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Uses and Abuses of Transitional Justice in Colombia
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Although the term has yet to be clearly defined, the concept of “transitional justice” has become increasingly popular in recent years. Using the case study of the peace negotiations between the Colombian government and paramilitary groups, the authors explore the implications and limitations of the rhetoric of transitional justice. The study focuses on the relations of politics, law and the protection of human rights in times of significant national transition. Ultimately, the authors question the utility of the concept for Colombia given the unequal distribution of power between victims and perpetrators.
Fifth prison sentence of the Pan-American Court. From Washington to San José
By Mauricio García Villegas |
The fifth international sentence that condemns to the Colombian State for the complicity of the Army in paramilitary crimes, should be more shameful for the nation than the results of the presidential management before the U.S. Congress.
The Spanish political miracle
By Juan Fernando Jaramillo |
Juan Fernando Jaramillo, member of Dejusticia and professor at the National University, emphasizes the consolidation of democracy in Spain and its lessons that we can derive from it.
Unpunctuality, without social reproach
By Mauricio García Villegas |
The unpunctuality is a generalized vice in public corporations, in both the State and in all of Colombian society, that does not receive sufficient social reproach.
Of the land, nothing
By Danilo Rojas Betancourth (Socio inactivo) |
Danilo Rojas of Dejusticia, calls attention to the politics of trial and error of the government on the matter of administrative organization for the execution of its land programs.
State Counsel will discuss demands of the election of Nilson Pinilla as the judge of the Constitutional Court
By Dejusticia |
The shortlist did not show the devoted female participation for the law. Besides, Pinilla participated in the election of judges advancing for change in the Supreme Court of Justice.
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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