Trivialising racism
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Major advances have taken place to make the black population and the discrimination against them more visible, as was shown in the opening acts of the World Afro Summit in Cali and Cartagena.
Read more The Wiwa People and the Rancheria Dam
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
In this mini documentary, Dejusticia and the Wiwa people describe the effects of the construction of a dam without prior consulation on the affected communities. It shows the devastating affects of the dam on the lives and territority of the Wiwa People.
Read more What is the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta?
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta is a disputed territory. The resources found there attract both legal and illegal actors seeking to control the area. In this documentary members of the Wiwa and Kankuamo People explain what the Sierra means to them.
Read more Sumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (long version)
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
In this documentary, Dejusticia and Canal Justicia follow one of the most important cases on environmental conflicts and indigenous rights before the Inter-American Human Rights Court in Latin America: Sarayaku v. Ecuador.
Read more Sumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (short version)
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The Sarayaku vs. Ecuador case began in 2003, when the Poeple of Sarayaku filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They accused the Ecuadorian government of authorizing a petroleum company to explore for petroleum on their indigenous territory in the Amazon, in violation of their right to prior consultation.
Read more Lessons from the Sarayaku People for Other Indigenous Peoples
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what lessons they can share with other indigenous people of the region.
Read more The meaning of Sumak Kawsay
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what "sumak kawsay" means.
Read more What is most important for the Sarayaku People?
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what is most important to them.
Read more A disabled society
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
On a litter. That is how people in a wheel chair must board and leave an airplane when travelling throughout Colombia. I had to see this painful scene in several airports, while traveling with a foreign colleague, whose extraordinary mind and heart are highlighted by his body's immobile legs.
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