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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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Dejusticia launches groundbreaking playbook for the human rights field against populism
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Krizna Gomez | | Closing Civil Society Spaces, Defenders’ Day, Human Rights Defenders, Populist leaders, Venezuela
Edited by César Rodríguez-Garavito and Krizna Gomez, this book collects and analyzes a repertoire of responses by human rights organizations to the growing crackdown against civil society in different countries ...
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In historic ruling, Colombian Court protects youth suing the national government for failing to curb deforestation
By Dejusticia | | Generaciones futuras, Primera Tutela Cambio Climático
The Colombian government has four months to present an action plan to reduce deforestation in the Amazon region, the main source of greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change in the ...
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Jury Finds Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Responsible for Extrajudicial Killings of Indigenous People
By Dejusticia, Claret Vargas | | Aymara, Bolivia, Carlos Sánchez, Gonzalo Sánchez
April 3, 2018, Fort Lauderdale, FL – In a landmark decision today, a federal jury found the former president of Bolivia and his minister of defense responsible for extrajudicial killings ...
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Constitutional Court ratifies the right of consumers to access information about sugary drinks’ effects on health
By Dejusticia | | Bebidas azucaradas, Derecho a la información, derecho a la libre expresión
In 2016, the NGO Educar Consumidores issued a commercial about the possible health effects of excessive sugary drinks consumption. The commercial was censored by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, ...
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Columbia University climate scientist supports climate change litigation case in Colombia
By Dejusticia | | Calentamiento global, Tutela Cambio Climático, Tutela generaciones futuras
James E. Hansen, Director of the Program of Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, submitted an amicus in support of the climate change and future ...
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Dejusticia defends freedom of expression and political cartoons
By Dejusticia | | Caricaturas, Libertad de expresión, Matador
"I am the only Uribista who is not a piggy," says a pig dressed in a suit in a cartoon by Julio César González Quiceno, also known as 'Matador', which ...
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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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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.
