{"id":24682,"date":"2017-02-27T19:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/?page_id=24682\/"},"modified":"2017-03-14T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T16:34:18","slug":"litigation-economic-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/issues\/economic-justice\/litigation-economic-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic-justice-litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economic Justice<\/h3>\n

Litigation<\/p>\n


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\n We presented a tutela in favor of the right consumers have to receive information on the amount of sugarpresent in the beverages we drink<\/a>
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\n By Gabriela Eslava<\/a>, Diana Guarnizo<\/a>, Maria Paula \u00c1ngel<\/a>
\n | Nov 28, 2016
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Dejusticia and other organizations filed a tutela regarding the Industry and Commerce Oversight Agency ban of a commercial by Educating Consumers that addressed health effects of excessive sugary drinks consumption.
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\n Dejusticia and other organizations intervene in protection case on behalf of Way\u00fau children<\/a>
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\n By Valentina Rozo<\/a>, Diana Guarnizo<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>
\n | Jul 26, 2016
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on 19 july, Dejusticia, along with the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), the Civic Committee for the Dignity of La Guajira, and the Committee of Support for Popular Communities (CODACOP), and several leaders of the Way\u00fau peoples, sent to the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia a brief in support of the citizen-led protection case on behalf of Way\u00fau boys and girls, who are facing grave danger due to a widespread situation of hunger and lack of drinking water in the department of La Guajira.<\/p>\n

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\n Intervention Litigating Article that Establishes Sales Tax<\/a>
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\n By Andr\u00e9s Castro<\/a>, Sergio Chaparro Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, Paola Molano Ayala<\/a>
\n | Mar 4, 2016
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We intervened before the Constitution Court litigating the unconstitutionality of Numera 3 of Article 171 of Law 1607 of 2012, that modifies taxes and establish a sales tax.<\/p>\n

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\n Dejusticia’s Director Intervenes before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights on Fazenda Brazil Workers Case<\/a>
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\n By Dejusticia<\/a>
\n | Feb 26, 2016
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C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito, Dejusticia’s director, intervened as an expert witness in the first case that debates forced work in the Americas, regarding the complaint of slave work in Brazil.<\/p>\n

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\n Press Release – International human rights network intervenes in case challenging large-scale disconnection of water supply to tens of thousands of low-income residents in Detroit<\/a>
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\n By Celeste Kauffman<\/a>, C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito<\/a>
\n | Feb 9, 2015
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New York. February 9, 2015. The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), a global network of over 220 groups and 50 individual advocates from around the world working to secure economic and social justice through human rights, has requested leave from the U.S. District Court to be recognized as amicus curiae[1] in the case of Lyda et al. v. City of Detroit[2]in support of residents challenging the City of Detroit’s decision to cut off water supply to thousands of households unable to pay their bills.<\/p>\n

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\n Tutela UP – D\u00edaz Mansilla Family<\/a>
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\n By Diana Isabel G\u00fciza G\u00f3mez<\/a>, Nathalia Sandoval Rojas<\/a>, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes<\/a>
\n | Sep 5, 2014
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30 years ago Miguel Ángel Díaz was forcefully disappeared in Puerto Boyacá with participation of a DAS agent. He was one of the first victims of the persecution against the Patriotic Union.<\/p>\n

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\n Intervention: Defense of the Superintendent of Health\u00b4s Letter 03\/13 on Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy<\/a>
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\n By Nathalia Sandoval Rojas<\/a>, Nina Chaparro Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>, Paula Rangel Garz\u00f3n<\/a>
\n | May 9, 2014
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Dejusticia intervened before the State Council to support the legality of the Superintendent of Health’s Letter 03 from 2013 on voluntary interruption of pregnancy.
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\n Amicus Curiae on the official duty to investigate sexual crimes and proof standards in sexual violence<\/a>
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\n By Dejusticia<\/a>
\n | Aug 6, 2010
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Dejusticia submitted an amicus in a motion for legal protection case filed by a women’s organization against the Attorney General’s Office, claiming the infringement of the rights of access to justice and due process of a girl allegedly abused by her father.
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\n Supreme Court of Justice sanctions nightclubs of Bogot\u00e1 due to racial discrimination<\/a>
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\n | Oct 8, 2008
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Racial Discrimination Watch filed a tutela against the President, Bogot\u00e1\u00b4s Mayors Office and three night clubs for racial discrimination
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