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Democracy, Majorities and Deliberation
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The defenders of the reelection referendum have evaded the debate in the Congress about the criticism to the constitutional reform, with the argument that this initiative has been supported by millions of Colombians, and in that sense it has to be assumed practically without discussion. The basic thesis supports the idea that in a democracy the majorities are sovereign. But the fact is not that simple.
Why the colombians do not criticize?
By César Rodríguez Garavito |
Let me start with explaining the question.
Conscience Objection
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Priest javier Giraldo is a respectable Human Rights defender. Like most of the people who work for the vicims in Colombia, Giraldo doesn’t believe in the Justice.
The Obligation of Ingratitude
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The judges and employees of the control agencies must be not only experts in their field, but also the obligation of ingratitude to those who selected them because if not ¿how would be defined their independence that is a necessary condition to develop propertly their functions?
The Pardon
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Three weeks ago, when the government decided to take out Karina form Jail to appoint her “Peace promoter” I wanted to write a column about the idea of pardon we have. I have always thought there is one of our biggest social problems.
In Eastern: Requiem for the Washington Consensus
By César Rodríguez Garavito |
“The old Washington Consensus is dead”, said the last week the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown before the opening of the president’s meeting, G-20 in London.
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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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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