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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Digital Transitions in Transitional Justice
By Aaron Alfredo Acosta, Mohammad Zia | | pandemic, Transitional Justice, Virtual justice
The digitalization of transitional justice should not be seen as a long-term solution, as it can never replace the visceral dynamics of in-person human interaction and emotion, both essential in transitional justice processes.
Lea más The Human Rights-based Approach: The Pending Issue of the Migration Law
By Silvia Ruiz | | Colombia, migración, migration, Venezuela
Although the Colombian government has implemented a series of measures to assist the Venezuelan population, this response has been sectorized and short-term in nature.
Lea más The Right to Have Rights: A Debate on Nationality in Colombia
By Lucía Ramírez Bolívar, Silvia Ruiz | | Children, Colombia, Gobierno, Nationality, Venezuela
Over ten human rights organizations appeared before the Constitutional Court asking to adopt the definition of domicile contained in the Civil Code, as provided in the Political Constitution and Law 43/1993
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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.
