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Is there armed conflict in Colombia?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
En varias oportunidades, el actual gobierno ha defendido la tesis de que en Colombia no existe un conflicto armado sino una amenaza terrorista contra una democracia y contra la ciudadanía. Múltiples comentaristas y analistas han criticado esa tesis gubernamental, ya sea por ser contradictoria, pues en otros discursos el mismo gobierno parece reconocer la guerra,…
Latin American Critical Legal Movements Brazil, Argentina and Colombia (1960-1990)
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Latin America went through years of great political agitation between the early sixties and the late eighties. Those times were hard on democracy. Leftist movements openly opposed not only the governments but also the constitutional institutions of the time. The State –and the law, which sustained it- were seen as the source of all social problems. Faced with such criticisms, traditional parties and their spokesmen entered a period of confusion and political indecision. They wanted to establish strategic alliances with spokesmen of the opposition. However, traditional parties were reluctant to the revolutionary measures desired by the latter; they were only willing to accept reforms to the existent situation.
If there is not a war why is there a commission of peace?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Rodrigo Uprimny, director de DJS, emphasizes the weakness of a government, that both denies and recognizes the existence of armed conflict.
The Challenge of the New Public Prosecutor
By Juan Fernando Jaramillo |
Be who it may, the new public prosecutor will have to watch out because the permanency in positions of the State does not depend on political influences. Juan Fernando Jaramillo, of Dejusticia, explains why.
The French Referendum from a tropical perspective
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Although it seems distant, the refusal of the French to the European Constitution is an important lesson for Colombians.
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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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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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.
