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Main Difficulties for Human Rights Advocates in the Global South

Dejusticia asked Global Action-Research Workshop participants what the biggest difficulties are for human rights advocates.
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Effects of the Global Action-Research Workshop

Dejusticia asked participants of the First Global Action-Research Workshop what effects they think the workshop will have.
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SanturbĆ”n and the Minister: Why Arrieta isn’t right

One of the first decisions the Minister of Environment should make is the final demarcation of the paramo of Santurban, which will also determine where Gold mining can be done and where it cannot.
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Sleeping in a burning bed

The new report from the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) nudes the existential dilemma of humanity: we know that we are destroying the planet, but we are still working on it.
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The spring of social movements

The reactions to the agrarian strike show that Colombians are experts in understanding violence and surviving in solitary silence; but we do not know very well neither what to do, nor what to say when facing the rare happening of a collective and pacific mobilization.
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The Wiwa People and the Rancheria Dam

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.
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What is the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta?

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.
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Sumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (long version)

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.
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Sumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (short version)

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.
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