, even during the pandemic
By Dejusticia | | Líderes sociales
The report Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders in Colombia, recently presented by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) after their visit to the country in November 2018 repeatedly ...
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We won the Tang Prize!
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Dejusticia, a Colombian think-do-tank with 15 years of history, is one of the three organizations in the world awarded this year with the Tang Prize in the Rule of Law ...
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I don’t care if they call me a dictator.
By Nina Chaparro González | | bukele, Democracia, 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, ONG, 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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Stories
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.
