Ethnicity.gov: Natural resources, Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Prior Consultation
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
This book analyzes the origins, practice, and effects of the right to prior consultation for indigenous peoples.
Prior Consultation: Dilemmas and Solutions
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Natalia Orduz |
The book provides lessons from the drafting process of the Reparations and Restoration of Land to Indigenous Peoples decree in Colombia.
13th Discussion Document: Quota Law in Colombia: Progress and Challenges. Ten Years of Law 581 of 2000
By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Paola Molano Ayala |
In 2000 the Colombian legislature approved a law aimed at promoting equal participation of women in high-level state offices through the adoption of a quota system that orders that at least 30% of public offices are occupied by women.
Responsible and Transparent Budgetary Autonomy
By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Miguel Emilio La Rota, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Sandra Santa Mora |
This paper provides some evidence for the discussion of the budget of the judicial authorities in Colombia and propose an alternative to reform its budget system.
Experiences in Latin American Countries on the Investigation of Complex Crimes
By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Miguel Emilio La Rota |
In this document we describe some of the experiences in the region's countries regarding the investigation of complex crimes.
The States of the Country: Municipal Institutions and Local Realities in Colombia
By Javier Eduardo Revelo Rebolledo, José Rafael Espinosa Restrepo, Mauricio García Villegas |
This book studies the Colombia's social reality through local institutions.
Weaving Rights 1: Prior Consultation and Free, Prior, and Informed Participation
By Natalia Orduz |
The first book of the collection is about the rights to prior consultation and free, prior and informed participation.
Weaving Rights 2: Reparation for Indigenous Peoples
By Natalia Orduz |
The second book in the collection is on the right to reparations for indigenous peoples
Ethno-Reparations: Ethnic Collective Justice and Reparations for Afro and Indigenous Communities in Colombia
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019), Yukyan Lam |
This text begins by explaining the concept of "collective ethnic justice" and then offers practical guidance on how it can be achieved in practice by describing relevant principles and criteria found in Colombian and international law.
Access to Justice: Cases of Business Human Rights Abuses
By Carolina Bernal Uribe, Miguel Emilio La Rota |
Access to justice and effective remedy have become a crucial element in the protection of human rights within the context of business activities, as well as an area of fundamental importance to judges and lawyers who aim to promote the rule of law and human rights.
Systems Overload: Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America
By Diana Esther Guzmán Rodríguez, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
This paper demonstrates how drug policy in the country tended to a progressive hardening along the twentieth century and, notwithstanding, failed to be effective in reducing supply and in combating organized crime networks dedicated to trafficking.
Altered State: Clientelism, Mafias and Institutional Weakness in Colombia
By Javier Eduardo Revelo Rebolledo, Mauricio García Villegas |
This book articulates a comprehensive vision of not only the the social and political effects of the paramilitary phenomenon in Colombia, but also of the institutional and legal weaknesses of the Colombian government, which has been captured by mafias and political actors.