Sentences for drug traffickers from South America’s Pacific
The harshest sentences are served by transporters who, in most cases, are dispensable actors in the value chain of narco-trafficking, and who are committing the crimes because of the marginalized and impoverished conditions in which they live.
By David Filomena | | Drugs, Guerra contra las drogas, Política de drogas
The Sierra, Displaced
I thought about their story, the people and the situations they must have faced. I honored that by feeling the strength of the land and that the stone had witnessed the same. –Tiokasin, Lakota leader
By Ana María Ramírez | | Armed Conflict, Indigenous Peoples, Truth Commission
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The Colombian government has failed to fulfill the Supreme Court’s landmark order to protect the Amazon
By Santiago Ardila Sierra | | Amazon, Cambio climático, Climate Change, Environment, Medio Ambiente, Natural Resources, Recursos naturales, Tutela Cambio Climático
This Friday, April 5th, marks one year since Colombia’s Supreme Court of Justice ruled that the government must abate climate change by stopping deforestation in the Amazon. In its decision ...
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Join our Petition in Change.org: We want zero deforestation in the Amazon
By Dejusticia | | Climate Change, Colombia, Environment
We, the 25 children and youth who won the first case in Latin America involving climate change and future generations, met with experts and civil society organizations in Colombia to ...
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#LetsChangeTheGoal: We ask for a change in the deforestation target proposed in the National Development Plan
By Dejusticia |
Last March 5, 2019, the youth plaintiffs in the writ of protection (tutela) case involving climate change and future generations met with experts and civil society organizations to submit a ...
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Leading Human Rights Organizations Support a Democratic, Non-Violent Solution to Venezuela’s Crisis
By Dejusticia | | Estados Unidos, Gobierno, Iván Duque, United States, Venezuela
On January 23, Venezuelans took to the streets in massive numbers, rejecting Nicolas Maduro’s claim to a new presidential term based on an illegitimate electoral process, and supporting an end ...
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25 Voices against Deforestation: Finalists for the Children’s Climate Prize
By Dejusticia | | Amazonía, Medio Ambiente, Recursos naturales, Tutela Cambio Climático
The news that 25 children and youth made history in Latin America by suing the Colombian government for failure to protect the Amazon rainforest reached Stockholm. The youth plaintiffs were ...
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Dejusticia seeks a Communications Director
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The Communications Director will be leading a team of four permanent staff and a host of external consultants and intern/s who will project Dejusticia’s work on several human rights themes ...
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Sentences for drug traffickers from South America’s Pacific
By David Filomena | | Drugs, Guerra contra las drogas, Política de drogas
The harshest sentences are served by transporters who, in most cases, are dispensable actors in the value chain of narco-trafficking, and who are committing the crimes because of the marginalized and impoverished conditions in which they live.
Lea más The Sierra, Displaced
By Ana María Ramírez | | Armed Conflict, Indigenous Peoples, Truth Commission
I thought about their story, the people and the situations they must have faced. I honored that by feeling the strength of the land and that the stone had witnessed the same. –Tiokasin, Lakota leader
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By Juan Sebastián Hernández Moreno | | Cárceles
“Heavy-handed” policies on crime in many countries in the Americas have not only brought prisons to crises around the continent, but have also failed to reduce crime and recidivism. A more humane penitentiary system, not one of terror, seems to be the solution that our continent needs.
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Stories FromTheTerritory
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.
Dejusticia's Documentaries
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.
