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Evaluation of the Human Rights Unit of the Attorney General's Office
By Danilo Rojas Betancourth (Socio inactivo) |
Making the rule of law a reality and attaining peace in Colombia demands a judicial system that effectively punishes serious violations of human rights committed by all actors in society, including state officials. Therefore, the independence and efficiency of the Attorney General’s investigations of human rights violations must be subjected to rigorous empirical analysis and constant public debates. In this document, DJS contributes to that effort through a critical study of how the Attorney General’s Human Rights Unit (UDH) has operated over the last few years. In order to do that, the text combines tools of empirical qualitative analysis (case studies) with a follow-up and measurement of the UDH’s performance, which contributes to reducing the impunity of human rights violations in Colombia. (Note: This document is written in Spanish.)
Another view about abortion
By Helena Alviar García |
Helena Alviar García e Isabel Cristina Jaramillo believe that the state contradicts itself by prohibiting abortion.
France and the European Constitution
By Mauricio García Villegas |
Mauricio García V. explains the reasons for the agitated political debate in France because of the next referendum of the European Constitution.
The Ecuadorian crisis and the problem with Judicial independence
By Helena Alviar García |
The recent Ecuadorian crisis demonstrates that it is not possible to have democratic stability without an independent judicial system
Maximum Speed: 30km/hr
By Diego López Medina |
According to the professor Diego López, the police sometimes apply the speed limit strictly only to hound citizens.
Judicial Defense of the State: Justice Through Litigation?
By |
The State of Colombia loses valuable resources because of damages awarded by courts in contract and tort cases. Many times, damage judgments result from citizens and companies hurt by the state’s actions or omissions. Often, however, these judicial decisions are the result of the state’s poor performance in court. Because of this, the central state and some cities, like Bogotá, have started programs in recent years to strengthen systems that monitor public information and trials involving the state, in order to develop more effective defense strategies in court. This document gathers the results of a thorough investigation by DJS that contributes to this effort by analyzing new state programs and by empirically studying tort and labor cases that most often result in damage judgments against the state. The text ends with specific recommendations on how to consolidate a new strategy for the judicial defense of the state. (Note: This document is written in Spanish.)
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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