International publications
International publications
Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study in Bogotá
| By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Sebastián Villamizar Santamaría | African-colombian, Afrocolombianos, Bogotá, Colombia, Desigualdad, Discriminación, Discrimination, Equality, Igualdad, Inequality, Ministerio de Trabajo, Segregación
This paper documents the first Colombian quantitative study on racial discrimination in the labor market, specifically in Bogotá. The study finds that the skin color has a direct and negative effect on the chances of finding a job.
Between Stereotypes: Labor Trajectories for Men and Women in Colombia
| By Annika Dalén, Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez | Colombia, Derecho al trabajo, Derechos de las mujeres, Discriminación
Public Order and Racial Profiling: Afro-Colombian Experiences with the Cali Police
| By Yukyan Lam | African-colombian, Afrocolombianos, Cali, Cali, Discrimination, Police
This book documents the Police Forces' treatment of the Afro-Colombian population in Cali.
Insufficient Judicial Independence, Deformed Preventive Prison: The cases of Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
| By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Miguel Emilio La Rota | Colombia, Criminal Trial, Populismo punitivo, Proceso penal, Punitive Populism
In this study we analyze the main pressures and interferences to which Colombian judges and prosecutors are subject when they have to make decisions regarding the imposition of preventive detention
National Survey of Legal Needs
| By Miguel Emilio La Rota Uprimny, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Sebastián Lalinde Ordóñez
Institutions and Drug-trafficking: the Judicial Geography of Drug-Related Crimes in Colombia
| By Felipe Jiménez Ángel, José Rafael Espinosa Restrepo, Mauricio García Villegas | Apartheid institucional, Criminal Policy, Illegal drug trade, Narcotráfico, Política Criminal
This text shows how, in addition to being disproportionately punitive, the way the government implements its drug laws is discriminatory. Drug laws are applied in certain geographic regions more than others, and some crimes are prosecuted more than others.
