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Ten urgent actions to protect the Amazon promoted by colombian civil society organizations for COP16
By Dejusticia |
As civil society members (The Escucha la Amazonía -ELA- Alliance), we urge the national governments of the Amazon region to establish agreements to combat factors that bring the Amazon closer to the tipping point, such as deforestation, inappropriate land use for activities like extensive cattle ranching, and illegal economies.
A group of global activists will visit Colombia to discuss solutions to face the planetary crisis
By Dejusticia |
34 researchers and global activists from the Atlantic Fellows community will meet for a week in Bogotá to discuss a just transition to address the world’s climate crisis. The week will have several key spaces to strengthen collective action and climate justice, as a prelude to COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
Together for a fair tax world
By Laura Zambrano |
International tax cooperation is not just a matter of politics, but of global justice and respect for human rights. Only by working together and with strong leadership can we build a tax system that ensures the well-being of all people.
A human rights-based approach to tax systems
By Dejusticia |
Reforming tax systems with a focus on human rights is key to combating inequality, financing public services and promoting inclusive growth. International cooperation is necessary to confront tax evasion, reduce unfair dependencies and promote a more equitable redistribution of wealth.
The global ideal: fair taxation
By Dejusticia |
A key aspect of achieving this goal is to adopt a human rights approach to how countries collect resources through their tax systems. This implies creating fairer taxes, where those who have more contribute more.
Every dose counts (and costs): Access to antiretrovirals and compulsory licensing
By Laura Zambrano |
In Colombia, HIV is a visible and urgent challenge that affects thousands of people and puts many more at risk. Despite World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations to use Dolutegravir as first-line treatment due to its high effectiveness and minimal side effects, the high cost of the drug prevented its access to a large part of the population.
I don’t care if they call me a dictator.
By Dejusticia |
During his six years in office, Bukele has consolidated his power, paving the way to become the dictator he appears to be announcing himself as.
NGOs at risk of global extinction
By Dejusticia |
How can non-governmental organizations transform themselves? What were they like when they did not depend on international funding?
Colombia: going back to the original balance of justice
By Paola Molano Ayala |
There is a crucial aspect of Colombia’s transitional justice model that is worrying: the current inability of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to offer legal security to those who participated in the conflict, including in human rights violations, and have not been identified as among the most responsible. And making sure they also contribute to the satisfaction of the rights of the victims. The JEP must avoid keep moving towards maximalist approaches and go back to the balance in the Peace Agreement.
Elementa DD.HH. y Dejusticia presentamos un amicus en el proceso que adelanta el Asocazul y Cajar por afectaciones derivadas de aspersiones con glifosato
By Dejusticia |
El glifosato causó daños irreversibles a los campesinos del sur de Bolívar y el Estado debe repararlos. Así lo argumentamos en una intervención ante el Consejo de Estado.
Colombia must obtain resources to guarantee the right to health of Venezuelan migrants: Constitutional Court
By Santiago Ardila Sierra |
The high court protected the right to health of two undocumented Venezuelans and requested the government to advance as “expeditiously and effectively as possible” towards the full realization of migrants’ right to health, regardless of their immigration status. Dejusticia intervened in the case.
Dejusticia intervenes in defense of Venezuelan migrants’ right to health
By Dejusticia |
The Constitutional Court invited Dejusticia to present their legal opinion on two cases concerning the right to health of people coming from Venezuela.
The long wait of the JEP ahead of the decisions of the Constitutional Court and Congress
By Dejusticia |
In the last six months civil society organizations, such as Dejusticia, have called on both institutions to give free rein to the norms that consolidate the Special Jurisdiction for Peace.
Case of indigenous people of Bojayá who could not vote in the plebiscite is about to reach the Court
By Mauricio Albarracín |
Through a tutela, a group of Emberá claimed their rights to political participation and equality, because their economic situation and how far they live made it impossible for them to move to endorse the Peace Agreement. Dejusticia, human rights organizations, and indigenous leaders asked the High Court to review the case.
The Constitutional Court has the last word to save the Ciénaga Grande of Santa Marta
By César Rodríguez Garavito |
The environmental crisis of this ecosystem led fishermen to pursue a legal battle that reached the High Court. In this intervention, we support their demand that environmental authorities take urgent measures to stop the disaster and thus, protect their rights to healthy environment, dignified life and work.
Gender focus in rural reform is important but insufficient
By Ana Jimena Bautista |
The Gender-in-Peace Working Group -GPAZ, a group of which Dejusticia is a member, took part in the Public Hearing convened by the Constitutional Court, within the framework of the informal constitutional review of Decree 902 of 2017 “to facilitate the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Reform contemplated in the Final Land Agreement, specifically the procedure for access and formalization and the Land Fund.”
Stories
From The Territory
We travel with 20 indigenous activists of the world to the heart of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Listen to this story about the Kankuama Resistance.
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Documentaries
Discover some of the documentary pieces that we have made. Indigenous resistance, migration of Venezuelans to Colombia and stories of women coca growers, are some of our topics of interest.
