Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’
A human rights-based approach to tax systems
Reforming tax systems with a focus on human rights is key to combating inequality, financing public services and promoting inclusive growth. International cooperation is necessary to confront tax evasion, reduce unfair dependencies and promote a more equitable redistribution of wealth.
Read MoreBusiness, human rights and a Latin American agenda for regulation
The impacts of some companies on social rights, the lack of regulation in this field, and Dejusticia’s efforts to build a Latin American agenda to promote common standards of responsibility.
Read MoreLa Oroya: Lessons for litigation on air quality and public health in Latin America
There are many aspects that can be highlighted from this ruling and that have been pointed out in other blogs, we will focus on three key points for the litigation of cases affecting public health in the Latin American context.
Read MoreCoordinated solutions to complex problems: the Enlaza programs
With this and other similar programs, Dejusticia’s commitment is to continue working hand in hand with other organizations to build a civil society with a strong, inclusive and well-informed voice.
Read MoreHosting as Solidarity: Our Fellowship Program for Activists and Human Rights Defenders from the Global South
This cross-learning enriches the work of those who arrive, as well as that of those who receive them, and strengthens a broader understanding of problems that affect communities in different parts of the world in particular ways.
Read MoreAn Amphibious Approach to Solidarity in the Field of Human Rights
For those of us who work in defense of human rights, issues related to solidarity are both theoretical questions and constant practical concerns.
Read MoreShockwaves of the war in Gaza: rights to speech, protest and information must be guaranteed globally to fight antisemitism and islamophobia
Now more than ever, upholding these rights and safeguarding the exchange of information and expression about this conflict is vital, if there is to be any hope of a peaceful resolution through necessary and meaningful dialogue.
Read MoreIncome inequality and funding in the health sector in Nigeria
In one of the most unequal countries in the world, the poor people spend nine times more on health services than the wealthy. The solutions to this problem may lie in the payment of income tax.
Read MoreCaptagon, Syria and armed conflict: another failure of the war on drugs
The CND 67 scenario led to conversations around this substance, a kind of amphetamine whose trafficking networks are of concern to several governments. The human rights approach is minimal in the understanding of the problem, and in Colombia, we already know the consequences of this mistake.
Read MoreThe rifts in prohibition at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
The CND67 showed us a more consolidated rupture in the prohibition system, a crack through which perhaps the light of reform can shine.
Read MoreReimagining the Future of Human Rights
The chapters in this book offer a snapshot of the current state of Human Rights that can help guide our work as activists and researchers.
Read MoreResisting authoritarian tendencies in Latin America
Although the fight against authoritarian tendencies cannot be addressed simply with rights and the people who defend them, we believe that these types of strategies, insofar as they articulate different social sectors, contribute to the deepening of democratic practices.
Read MoreColombian Democracy in the Streets
Confronted with the violence in the protests, the government and political leaders, as well as social leaders, must first promote the de-escalation, putting human rights at the center of the crisis management.
Read MoreProtecting Human Rights on the Ground
During the investigation, the presence of OHCHR completed its first six months in Venezuela, so a consultation with human rights defenders in the country was included to assess this experience. Being the first comparative research in this field, its findings are equally of interest to other audiences beyond Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Sarayaku and the Inter-American System on Human Rights: Justice for the “Medio Dia” People and their Living Jungle
Mario Melo Cevallos, lawyer of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, presents his version of the history of resistance and mobilization of the indigenous people before the State plans to exploit the oil that was in the heart of the Amazon.
Read MoreFrom repression to migration: The case of Rufo Chacón
Rufo Chacón, in the company of his mother, is preparing to travel to Spain, where he will get the surgical intervention needed to improve his condition.
Read MoreEighth Global Action-Research Workshop for Young Human Rights Advocates
We invite applications from young professionals from the Global South who are engaged in advocacy around migration
Read MoreVenezuela in a spiral
El Helicoide gets its name from the geometric shape of the building that houses the prison, which resembles a spiral. The crisis in the prison and the elections this Sunday could worsen the spiral of Maduro’s regime towards arbitrariness.
Read MorePalliative Care: A Human Rights Approach to Health Care
This edition is an English translation of “Cuidados paliativos: El abordaje de la atención en salud desde un enfoque de derechos humanos”, published by Dejusticia in August 2016; the data was not updated for the English translation.
Read MoreRising to the Populist Challenge
This book collects and analyzes a repertoire of responses by human rights organizations to the crackdown against civil society in the populist context.
Read MoreThe barbarians
Human groups have the tribal tendency to deny the humanity of anyone who belongs to a different culture.
Read MoreInternational order is threatened
The
first days of the new U.S. government have produced commotion around the world.
