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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
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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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The Statue of Liberty… Chained
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Cárceles, Colombia, Drogas, Estados Unidos, Libertad, Populismo punitivo, Raza, Sistema penal
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 ...
Lea más Who Would Want to be a Public Official?
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 ...
Lea más Are the Five Eyes being Short-sighted?
By Vivian Newman Pont | | Chuzadas, Derechos Humanos, Estados Unidos, Internet, Naciones Unidas, Privacy
Los Cinco Ojos son cinco grandes países del ajedrez global: Reino Unido, Canadá, Australia, Nueva Zelandia y, cómo no, Estados Unidos. Se unieron hace décadas en un acuerdo secreto de ...
Lea más The 25th Anniversary of the Comission of Colombian Jurists
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | | Colombia, Democracia, Derechos Humanos, Estado de Derecho, Latinoamérica, ONG
La CCJ es la Comisión Colombiana de Juristas, una de las más importantes y respetadas organizaciones de derechos humanos de América Latina, que el pasado jueves celebró 25 años de ...
Lea más The United Nations Debates Business and Human Rights
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | | Colombia, Derechos Humanos, Empresas y derechos humanos, Latinoamérica, Naciones Unidas
ONU debate a relação entre empresas e direitos humanos Encontro convocado pelo Grupo de Trabalho da ONU pode promover uma regulamentação internacional de respeito aos direitos humanos. O que fazer ...
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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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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.
