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Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)

“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 | Oct 10, 2025 | Financing for Development, Human Rights, ONU
Prioritize life over profit.

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 | Oct 10, 2025 | climate budgets, Tax policy, Taxes and climate change

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Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)

“Seville’s commitment” must not remain on paper

By Mariana Matamoros, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | Oct 10, 2025 | Financing for Development, Human Rights, ONU
Just a few weeks ago, we were in Seville, Spain, where we had the privilege of participating in the Fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). From ...
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Prioritize life over profit.

Climate budgets

By Mariana Matamoros | Oct 10, 2025 | climate budgets, Tax policy, Taxes and climate change
When we hear the phrase "climate change," we probably think of heat waves, heavy rains, forest fires, or natural disasters. And when we hear about the "national budget," the first ...
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Public policies that guarantee rights

Taxes and spending with a sense of social justice

By Mariana Matamoros | Oct 10, 2025 | Climate Change, Colombia, Justicia Fiscal, Tax justice, Tax policy, taxes
In this edition of the Newsletter, we propose looking at fiscal policy not as a technical tool, but as a political and ethical instrument for reducing inequalities and guaranteeing human ...
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“Behind every tax there is a political decision.”

By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Mariana Matamoros | Oct 10, 2025 | care work, Inequality, neutral taxes, tax system
Every Saturday morning, Tatiana repeats the same ritual: she takes her notebook, checks what's left in the cupboard, and calculates how much she can spend at the supermarket. She lives ...
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The Hungarian Case and its Anti-NGO Laws

By Nina Chaparro González, Oliver Hodges-Jackson | Oct 2, 2025 | Authoritarianism, civil society, Closure of civil society spaces, NGOs non-governmental organizations
If you drop a frog into boiling water, it will jump out immediately. But if you slowly increase the temperature, it will stay until its too late. That’s how civic ...
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Reclaiming multilateralism for a shared future

By Christy Crouse, Abby Steckel  | Sep 1, 2025 | Estados Unidos, Multilateralismo, Trump
“The whole island seemed to be on fire,” recalls a resident of Providencia Island as Hurricane Iota passed through in 2020, leaving thousands of homes, hospitals, churches, and schools destroyed. ...
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What Happens when US Christian Fundamentalists Shape Public Policy in the Global South?

By Celeste Kauffman | May 6, 2015 | Aborto / IVE, Derecho a la familia, Derechos de las mujeres, Religión
While religion can positively impact issues of social justice and human rights, it is profoundly problematic that the religious beliefs of a minority of the US are permitted to dictate issues of public health and morality in the Global South.
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We Presented an Amicus Curiae before the Constitutional Tribunal Asking for the Preservation of the Reform that Allows for Abortion

By Nathalia Sandoval Rojas, Paola Molano Ayala, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | May 6, 2015 | Aborto / IVE, Derechos de las mujeres, Discriminación

We presented an amicus curiae before the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic in favor of the depenalization of abortion in the process that this court is considering to determine whether to preserve the reform to the Criminal Code that allows for abortion in three circumstances, thus protecting the life and integrity of Dominican women.

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We Ask the Government to Immediately Suspend Glifosate Fumigations

By Luis Felipe Cruz, Nathalia Sandoval Rojas, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Sergio Chaparro Hernández | May 4, 2015 | Colombia, Drogas, Ministerio de Justicia, Ministerio de Salud

We ask the Justice Ministry, as the President of the National Narcotics Council, the Technical Secretary of that organization, and the Anti-Narcotics Director of the National Police, to immediately suspend all glifosate spraying operations in the Colombian territory, in application of the precautionary principle.

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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.


Dejusticia's Documentaries

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.

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