Posts Tagged ‘Derechos sociales’
The struggle for social rights
This book, in addition to showing to what extent social rights rulings are implemented in the world, also studies causal factors and strategies that have shown practical utility.
Read MoreThe national government geographically isolated Chocó
We intervened to support a tutela that requires the government to pave the
Quibdó-Medellín and Quibdó-Pereira roads: a promise that has historically been unfulfilled.
The national government geographically isolated Chocó
We intervened to support a tutela that requires the government to pave the
Quibdó-Medellín and Quibdó-Pereira roads: a promise that has historically been unfulfilled.
Intervention by Dejusticia and other organizations in favor of the right to food and water of the Wayúu children
Dejusticia intervened before the Constitutional Court in support of a tutela on behalf of Wayúu children in La Guajira, for violations of their rights to food and water.
Read MoreArguments and pathways for the ratification of the American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
On June 15, 2015, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted the text of the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons (Convention on Older Persons).
Read MoreThe year we crashed against ourselves
2016 is ending and I cannot find a better title to encapsulate it that the one of Martín Caparrós’ op-ed: “the year in which we crashed against ourselves.'”
Read MoreIncreasing support by health organizations for the sugary drinks tax
The State Created a Vicious Cycle for Coca Producing Communities
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States made a mistake with coca producing communities, as they not only incentivized an illegal market that turned them into part of a criminal network, but also never addressed the causes of the increase of drug trafficking in rural areas, and responded with simplistic solutions: bullets or eradication.
Read MoreDying in Pain in the Global South
All of us, at one point, have been close to the pain of a loved one: a grandmother with cancer at home, a father at the oncological care unit, a brother ongoing sessions of radio and/or chemotherapy.
Read MoreThose without Rights
The prison population has had its political rights and liberty curtailed legally, but the rest of its rights are illegally violated.
Read MoreSee What Our Global School’s Course on Social Rights in Bogotá Was Like
September 14th-18th, 2015 we hosted the Social Rights Intensive Course: Latin America in the Global Context with more than 50 participants from all over Latin America.
Read MoreLive Streaming of ESC Social Rights Course
Conference by Roberto Gargarella.
Read MoreRadical Deprivation on Trial
This book by César Rodríguez Garavito and Diana Rodríguez Franco is a fundamental contribution to the study of the most relevant judicial innovations courts have done in the past decade.
Read MoreRodrigo Uprimny Gives Expert Testimony at the Inter-American Court in Case Against Colombia Regarding Discrimination due to Sexual Orientation
Alberto Duque was denied surviving spouse pension following the death of his same-sex partner. Watch the hearing live via streaming.
Read MoreWorkers’ Power, Inequality and Human Dignity
Why does progress on equity and human rights depend more on workers’ organization than we usually think? A call to strengthen inclusive unionism.
Read MoreConnecting the Dots in Egypt
It is important to develop a clear understanding of the correlation between the crackdown on civil liberties and the predominance of non-inclusive economic policies.
Read MoreGender Inequality in the Labor Market: An Unresolved Challenge in Developing Countries
Global South countries cannot be content to have greater levels of women’s participation in the labor force if these do not go together with lower unemployment levels and higher salaries.
Read MoreStained with the Same Grease
Palm oil production creates two main problems: one environmental and one social.
Read MoreTen Years out of the Closet
Perhaps there is no story more encouraging for human rights than that of the LGBTI movement in the last decade.
Read MoreThe Military Service Registration Certificate and the High School Diploma
Every year I spend a few days in the Aguadas (Caldas) municipality, in a small village called Salineros located on the peak of a mountain; it provides, to my knowledge, the best view of the Central mountain range.
Read MoreSeparate and Unequal: Education and Social Class in Colombia
Using empirical evidence from state-administered exams, this book shows how public education in Colombia is a segregated system. It is a system that is separate and unequal, violating the right to non-discrimination and equal opportunity enshrined in Colombia´s Constitution.
Read MoreThe Commerce Clubs
Commerce has became a subject of bilateral and regional agreements that work like exclusive country clubs, where everyone wants to become a member. But at what cost are these memberships?
Read MoreIntervention relating to free primary education
Dejusticia intervened in a lawsuit to declare charging fees for public primary schools unconstitutional.
Read MoreLawsuit that seeks the protection of the right to housing
Lawsuit against paragraph 1 of article 15 of Law 388 of 1997, and against article 40 of law 3 from 1991, for violating the Constitution.
Read MoreSocial Rights Taken Seriously: Towards a Dialogue Between Rights and Public Policy
The book investigates the application of various social rights with an emphasis on the right to education.
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