International publications
International publications
Race and Housing in Colombia: Residential Segregation and Life Conditions in Cities
| By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Sebastián Villamizar Santamaría | Afrocolombianos, Colombia, Derechos económicos, Discriminación, Pobreza
This report presents the results of a study on living conditions and residential segregation in twelve cities of Colombia
Legislating and Representing? Female Senators’ Agenda in Congress (2006-2010)
| By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Sylvia Prieto Dávila | Acciones afirmativas, Colombia, Congreso, Derechos de las mujeres, Participación política, Senado, Senate
In this book we hope to contribute empirically to the issue of women's political representation in Colombia. Additionally, the book brings attention to the necessity to develop intermediary theoretical proposals that can open the conceptual debate regarding the inclusion and representation of women in the political arena.
Irrational Efforts: Criminal Investigations of Homicide and other Complex Crimes
| By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Miguel Emilio La Rota | Criminal Policy, Fiscalía, Impunidad, Impunity, Política Criminal, Priorización, Proceso penal, Sistema penal
The Colombian Attorney General's Office´s quantitative records show that investigative efforts are employed irrationally. The absence of a strategic prioritization policy —as opposed to the unclear and arbitrary way officials currently process cases— does not allow criminal policy efforts to focus on investigating the most important cases.
Security, Police and Inequality: Citizen Survey in Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín
| By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Miguel Emilio La Rota | Afrodescendientes, Cali, Desigualdad, Discriminación, Encuesta, Policía, Pueblos indígenas
This survey seeks quantitative evidence about how people experience and perceive various aspects of the security policy, in particular policing practices. It also explores whether security policies disproportionately effect vulnerable groups.
Access to Justice: Women, Armed Conflict, and Justice
| By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Sylvia Prieto Dávila | Armed Conflict, Conflicto armado, Derechos de las mujeres, Víctimas, Victims, Womens Rights
This document examines the situation of female victims of human rights violations due to the Colombian armed conflict and their ability to effectively access justice.
Land Restitution and Gender Perspectives
| By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Nina Chaparro González | Colombia, Derechos de las mujeres, Gender, Género, Land Restitution, Restitución de tierras, Víctimas, Victims, Womens Rights
In this document the authors explore why the focus on gender is important to the integral restitution of land. It also shows that this focus is both useful and necessary to the full, effective and respectful restitution of human rights of the victims.
