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Judicial System

The administration of justice is an essential pillar of a democratic state, and it is fundamental for citizens to assert their rights.

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Judicial System

We contribute knowledge and conduct advocacy in the design and application of public policies related to the judicial system and the protection of Constitutional and legal rights.

We produce qualitative and quantitative research about access to justice, criminal justice and prison policies, reforms to the justice system and police activities. We pay particular attention to the protection of populations that are vulnerable because of their gender, race, socio-economic status or geographic location.

Research & Publications

Territorial Justice System for Peace

This book is part of the collection Documents for Peacebuilding in which Dejusticia presents ideas to face the complex challenge of building a stable and lasting peace in the post-agreement period. This specific document addresses the need to strengthen the national judicial system in an articulated manner and with an emphasis on rural areas and on overcoming the armed justice that operates in many places.

Effective Criminal Defense in Latin America

This book analyzes the national and regional standards related to effective criminal defense. It is the result of a joint research project conducted with different organizations including Dejusticia.

Multi-Door Courthouses: A Good Idea Badly Managed

This research project aims to do a diagnostic about the National Program on Multi-Door Courthoses and make some public policy recommendations that could magnify their virtues and improve access to justice.

Litigation

Interventions in lawsuits against four aspects of the New Police Code

Dejusticia carried out citizen interventions regarding the constitutionality of Police Code articles that establish police measures for several categories of persons and activities.

Dejusticia Files Suit to Protect the Right to Privacy Under the New Police Code in Colombia

Dejusticia filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court, arguing that several articles of Colombian Law 1801 of 2016 (Police Code) violate the right to privacy.

Dejusticia intervenes in lawsuit against Police Code in articles that regulate the right to protest

Congress acted unconstitutionally when it issued the new police code because it attempted to regulate social protest through the wrong legislative channels.

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Columns &
Blogs

The immigration policy of the United States and its implications in Latin America

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.

The binationality of the Wayuu people: the pending debt of Venezuela and Colombia

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.

The binationality of the Wayuu people: the vision from their cosmology

The Wayuu people have demanded the recognition of their binationality, appealing to the legal and political link that unites them with Colombia and Venezuela, which should translate into a full guarantee of rights and citizenship in both countries.

Project Highlights

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The Civil Society Follow-Up Commission Regarding Sentence T-399 (2013) is a body in which people and organizations participate to follow up holistically on the “Unconstitutional State of Things” as determined by the Constitutional Court with regard to prisons and jails. This Commission presented its second report to the Constitutional Court in January, 2017.

The report refers to prison overcrowding, to impacts on health and personal integrity as well as to situations that especially affect women and the LGBT population who are deprived of liberty.

The Commission calls for effective guarantees of the rights of the population deprived of liberty, and requests the implementation of thoughtful and coherent criminal policies, rather than populist and reactive policies.

Read more or download the full report (in Spanish).

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Dejusticia has carried out research on the Police, made public policy recommendations and critically analyzed the new Police Code. Our analysis has led to the filing of unconstitutionality claims and interventions before the Constitutional Court.

In addition to research and litigation, we have written articles and op-eds on the Police Code.

For more information on our work related to the Police Code, click here

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