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An ethical question
By Diego López Medina |
The right to life is absolute according to the Catholic Church in the debate related to the abortion. Professor Diego López questions if certain forms of analysis benefit-cost are not also against this moral doctrine.
Guaranteeing Access to Free Primary Education
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
This document addresses the complex and controversial topic of universal access to primary education in the district of Bogotá, Colombia. Rather than attempting to review the multitude of issues and divergent perspectives regarding this issue, the author focuses primarily on the duty of the judicial system of Colombia to takes the appropriate steps to guarantee access to free primary education.
Is it Possible to Prevent Regression? A focus on Colombian constitutional jurisprudence
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
As established by international protocols and conventions regarding social rights, the State must uphold the responsibility to maintain vigilant protection against the degeneration of social rights. Nonetheless, the prohibition of degeneration raises complex questions since its scope is far from clear.
The main objective of this article is to discuss the role of the Colombian government to ensure that as new levels of rights are achieved, that they are maintained, and furthermore, they must not allow for backward movement.
Judicial Presentations on Prisons
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This article seeks to evaluate the intervention of the Constitutional Court in Colombian jails, with special emphasis on the issue of prison overcrowding, to establish progress, limitations and challenges of this intervention.
The End of the Law of Justice and Peace? The law of 975 to 2006 after the Failure of the Constitutional Court
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The research laid forth in this book addresses the practical implications of The Law 975 of 2006 on the process of peace negotiations between the Colombian government and paramilitary groups. Due to the fact that the sentence from the Constitutional Court, which is responsible for the revisions of the law, was announced after this book was at the press, the book reflects partial look since the complete text of the ruling is still not known. Recognizing this constraint, the investigation is based on press releases, journals and analysis from Non-Governmental Organizations.
Referees and Television
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Analyzing the role of the referees in soccer matches, this text defends the utilization of television as tool for reducing the errors committed and diminishing the risk that soccer becomes a game of chance.
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.
