Posts Tagged ‘Medio Ambiente’
Energy transition and human rights in the Global South
The lack of a human rights and energy policy feeds the growing conflict in the territories. It will be hard to end all forms of violence associated with our reliance on fossil fuels at any cost until we decide to retrace our steps by focusing on a just transition.
Read MoreEnvironmentalists of Caquetá gathered inputs for the creation of the Intergenerational Pact for the life of the Amazon
More than 50 young people participated in “Days of Hope in Caquetá”, a creative activism event for the conservation of the Colombian Amazon, driven by Landscape of Hope, Dejusticia, PID Amazon, Red Cross and Tell.
Read MoreWorkshop on creative activism Days of Hope is coming to Caquetá on the 21st of September
Dejusticia, PID Amazonía, the Red Cross Bogotá and Tell are getting together in Florencia to hold the first event of this international initiative that combines art and social mobilization.
Read MoreThe Colombian government has failed to fulfill the Supreme Court’s landmark order to protect the Amazon
One year ago, the Colombian Supreme Court declared the Colombian Amazon a subject of rights, ordering the government to take measures to preserve it by curbing deforestation. However, the government has not taken sufficient action; meanwhile, threats to the rainforest continue to grow.
Read More7th Global Action-Research Workshop for Young Human Rights Advocates
The goal of the Workshop is to strengthen the writing and advocacy skills of the participants.
Read More25 Voices against Deforestation: Finalists for the Children’s Climate Prize
The prize, which was awarded this 20th of November in Stockholm (Sweden), sought to highlight youth-led initiatives across the globe aimed at confronting the challenge of climate change.
Read MoreGoing Beyond Nature
What does granting rights to nature really mean? How can the rights of nature be materialized? Which rights? Where does this recognition leave the communities that have traditionally inhabited and helped to conserve certain areas?
Read More25 Voices Against Deforestation
From 17 cities around Colombia, these boys, girls, and young adults between the ages of 7 and 26 were the impetus for the First Lawsuit on Climate Change and the Future Generations of Latin America.
Read MoreFrancis, extreme environmentalism?
To take seriously the visit of Pope Francis is to take seriously his message on the environment. The central idea of Francis’ ecological encyclical is as simple as it is conclusive: everything is interconnected.
Read MoreFighting the tide: Human Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global South
This text forms part of a long-term project undertaken by Dejusticia as part of its international work. The project revolves around the Global Action-Research Workshop for Young Human Rights Advocates that Dejusticia organizes each year to foster connections among and train a new generation of action researchers.
Read MoreIt is not enough to say “no”
Given the inability of the national government to organize development in order to make mining compatible with the environment and other economies, popular consultations are a democratic step to try to do so.
Read MoreHumboldt vs. Trump
In times of egos enlarged by social media, such as Trump’s, we lack the cosmic vision of Humboldt, where everything is interconnected.
Read MoreThe Heroism of Prevention
Atul Gawande, the notable surgeon and writer, published recently “The Heroism of Incremental Care”, a tremendous chronicle of the true heroes of his profession: those who save the most lives. He well could have written about the heroes of tragedies such as the landslide of Mocoa
Read MoreEnvironmental peace: challenges and proposals for the post-accord
Through the Ideas for Peacebuilding collection, Dejusticia seeks to contribute to this task through thematic documents that offer diagnoses and proposals on some of the central institutional challenges of this new stage. In this book, we analyze the impact of the conflict on the environment and the challenges that arise in the peacebuilding stage.
Read MoreIt is not only sugar: soda also uses more water than you can imagine
Shouldn’t consumers know how many hundreds of liters of water are used throughout the production chain of a liter of soda?
Read MoreWe presented a tutela in defense of the Great Ciénaga of Santa Marta
On November 10th, we presented a tutela action regarding the environmental degradation situation that affects the Great Ciénaga of Santa Marta. The ciénaga is a strategic ecosystem composed by a collection of lakes and wetlands, declared Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and protected by the RAMSAR Convention.
Read MoreWho Is Still Financing the Climate Crisis?
Despite the progress the international community has achieved in terms of tackling climate change, a great contradiction exists between what is stated in international accords and what happens in practice. This is particularly evident in the steady financing of fossil fuel infrastructure at the expense of people’s lives.
Read MoreWhat if we turn cities into centers to mitigate climate change?
Faced with the challenge of urbanization, the United Nations has convened Habitat III, where political leaders will meet in October in Ecuador to negotiate and promote commitments under the so-called New Urban Agenda.
Read MoreCoal Is Not in Decline; It Is Thriving in the South
The Global North may be enforcing strict limitations on coal to curb their emissions at home, but somebody else is eating it up.
Gramalote: One of the First Cases of Climate Displacement
Displacement Solutions published a report that documents the story of the tragedy suffered by the Gramalote population.
Read MoreIndigenous Leaders, Afrodescendants and Human Rights Organizations Meet with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
They discussed the implementation of the right to prior, free, and informed consultation and consent in Latin America.
Read MorePrior Consultation Can Prevent Environmental Damage in Colombia and for Humanity: Daniel Cerqueira
Interview with DPLF’s expert that participated in the 25th Anniversary Seminar of the ILO Convention 169 in Bogotá.
Read MoreDejusticia Defends the Autonomy of Local Government Agencies to Protect their Land
Dejusticia litigated against the Decree 2691 of 2014 for violating the local government agencies’ and municipalities’ autonomy to regulate land use and also ignores the environment’s important status in the national legal framework.
Read MoreAmicus Curae in Popular Action Case against the Omission of the Ministry of Mines, the National Mining Agency, and Other Entities Responsible for Extending the “Mining Moratorium”
We present an amicus curae in the case in reference with the aim of asking the Office to protect the collective right to the environment, and qualify the decision to allow a window for mining title requests until the conditions for which the moratorium was initially instituted are overcome and to further consider this in future extensions of said moratorium.
Read MoreCésar Rodríguez Garavito at the Constitutional Court’s Constitutional Conference on Lands
Talk “The New Frontiers of Constitutional Justice,” in the Participation and Environment panel.
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