Energy transition and human rights in the Global South
The lack of a human rights and energy policy feeds the growing conflict in the territories. It will be hard to end all forms of violence associated with our reliance on fossil fuels at any cost until we decide to retrace our steps by focusing on a just transition.
By Laura Santacoloma, Umo Isua-Ikoh | | Climate Change, Colombia, Environment, Nigeria
Are Human Rights Still Effective?
In 2018, we brought together activists from 11 Global South countries to reflect on the importance of human rights in contexts where their effectiveness has been questioned. Their conclusions were compiled in the book Reimagining the Future of Human Rights.
By Dejusticia | | Authoritarianism, Global South, Human Rights
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Are Human Rights Still Effective?
By Dejusticia | | Authoritarianism, Global South, Human Rights
Since 2013, Dejusticia has brought together young activists of the Global South to discuss their work, activism and research projects, as well as the challenges they face in their home ...
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We stand in solidarity with palestinian human rights organizations
By Dejusticia | | civil society, Human rights organizations, Israel, Military, Palestine, Persecution campaign
At the behest of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, INCLO member organizations sign this statement in solidarity with the Palestinian NGOs raided by the Israeli military. In support ...
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El Salvador: State of Exception and Attacks against Human Rights Defenders and Organizations Facilitate State Abuses
By Dejusticia | | El Salvador, Human Rights, Populism
Washington DC., March 31, 2022.- This past weekend was one of the most violent in El Salvador. At least 80 people were killed in different parts of the country, allegedly ...
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INCLO condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and joins calls for an immediate cease fire
By Dejusticia | | Human Rights, Russia, Ukraine, War
The undersigned member organizations of the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) stand with the global civil society in bluntly condemning the massive violation of international humanitarian law and ...
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Get involved! Our fellowship program for human rights defenders from the Global South is now open!
By Dejusticia | | Becas, Fellowship, Sur Global
The closure of civic spaces has strengthened the need for international human rights actors to support one another’s work and amplify each one’s voice in the global arena. In solidarity ...
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Digital technologies and political campaigns: a risk for the 2022 elections?
By Dejusticia | | 2022 elections, Data protection, Presidential campaing, Technology and human rights
The documentary The Great Hack drew attention on how the alliance with Cambridge Analytica and the combination of microtargeting in social media and fake news would end up giving Donald ...
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Energy transition and human rights in the Global South
By Laura Santacoloma, Umo Isua-Ikoh | | Climate Change, Colombia, Environment, Nigeria
The lack of a human rights and energy policy feeds the growing conflict in the territories. It will be hard to end all forms of violence associated with our reliance on fossil fuels at any cost until we decide to retrace our steps by focusing on a just transition.
Lea más Resisting authoritarian tendencies in Latin America
By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Christy Crouse | | Democracy, Human Rights, Latin America, Populism
Although the fight against authoritarian tendencies cannot be addressed simply with rights and the people who defend them, we believe that these types of strategies, insofar as they articulate different social sectors, contribute to the deepening of democratic practices.
Lea más 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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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.
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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.
