Posts Tagged ‘Derechos colectivos’
The 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 MoreRohingya and the Power of Naming
In the past week, my Facebook thread has been replete with posts about a group of people who until now has failed to make it to general public awareness: Rohingya.
Read MoreMany Small Violations
The accumulation of small and repeated daily violations makes life in a free and democratic society seem much more like a life in a dictatorship. I will illustrate this claim with a few real-life examples that I have been witness to in the past couple days.
Read MoreLand to Honor the Ancestors
On the afternoon of Tuesday May 13th, Ever de la Rosa Morales, representative of the Community Council of the Islands of Rosario–Orika Homestead, celebrated an important victory for him and 300 other families. After eight years of struggles and waiting, the INCODER notified him that the collective title of the part of the islands where he and other Afro-Colombians live had been granted.
Read MoreEthno-Reparations: Ethnic Collective Justice and Reparations for Afro and Indigenous Communities in Colombia
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.
Read MoreIntervention in tutela for the protection of the conformation of community action groups in San Lorenzo
The Governor of the indigenous community of San Lorenzo filed a tutela against the government of Riosucio in order to stop it from promoting the formation of community action groups within the reservation. We argue that the promotion of these groups, undertaken without the consent of the authorities in the cabildo, is a violation of autonomy and the right to ethnic and cultural diversity of the Embera community of San Lorenzo who decided, through its legitimate authority, to not constitute the formation of such groups within the reservation.
Read MoreCitizen Intervention: tutela against the Ministry of Transport and others for violations of the right to prior consultation and territory
In this amicus, support for the arguments advanced by the Colombian Commission of Jurists in order to suspend the construction of a road that crosses indigenous reservations as well as gold mining exploration such until the indigenous peoples affected (Embera, Katío y Embera, Dobida) have been consulted with.
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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