Despite Biden’s Victory, Authoritarian Populism Continues to Threaten U.S. Democracy
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.
By Erin Formby | | Democracy, Populism, United States
“Protecting Human Rights on the Ground,” a report on UNHCR country offices
This research is intended to offer tools to the Venezuelan human rights movement, to other civil society organizations, and to States who have an interest in the establishment of a UNHCR office in Venezuela.
By Dejusticia | | Human Rights, United Nations, Venezuela
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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 ...
Lea más 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, ...
Lea más REQUIEM FOR JUSTICE: 44 writers, musicians and activists rally against social injustice and oppression amidst Covid-19
By Dejusticia | | Derechos Humanos, Landscapes of Hope, Requiem for Justice
Landscapes of Hope, a network of 25 civil society organizations from Latin America, South East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, led by the Belgian NGO Action for Hope will ...
Lea más Colombia must implement the IACHR’s recommendations regarding social leaders, even during the pandemic
By Dejusticia | | IACHR, Líderes sociales, Social Justice Leaders, The right to defend rights
The report Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders in Colombia, recently presented by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) after their visit to the country in November 2018 repeatedly ...
Lea más We won the Tang Prize!
By Dejusticia | | Dejusticia, Rule of Law, Tang Prize
Dejusticia, a Colombian think-do-tank with 15 years of history, is one of the three organizations in the world awarded this year with the Tang Prize in the Rule of Law ...
Lea más INCLO condemns the use of excessive force and the misuse of less-lethal weapons against protesters in the USA
By Dejusticia | | ACLU, George Floyd, INCLO
News media reports indicate that rubber bullets, tear gas and in some cases live ammunition have been used by police officers against protesters, in violation of the basic human rights ...
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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.
Lea más International Humanitarian Law and Victims of Child Recruitment as Targets of an Attack
By Alejandro Jiménez Ospina, Aaron Alfredo Acosta | | Children, Colombia, Iván Duque, Military
An interpretation of the spirit of IHL, manifested in the principles of military necessity and humanity, as well as the IHRL standards applicable to children, should always prohibit the State from causing excessive death or injury. There is nothing more excessive than killing recruited children —vulnerable, discriminated against, and abandoned by the State— in order to gain a military advantage that could have been achieved through other means.
Lea más The Duque Government Before the United Nations: A Zero in Conduct
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León, Jessica Corredor Villamil | | Colombia, Interamerican HR System, Iván Duque
Above all of this disorder, something remains constant: the Duque government’s decided interest to weaken international supervision of human rights not only in the Interamerican system, but also in the United Nations.
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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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