Posts Tagged ‘Libertad de expresión’
Dejusticia defends freedom of expression and political cartoons
A citizen sued the caricaturist known as Matador, arguing that one of his cartoons is slander. Dejusticia argues that political criticism and artistic expression are protected by the Constitution.
Read MoreBojayá changed forever the way to see the pain of victims
Due to its historical importance, some regional media came to photographically record the exhumation process of the corpses. The community saw this kind of action as a violation to their right to live a dignified mourning, which they were not able to have when the massacre first happened.
Read MoreEnemies or adversaries?
It is so problematic and telling that Uribe decides, once again, not to follow the rules of the game. He accuses a journalist of “slandering” him through social networks, but not before the judges, as the journalist did and as he should if his argument had a basis.
Read MoreVictims and press after the war
The drive to conduct this research was born out of the tension that developed on May of 2017 in the context of the journalistic coverage of the exhumations of those who died in the Bojayá massacre.
Read MoreVictims and press after the war
The drive to conduct this research was born out of the tension that developed on May of 2017 in the context of the journalistic coverage of the exhumations of those who died in the Bojayá massacre.
Read MoreCensorship, a new ingredient in the sugary drinks debate?
Through a tutela initiative, citizens want that the television commercial on the possible health effects of sugary drinks that the Industry and Commerce Oversight Office prohibited is played again.
Read MoreWho Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?
Dictators will try to defeat art that opposes its vision of the world, but the resilience of art is inherent in its nature. Dictators can try to stifle it, imprison it, but history shows that it is impossible to fully wipe out or control art. In the end, you cannot break a butterfly on a wheel.
Read MoreESCR-Net and Dejusticia Defend Sawhoyamaxa Community Human Rights Advocate’s Innocence
The organizations presented an amicus in Paraguay to protect the freedom of expression of the lawyer Julia Cabello.
Read MoreDejusticia Intervenes in Favor of an Activist that Defended the Sawhoya Community in Paraguay
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.
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 MoreMy Enemies’ Enemies
Among the many things written after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, I read an article by Michael Walzer that I found to be particularly interesting.
Read MoreMuzzling humor in the Ecuadorean Revolution
In Ecuador, Rafael Correa’s government muzzles critique and attacks satirists in an increasingly anti-democratic environment.
Read MoreVenezuela and Human Rights
If war, according to Clausewitz, is the continuation of politics by other means, then human rights are the limit of both politics and war.
Read MoreFrom #JeSuisCharlie to #YoSoyBonil
The court hearing tomorrow, in which the Ecuadorian cartoonist Xavier Bonil (also known as Bonil) could be convicted, evinces the Correa administration’s growing intolerance against satire and civil liberties.
Read MoreCommunications Surveillance in Colombia: The Chasm between Technological Capacity and the Legal Framework
The goal of this book is to examine the Colombian legal and jurisprudential framework regarding communications surveillance in light of today’s technologies.
Read MoreIn Defense of Western Republicanism
The marches of the past January 11th in Paris were an impressive demonstration of republican unity, something we have not seen since the Second World War.
Read MoreIntervention: Political Speech and Special Constitutional Protection
Dejusticia argued before the Constitutional Court that journalist Luis Agustín González should not be criminally liable for his statements about politician Leonor Serrano.
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 in the lawsuit against Articles 14 to 17 of the Anti-smoking Act (1335 of 2009).
Dejusticia intervenes to defend the constitutionality of Articles 14-17 of Act 1335 of 2009 (Anti-smoking act), which ban the advertisement of tobacco derivatives.
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