Colombia: going back to the original balance of justice
There is a crucial aspect of Colombia’s transitional justice model that is worrying: the current inability of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to offer legal security to those who participated in the conflict, including in human rights violations, and have not been identified as among the most responsible. And making sure they also contribute to the satisfaction of the rights of the victims. The JEP must avoid keep moving towards maximalist approaches and go back to the balance in the Peace Agreement.
By Paola Molano Ayala | | gorillaz, JEP, Transitional Justice, Victims
From the G20 to COP29 and the IACHR: three spaces in which Dejusticia will urge the need for reforms to the financial architecture
Dejusticia will be participating, together with allied organizations, in advocacy activities in these three spaces in order to propose responses to the climate emergency.
By Dejusticia | | Climate Change, COP29, G20, Global South, IACHR
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From the G20 to COP29 and the IACHR: three spaces in which Dejusticia will urge the need for reforms to the financial architecture
By Dejusticia | | Climate Change, COP29, G20, Global South, IACHR
With the uncertainty generated by the outcome of the elections in the United States, two key meetings for the multilateral agenda begin this week: the G20 summit in Rio de ...
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Mexico: reforming justice, weakening democracy
By María Adelaida Ceballos Bedoya, Kelly Giraldo Viana | | Global blog, Human Rights, Justice, México
Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice houses a stunning mural by José Clemente Orozco with two representations of justice: one of them, with a sword, sleeps on a pedestal; while the ...
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Cosmopolitan human rights
By Mauricio García Villegas | | Democracy, Derechos, Human Rights, International
1. Love of country is often a very strong emotion, stronger than love of humanity. Waving the flags of the group is often a more overwhelming passion than the abstract ...
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Justice in Tension: the Role of the ICC in Venezuela’s Repression
By Paola Molano Ayala, Paula Andrea Valencia Cortés |
Repression in Venezuela during the Chavismo era is not a new phenomenon. It has occurred repeatedly in response to anti-government protests, provoking the exile of opponents and limiting—if not suppressing—democratic ...
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Justice, crisis and reforms
By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez | | Colombia, Justice, reforms
We are living in difficult times in which justice is losing ground, even in people's imaginations. We are in the midst of a confluence of multiple crises of global dimensions. ...
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The “terrorist” with the toy gun: teenagers detained in Venezuela and the lines that should not be crossed
By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Daniel Tovar | | Global blog, Human Rights, Teenagers, Terrorism, Venezuela
August 2 will always be in Yanire's memory. On that day, her dream of seeing her son graduate from high school turned into the nightmare of seeing him be graduated ...
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Colombia: going back to the original balance of justice
By Paola Molano Ayala | | gorillaz, JEP, Transitional Justice, Victims
There is a crucial aspect of Colombia’s transitional justice model that is worrying: the current inability of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to offer legal security to those who participated in the conflict, including in human rights violations, and have not been identified as among the most responsible. And making sure they also contribute to the satisfaction of the rights of the victims. The JEP must avoid keep moving towards maximalist approaches and go back to the balance in the Peace Agreement.
Lea más The immigration policy of the United States and its implications in Latin America
By Ximena Ortiz Ortiz, Lina Arroyave Velásquez | | México, migration, Refugees, United States
The United States has implemented different measures to prevent the entry of migrants and refugees into its territory, including extending its immigration policy to Latin American countries.
Lea más The binationality of the Wayuu people: the pending debt of Venezuela and Colombia
By Dayanna Gladys Palmar Uriana, Paulo Ilich Bacca | | Colombia, Indigenous Peoples, migración, migration, Refugees, Venezuela
The Wayuu arrive in Colombia to seek refuge but crashes with a wall that prevents them from accessing social services and fundamental rights: the Colombian State has not recognized the binationality of the Wayuu people in practice.
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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.
