Posts Tagged ‘Afrodescendientes’
Using regulation to repair the mistakes of drug prohibition
Recognizing the ethno-racial biases of marijuana prohibition, the opening of the legal market has involved a series of measures aimed both at compensating for damage caused over the course of prohibition, and at overcoming conditions of economic inequality.
Read MoreThe moon of Ms. María
Moonlight, the winner of the Oscar for best film, and Miss Maria: the skirt of the mountain, the Colombian documentary by Rubén Mendoza, tell two necessary stories to better understand the lives of those who live and feel a sexuality other than the heterosexual one.
Read MoreMichelle and Madonna
In this op-ed, I will take the liberty of making two recommendations to those who want to take advantage of the holidays to listen or repeat two powerful and inspiring speeches. For me, the best two speeches given this year.
Yes, it’s about race
Those were the words of the Dallas mayro, Mike Rawlings, in the vigil held after five police officers were fatally shot by an armed man during a peaceful process of Black Lives Matter (BLM), organized after the killing of two black Americans at the hands of the police. So let’s talk about race.
Read MoreThe Struggle for Black Hair
The bodies of people from excluded groups play a relevant role in the way they experience discrimination.
Read MoreWhat to Do with Human Rights?
To read this post in English click here.
I would like see a human rights discourse with the participation of more people, more ways of knowing, and that is more local.
Read MoreIf They Globalize Exploitation, Let’s Globalize Resistance
The struggle to protect land is a shared mission in the Americas that has been globalized together with exploitation.
Read MoreDejusticia Launches Research Project about Ethnic-Racial Justice in Latin America
Regarding regulations on diversity in the continent and communities’ demands for recognition.
Read MoreWhite, Black and Blues
I like the blues. It’s a musical genre based on a 12-beat rhythm that is accompanied by a kind of wail that produces a sensation of sweet melancholy.
Read MoreXenophobic Racism?
“I’m not racist, but I don’t want Black immigrants in my country.”
Read MoreBlack Lives at the United Nations
I would argue that not only the centrality of the issue at the UPR, but also the direct manner in which it was treated, is thanks to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Read MoreBefore the Courts: Judicial Needs and Access to Justice in Colombia
This book aims to be the most comprehensive diagnosis of legal needs and access to justice conducted in Colombia.
Read MoreSecurity, Police and Inequality: Citizen Survey in Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín
This survey seeks quantitative evidence about how people experience and perceive various aspects of the security policy, in particular policing practices. It also explores whether security policies disproportionately effect vulnerable groups.
Read MoreIntervention: Tutela Writ Against the Artistic Project “Blanco Porcelana”
The Constitutional Court invited us opine on the tension between freedom of expression and artistic creation, and the right to privacy and the reputation, in the context of artwork that addresses racial discrimination.
Read MoreIntervention in tutela proceedins for protection of rights concerning discriminatory speech
Dejusticia and Racial Discrimination Watch intervened before the Constitutional Court in a tutela proceeding filed by a student of the University Distrital Francisco José de Caldas who alleged he was the victim of racial discrimination because of racist remarks of a teacher during class.
Read MoreIntervention on the law of freedom of slaves
Dejusticia, member of Racial Discrimination Watch, intervened in the challenge to Law 21 of 1851 (Freedom of slaves), arguing that the Court should declare the case admissible and guarantee integral and collective reparation for the Afro-Colombian population who suffered the crime of slavery.
Read MoreSupreme Court of Justice sanctions nightclubs of Bogotá due to racial discrimination
Racial Discrimination Watch filed a tutela against the President, Bogotá´s Mayors Office and three night clubs for racial discrimination
Read MoreHealth Care: Afro Descendents
Public action of unconstitutionality of articles 1 through 30 of the Law 691 of 2001, which regulates the participation of ethnic groups in the General System of Social Security, alleging violations of the introduction and of articles 1, 2, 7, 11, 12, 13, 48, 49, 70, 85, 93, 330 (paragraph), 55 transitory of the Political Constitution.
Read MoreRights of the Black Communities
The Community Counsel of the Islands of Rosario filed a tutela against INCODER, arguing that the State has violated its rights of petition and due process, as well as the prior consultation rights of the community, and the existence, and cultural integrity of the community.
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