Summer Festival in Caño Cristales
When historians write the chronicle of the Santos Administration, they will say that the agreement with the FARC was his great achievement and the abandonment of the environment his failure.
Read MoreThe Many Faces of Drug Use
We have to insist that no drug user should be treated as a criminal and that the majority is far the dominant stereotype.
Read MoreThe Panama Papers and Collaborative Advocacy
To read this post in English click here.
By now you have likely heard of the Panama Papers. Leaked to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung by an anonymous source, the Papers include over 11.5 million records from the files of Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that helped politicians, drug dealers, athletes, businessmen, and other rich clients hide wealth and evade taxes through offshore shell companies, investment funds, and tax havens.
Read MoreThe Constitution, Democracy and Rights
This is the name of the book that the National University will launch April 28th and that compiles some of the best constitutional law texts written by Juan Jaramillo, our dear friend and Dejusticia and university colleague, who passed away too soon four years ago.
Read MoreLiberty and Order
In Colombia there exists a an old political culture that, trying to avoid tyranny, became negligent with anarchy. This has made more difficult the construction of an efficient state with enough administrative capacity to enforce the law. Let me explain myself.
Read MoreStarving to Death in Colombia
Three weeks ago I wrote that 33 children below the age of five had starved to death this year in Colombia.
Read MoreCoca Corridors: Stories of Cultivators and Narcotraffickers
Until a couple weeks ago, I had not heard of the narco-corridors of Colombia.
Read MoreThe Boys’ Club of Constitutional Law
Our high courts have a very low representation of women and there is no institutional effort to reverse this tendency, which makes the head of the judiciary a space mainly composed of men.
Read MoreThe Digital God
The FBI lost the security battle against Apple, which refused to breach the privacy of a terrorist’s cellphone, but in the digital age everyday new risks emerge.
Read MoreToward Finland’s Educational Model
The Finnish educational model is an ideal system. However for other systems to move close to it, institutional changes do not suffice, material and cultural conditions must be addressed.
The Wiwa People and the Rancheria Dam
In this mini documentary, Dejusticia and the Wiwa people describe the effects of the construction of a dam without prior consulation on the affected communities. It shows the devastating affects of the dam on the lives and territority of the Wiwa People.
Read MoreConflict, protests and peace
Today we are experiencing two concurrent events. First, we are witnessing the negotiations with the guerillas, which have a good possibility of success. Second, we are living through a time of very intense social unrest, as the farmers’ strike demonstrated. ¿How do we interpret the simultaneity of these processes?
Read MoreWhat is most important for the Sarayaku People?
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what is most important to them.
Read MoreThe meaning of Sumak Kawsay
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what “sumak kawsay” means.
Read MoreLessons from the Sarayaku People for Other Indigenous Peoples
Dejusticia asks members of the Sarayaku People what lessons they can share with other indigenous people of the region.
Read MoreSumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (short version)
The Sarayaku vs. Ecuador case began in 2003, when the Poeple of Sarayaku filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They accused the Ecuadorian government of authorizing a petroleum company to explore for petroleum on their indigenous territory in the Amazon, in violation of their right to prior consultation.
Read MoreSumak Kawsay: The Sarayaku Case (long version)
In this documentary, Dejusticia and Canal Justicia follow one of the most important cases on environmental conflicts and indigenous rights before the Inter-American Human Rights Court in Latin America: Sarayaku v. Ecuador.
Read MoreWhat is the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta?
The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta is a disputed territory. The resources found there attract both legal and illegal actors seeking to control the area. In this documentary members of the Wiwa and Kankuamo People explain what the Sierra means to them.
Read MorePeace framework: pending discussion about prison
The ruling of the Constitutional Court supports the dialogues, however it is not a free pass to get out of prison.
Read MoreNational Survey of legal needs
Commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and the World Bank, this survey assesses the state of access to justice in urban Colombia, identifies obstacles, and offers recommendations to improve access to justice and facilitate conflict resolution.
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