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Catalina Botero in OAS
By Dejusticia |
Desde la jurisprudencia y la cátedra, Catalina Botero está convencida de que la Constitución debe ser un manual de protección ciudadana. Desde sus días de colegio, Catalina Botero Marino tuvo una notoria pasión por la justicia. Por eso, cuando se graduó de bachiller en el Liceo Juan Ramón Jiménez, donde aprendió cómo administrar la libertad…
To make one believe is a serious thing
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Referring to a native doctor of the Amazon, Levi-Strauss stated at some time the following: “The chamán Quesalid was not a great doctor because he cured the sick, but he cured the sick because he was a great doctor”
Those who experienced abduction- Are they now victims of journalism?
By María Paula Saffon |
The insensitive treatment that the media has given to the experiences of those that suffered from abduction has not only fallen on the violation of their right to privacy but also it has been an offense against their dignity by subjecting them to the second form of victimization.
Catalina Botero: elected Special Rapporteur for the Freedom of Expression – OAS
By Dejusticia |
Catalina Botero, auxiliary magistrate of the Constitutional Court was elected special rapporteur for the Freedom of Expression, from the OAS.
The March and Our Asymmetric Morale
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The large march of July 20th for the freedom of all the kidnapped people generated mixed feelings within me, very similar to my feelings provoked by the protest last February 4th against the FARC. And because of this, even at the risk of repeating myself, I feel obliged to reiterate my position in this theme, mentioned before in another column I wrote on February 2nd in Semana.com.
The march of July 20th
By Mauricio García Villegas |
“Are you going to march on Sunday?” a colleague in Medellín asked me this week. “Yes, of course”, I answered. “Oh! I am not so convinced” he responded and justified his decision with these words: “I went to march when the first demonstration against the kidnapping was organized; but I feel that this time with the liberation of Ingrid, the march is going to reduce to a political act of Government endorsement and I do not want to be part of the chorus of religious, chauvinistic praises and lackey that is being formed in this country because of the success of the Democratic Security politics.”
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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