They discussed the implementation of the right to prior, free, and informed consultation and consent in Latin America.

This July 30th the Constitutional Court held a public hearing to discuss whether or not it should approve marriage equality nationally and not annull the existing marriages between same-sex couples.

Regarding regulations on diversity in the continent and communities' demands for recognition.

Interview with DPLF's expert that participated in the 25th Anniversary Seminar of the ILO Convention 169 in Bogotá.

In a pluralist democracy it is discriminatory for a person to be deprived of a right due to their sexual orientation. Today the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage.

Dejusticia, alongside other organizations, intervened before the Court in the case of a trans woman who saw her rights to identity and dignitiy violated by the state not allowing her to change her sex on official documents.

The Constitutional Court ruled in her favor, and the ruling served as a precedent for the Decree 1227 that now allows people to change their sex on official ocuments through a notarized deed.

Moderator: Louis Bickford, Program Officer at the Ford Foundation

Panelists:

César Rodríguez Garavito, Director of Global Justice and Human Rights Program at Universidad de los Andes

Gay McDougall, Visiting Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law

Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights

This event took place on April 22, 2015.