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The poverty of growth
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Rodrigo Uprimny director of Dejusticia, argues that, due to inequality, it is difficult to reduce the poverty in Latin America only with growth.
The “class struggle” in law
By Diego López Medina |
It is possible that the constitutional interpretation of the last semester is a product not from the High Courts but from president Uribe. His presidential campaign was his scenery and a frame for reading the constitution, the law and politics, which, due o its importance it must be debated. It´s amazing the central role that this idea has in gained in the mind of president Uribe even though it is recognizable along his politic life.
Successful Experiences of the Fight against Impunity
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Impunity is a phenomenon which has a double complexity. On the one hand, it has different meanings and dimensions. On the other, multiple factors causes it, and sometimes they are difficult to identify. It is important to remember that traditionally impunity is associated with the lack of individualization and determination of the responsibility of that who committed the offense and in consequence the lack of a penal process. However, it is possible to distinguish various forms of impunity: civil, social, and a last one that has had an important development which is impunity for human rights violations.
Latinos go home!
By César Rodríguez Garavito |
César Rodríguez of Dejusticia, affirms that migration is uncontrollable and criticizes the fall of amnesty to illegal immigrants in the United States
The depoliticization of abduction: The July 6th marches
By Mauricio García Villegas |
When it is a matter of acts of barbarism, the people do not protest by defending a political position but rather defend against human indignity. The Left does not lose anything by assuming a frontal position against guerrilla warfare, on the contrary, it gains a lot.
The teaching of the Rochela
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Rodrigo Uprimny, director of Dejusticia and professor at the National University, emphasizes the opportunity and teachings of the recent failure of the Pan-American Court against Colombia.
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.
