The Supreme Court rules in favor of peasants
By Dejusticia |
Regarding the legal action that 1,770 peasants filed to be included in the census, the court ordered the Government to define the concept of peasant, to include this population in the census, and to advance public policies that ensure their material equality.
Read more Dejusticia and other organizations support the case brought before the United States Supreme Court to protect the right to non-discrimination of same-sex couples
By Carolina Mila Torres |
The United States Supreme Court will hear the case of a same-sex couple in Colorado who was denied a cake for their wedding by a pastry chef claiming religious (specifically Christian) objections. In an intervention presented before this Court, Dejusticia and other organizations of the INCLO network supported the couple’s right not to be discriminated against.
Read more With tutela, 1,700 male and female peasants ask to be included in the census
By Dejusticia |
"For peasants to count, they have to be counted," is the slogan of the plaintiffs who have been rejected by the government during the last two years after asking to be identified in the 2018 census.
Read more The Agreements for the Substitution of Illicit Crops must have a gender perspective
By Dejusticia |
GPaz and Dejusticia presented contributions for the inclusion of the gender approach in the route to the formulation and implementation of Collective Agreements within the framework of the National Comprehensive Substitution Plan.
Read more The national government geographically isolated Chocó
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León |
We intervened to support a tutela that requires the government to pave the
Quibdó-Medellín and Quibdó-Pereira roads: a promise that has historically been unfulfilled.
Read more The migratory wall facing refugees
By Lucía Ramírez Bolívar |
What is it like to migrate to Colombia and the United States? The stories of Johan and Sonia, two of the 65.6 million people who have been forcibly displaced around the world.
Read more Inter-American Comission on Human Rights wants to investigate police abuses during the Buenaventura strike
By Dejusticia |
During a hearing in Lima, Peru, organizations working to protect the rights of the Afro-Colombian population claimed that the government and the FARC are ignoring this population in the implementation of the Peace Accord.
Read more No one responds to racial discrimination at work in Colombia
By Dejusticia |
The Constitutional Court is about to end the legal struggle that Jonh Jak Becerra undertook six years ago, after being a victim of racial discrimination at work. Dejusticia and Cimarrón intervened before the Court, calling for the protection of the rights to equality, non-discrimination, decent work and due process.
Read more What are the effects of prior consultation processes in the life of indigenous peoples?
By Dejusticia |
That indigenous peoples can discuss with the government at the same level: this and other effects of prior consultation in the following video.
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