Colombian Democracy in the Streets
Confronted with the violence in the protests, the government and political leaders, as well as social leaders, must first promote the de-escalation, putting human rights at the center of the crisis management.
By Vivian Newman Pont | | Colombia, Democracy, Human Rights, Iván Duque, Social Protests
The ABCs of the Social Protest and Human Rights Crisis in Colombia
If you have not yet understood the serious situation in the streets of Colombia since April 28, 2021, we explain three essential aspects of the social mobilization agenda in which violence has been an unfortunate protagonist.
By Daniela Jiménez González, Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez | | Colombia, Estados Unidos, Policía, Protesta, Violencia
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The ABCs of the Social Protest and Human Rights Crisis in Colombia
By Daniela Jiménez González, Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez | | Colombia, Estados Unidos, Policía, Protesta, Violencia
Since April 28, when various sectors of society went on strike, Colombia has been caught in the middle of repression by law enforcement, a stigmatizing response by the national government, ...
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Protests in Colombia: 650 civil society organizations call for urgent action from IACHR
By Mariana Escobar Roldán | | Colombia, IACHR, Protests in Colombia, Violence in Colombia
Given the fragile institutional situation and the seriousness of human rights violations in Colombia, a group of 650 organizations, including Dejusticia, made a joint call to the Inter-American Commission on ...
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We condemn violence and call for respect for the right to protest in Colombia
By Dejusticia | | Colombia, Iván Duque, Police violence, Strike
Diverse social sectors took to the colombians streets since last Wednesday, April 28, in response to a call for a national strike, mainly due to the filing of a tax ...
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New Research Report: “The Defense of Human Rights in Venezuela”
By Dejusticia | | Derechos Humanos, Human Rights, Venezuela
Civil society organizations in Venezuela have found themselves greatly weakened by the complex humanitarian emergency and the restriction of democratic spaces. For more than 17 years, the state has adopted ...
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“Protecting Human Rights on the Ground,” a report on UNHCR country offices
By Dejusticia | | Human Rights, United Nations, Venezuela
AlertaVenezuela (Venezuela), in conjunction with the Center for Law, Justice, and Society, Dejusticia (Colombia) and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University (USA) present the ...
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Supreme Court of Justice protects the right to protest against police violence
By Dejusticia | | Colombia, Police, Protest, Supreme Court of Justice, violence
Bogotá, September 22, 2020 At the end of 2019, during the National Strike of November 21st demonstrations and mobilizations, a group of citizens, social organizations, human rights defenders, students, journalists, ...
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Colombian Democracy in the Streets
By Vivian Newman Pont | | Colombia, Democracy, Human Rights, Iván Duque, Social Protests
Confronted with the violence in the protests, the government and political leaders, as well as social leaders, must first promote the de-escalation, putting human rights at the center of the crisis management.
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By Maritza Florián Buitrago, Erin Formby | | Climate Change, United States
If States like Texas with ample means to tackle climate change fail to do so, the world as a whole fails given that the planet loses momentum in the collective effort to become more resilient against this phenomenon.
Lea más Despite Biden’s Victory, Authoritarian Populism Continues to Threaten U.S. Democracy
By Erin Formby | | Democracy, Populism, United States
The Republican Party violates norms which protect democracy more frequently than 85% of other political parties leading democracies around the world. Their lack of commitment to these norms shows that the U.S. political system could be weakened even further if another antidemocratic leader comes to power.
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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.
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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.
