The prohibition of drugs, as a public policy, is a wrongheaded answer that does not resolve the structural problems that give rise to drug trafficking, and it\u00a0exacerbates the vulnerabilities of numerous groups. We\u00a0work to progressively substitute the State\u2019s criminal justice response to the problem of drugs and, instead, propose an answer based on public health, human development, and attention to vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n
Public policies to attend to problems that arise from the consumption of psychoactive substances, as well as mechanisms for the eradication of illegal crops, must have a perspective of respect for the public health and human rights of the people who consume and produce these substances.<\/p>\n
In the context of the implementation of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP, we work to ensure an adequate implementation of the policies agreed to in that document, respecting the human rights of producers, and favoring the construction of a stable and lasting peace.<\/p>\n
El CEDD publica su estudio sobre los impactos de las pol\u00edticas de drogas en el sistema penitenciario de 10 pa\u00edses de Am\u00e9rica Latina. El uso excesivo del derecho penal y de sanciones privativas de libertad, tiene consecuencias sobre la vida de las personas en los sistemas penitenciarios de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Estados Unidos, M\u00e9xico, Per\u00fa y Uruguay.<\/p>\n
This document aims to analyze the challenges that coca producing municipalities face in two crucial aspects in the future: the construction of a local State and the definition of a human development path that is both integral and participatory. <\/p>\n
This document is the result of a project developed by Dejusticia in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and Law of Colombia and the British Embassy in Colombia, with funds from the United Kingdom through its embassy in Colombia.<\/p>\n
In an intervention before the Constitutional Court, Dejusticia argued that this norm conforms to the Constitution. However, the organization warned that the deadline to determine the beneficiaries should be reconsidered because it could leave out a group of peasants living in poverty.<\/p>\n
Dejusticia asked the Constitutional Court to declare invalid Decree-Law 249 of 2017 (DL 249\/2017), for two reasons: in issuing this rule, the President of the Republic exceeded the special powers for peace because it did not demonstrate the strict necessity to regulate this subject by this extraordinary way; and the contracting procedure that regulates DL 249\/2017 violates the constitutional principles governing public procurement.<\/p>\n
In a Constitutional Protection (tutela) case, Dejusticia argued for the precautionary principle to protect the rights to health, the environment, ethnic territories, peasant territoriality, and water resources in rural communities.<\/p>\n
At a time when the human rights movement is facing great challenges, and at a moment when there is a widespread recognition that the human rights movement must be more interdisciplinary, and locally connected, human rights advocates should be more purposeful in integrating art, in addition to social sciences, into our practice.<\/p>\n
The unforeseen incidents of bringing together a handful of indigenous leaders from around the world to Colombia for the First Global Workshop for Indigenous Leaders.<\/p>\n
Justice through people’s own hands and the deaths in neighborhoods fights show the failure of the State in several sectors of the city, especially those that are outside the tourist circuit.<\/p>\n
Photo: Piyushgiri Revagar<\/p>\n
The Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (CEDD<\/a>) was created amid growing evidence that international drug control policies have not decreased drug use, stopped the cultivation of plants for illegal markets or reduced drug trafficking. Rather, the evidence shows that the weight of drug laws fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged population groups and has the undesired consequence of overwhelming criminal justice systems. The group\u2019s main objective is to generate information about the characteristics and costs of drug policy in Latin America, whether they be social or economic, and to encourage an informed debate on the effectiveness of current policies.<\/p>\n CEDD includes researchers from various countries including Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United States, Peru and Uruguay.<\/p>\n Photo: AFPMB<\/p>\n Palliative care focuses on health, prioritizes dignity and quality of life and of death, both for the patient and for her family. The lack of information for health care professionals and the barriers of access and availability to opioid medications for pain management and relief are obstacles for many people in the region to access these services.<\/p>\n In this report, we study the situation of palliative care in eight countries in Latin America, with special attention to human rights and the right to health as tools to improve the adoption of the palliative care focus in health care.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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