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¿Will Santos continue to break the quota act?
By Paula Rangel |
This government has broken the quota act (Ley 581 del 2000) repeatedly. Since its beginnings, Santos confessed that he “isn’t friends” with these measures because he considers that they go against the merits of women who, according to him, have won their space in society. .
Freedom of expression and criminal law
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The Prosecutor’s criminal complaint against Piedad Cordoba for her speech in Miranda and the mayor Petro’s threat to denounce Noticias Uno for economic panic, due to the dissemination of a report on water pollution in Bogota, show the low esteem of many Colombian officials for freedom of expression, as was well showed by La Silla Vacía.
Five myths about the indigenous of Cauca
By César Rodríguez Garavito |
Judging from the Cauca discussion, the ones with the mythical thinking are not the indigenous, but those who require they be “put in place” with arguments that would be convincing in a Bogotá cocktail, but are completely unaware of the reality of the Nasa and other indigenous peoples. To advance the negotiations in good time convened by the government, it is important to dismantle the myths.
The election of secretaries of the Congress is public
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Contrary to the contention of the President of the Senate Juan Manuel Corzo, the election of the secretaries of the House and Senate should not be secret but has to be public and nominal.
Ilva Myriam Hoyos and the judicial virtues
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The State Council should not propose Ilva Myriam Hoyos as a judge for the Constitutional Court, not for her conservative and religious philosophy, but because she lacks some essential virtues to be a good constitutional judge.
Who doensn’t risk, gains nothing or how to contribute to transparency
By Vivian Newman Pont |
Comments on the draft law on transparency and access to public information recently approved in Congress.
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.”
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