International publications
International publications
Human Rights, Democracy, and Development
| By Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Democracia, Derechos económicos, Derechos económicos, Derechos Humanos, Development Programs, Development Programs, Planes de desarrollo, sociales-y-culturales-desc
Human rights are undergoing a transformation. Around the world debates have proliferated regarding human rights discourses, practices, and studies to the point that some speak about "the end of human rights." This context is unlike anything since the beginning of the international human rights system around the mid twentieth century.
Making Social Rights Real: Implementation Strategies for Courts, Decision Makers and Civil Society
| By Celeste Kauffman, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) | Derechos económicos, Seguimiento a sentencias, sociales-y-culturales-desc
Given the disappointing implementation levels in various countries and across human rights systems, this guide seeks to contribute to the discussion regarding strategies for courts, international decision-makers, and civil society to increase the implementation of ESCR decisions.
Congressional Women’s Caucus: A Story to Tell
| By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Sylvia Prieto Dávila | Congreso, Derechos de las mujeres, Proyecto de Ley, Rama Legislativa
Legislators formed the Congressional Women's Caucus during the legislative period 2006-2010. This text seeks to give visibility to this process through the reconstruction of its history, challenges, and achievements.
In Search of Rights: Drug Users and Governments Response in Latin America
| By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Jorge Alberto Parra Norato, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes | Colombia, Derecho a la salud, Despenalización, Drogas, Latinoamérica
The Drugs and Rights Studies Collective published a new report that examines government responses to the consumption of illicit drugs in eight countries in Latin America: Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia.
Political Participation of Women and Political Parties after the 2011 Political Reform
| By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Sylvia Prieto Dávila | Congreso, Derechos de las mujeres, Ley de cuotas, Participación política
This document analyzes the possible reach and limitations of two of the key requirements of Law 1475 of 2011 in order to identify strategies that will encourage the political participation of women in party politics. Historically, they have suffered from discrimination in their attempts to participate politically.
Separate and Unequal: Education and Social Class in Colombia
| By Felipe Jiménez Ángel, José Rafael Espinosa Restrepo, Juan David Parra Heredia, Mauricio García Villegas | Acceso, Colombia, Derecho a la educación, Derechos sociales, Segregación
Using empirical evidence from state-administered exams, this book shows how public education in Colombia is a segregated system. It is a system that is separate and unequal, violating the right to non-discrimination and equal opportunity enshrined in Colombia´s Constitution.
