Dejusticia Intervenes in Favor of an Activist that Defended the Sawhoya Community in Paraguay
By Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz, Celeste Kauffman, César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) and Dejusticia presented an intervention in favor of the lawyer Julia Cabello, executive coordinator of Tierraviva, who was sued by the Minister Gladys Bareiro de Módica.
Can a Person Ask Google, Or Any Search Engine, to Erase and Take Down Their Personal Information?
By Diana Isabel Güiza Gómez, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Vivian Newman Pont |
We intervened before the Constitutional Court in a writ of constitutional protection case in which the plaintiff asks that El Tiempo and Google.com to erase and take down from their digital media and web searches all information related to a past criminal case she was implicated in that has expired.
Venezuela: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defenders
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Dejusticia joins the call of several international organizations asking Venezuela to stop harrassing human rights defenders.
Amicus Curiae Presented to the Supreme Court of the Nation Regarding International Standards on the Definition of Grave Human Rights Violations Applicable in the United States of Mexico
By , Nelson Camilo Sánchez León, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
Taking into account the ongoing discussion in Mexico regarding the application of classified information in investigations in preliminary inquiry phases and declassifying said information when dealing with grave violations of human rights, stipulated in the Law of Federal Transparency and Access to Public Government Information of 2002, Dejusticia presented an amicus curiae in the case taken by the Supreme Court of Mexico regarding the writ of constitutional protection 661/2014 presented by the Foundation for Justice and Democratic Rule of Law, where we analyze the international standards applicable to the Mexican state in relation with the definition of the category of grave human rights violations.