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Marbury v. Madison in China
By Diego López Medina |
When in the last column I invited the readers to give me ideas, various suggestions about the importance of comparative worker’s rights themes and for that I decided to begin on this occasion. Various other themes were proposed about the current legal state of Colombia, and I hope to be able to address this topic little by little. In any case, I continue to be open to new suggestions.
Who can help with the ETB line?
By César Rodríguez Garavito |
This article is written out of eagerness because it touches César to call on the Company of Telephones of Bogotá (ETB) to ask for a line. Like you and so many other victims, know that for this the remainder of the day is needed.
Envy
By Mauricio García Villegas |
There are seven mortal sins- lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride- but almost all have fallen in oversight. Thus, for example, in a survey published a couple years ago, the English responded that the only one of those sins that deserved to continue to be on the list was greed.
Memories of two Fifteen agers
By Diego López Medina |
The Constitution of 1991 shows in its 15 years that it is more beautiful that that of 1886. The professor Diego López Medina explains why.
What is the function of Contemporary Comparative Rights?
By Diego López Medina |
Comparative rights are a discipline that, in its more contemporary reincarnation, was born with the Congress of Paris in the year 1900. The lawyers of that time (where Salleiles and Lambert had an indisputable leadership position) understood for the first time the intense phenomenon of commercial and financial globalization that had become evident at that time. The increase in commerce, of capital flow, of merchandise and of people causes the birth of an unpublished cosmopolitan conscience of law. The transatlantic steamboats offered, for the first time, the possibility of large quantities of persons travelling in a relatively short time between the old and new world.
The Judge as the Last Artisan
By Danilo Rojas Betancourth (Socio inactivo) |
Those that come to supply charges in the high courts should take into account that the greater demand for the function of serving justice is in the control of a genuine judicial artisan; that is, they have the job of shaping the legal materials that their collaborators supply to them.
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.
Dejusticia's
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.
