Posts Tagged ‘Sistema Judicial’
The justice needs of the world
States need to know the legal needs of their populations and the ways in which citizens act to manage and resolve those needs in order to design better schemes for the resolution of disputes and for providing access to justice.
Read More¿Tutelitis o abusitis?
Las reformas a la justicia deben partir de análisis integrales. Esto no significa que no puedan incorporar herramientas específicas para enfrentar ciertos problemas como la congestión judicial. Significa que en ciertos asuntos, las reformas deben tener una visión de Estado.
Read MoreWe call for immediate action to address the judicial crisis
The Center for the Study of the Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) and the Excellence in Justice Corporation (CEJ), call on the high courts and the Attorney General to take immediate measures of transparency to face corruption and restore public confidence in the judiciary.
Read MoreTerritorial Justice System for Peace
This book is part of the collection Documents for Peacebuilding in which Dejusticia presents ideas to face the complex challenge of building a stable and lasting peace in the post-agreement period. This specific document addresses the need to strengthen the national judicial system in an articulated manner and with an emphasis on rural areas and on overcoming the armed justice that operates in many places.
Read MoreJudicial misinformation
We do not really know how many cases the justice system receives and solves every year. We also do not know how many civil, labor or family cases are registered, nor how many cases of certain behaviors like domestic violence are processed in the country. And no one seems to care about the absence of reliable information.
Read MoreMass release of criminals?
This measure – which undoubtedly causes alarm and creates problems – is necessary to mitigate the damages caused by the inability of the Colombian State to provide this basic service quickly and efficiently. Six necessary clarifications on a Law that has been poorly understood.
Read MoreEffective Criminal Defense in Latin America
This book analyzes the national and regional standards related to effective criminal defense. It is the result of a joint research project conducted with different organizations including Dejusticia.
Read MoreA justice system for peace
The peace accord is an opportunity to face several challenges in the judicial system. In this column, I discuss one priority challenge for all citizens.
Read MoreImpeachment to the impeachment
It is important to insist that although prosecutions against high level officials are by definition “political” and are carried out against politicians, they must guarantee the due process.
Read MorePeñalosa Is Painted There
Peñalosa is recuperating public space, isolating informal street vendors, sex workers, and homeless people so that the rest of the city doesn’t see them.
Read MoreJudiciary: Time To React!
The judiciary should react to its legitimacy and credibility crisis.
Read MoreLet’s Discuss Judicial Independence
There are many reports regarding the attacks against judicial independence in the region. But one difficulty that presents itself in discussions on this topic is that everything is lumped into the topic, limiting the analysis about the vulnerabilties that each country has, but also the possibility of debating these seriously.
Read MoreJudicial Muddle
The lack of credibility in the judiciary is due, in large part, to its own legal mess.
Read MoreReport about the Administration of Criminal and Prison Policy
The Monitoring Commission, in which Dejusticia takes part, to the Colombian Constitutional Court’s T-388 Ruling presented its first report.
Read MoreLaunch of Effective Criminal Defence in Latin America in Washington D.C.
It will take place on October 20th at 7pm in the offices of Open Society Foudations.
Read MoreDiscussion: The Situation of Detained People in Colombia
This October 5th at 9AM this event will take place with our researcher Carolina Villadiego. Free entrance.
Read MoreInternational Seminar on Judicial Independence in Latin America
This event seeks to analyze the achievements, vicissitudes, and challenges of judicial independence in Latin Amerian democracies.
Read MorePublic Hearing on the Balance of Powers
Rodrigo Uprimny will give expert testimony this September 9th before the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreForum about Decongestion Measures
Sebastián Lalinde, researcher at Dejusticia, will present at a forum held at the College of Judges and Public Prosecutors of Antioquia.
Read MoreBefore the Courts: Judicial Needs and Access to Justice in Colombia
This book aims to be the most comprehensive diagnosis of legal needs and access to justice conducted in Colombia.
Read MoreThe Right to Government: The Legal Effects of Institutional Apartheid in Colombia
This book defends the idea that people living in isolated territories have a right to institutional assistance; in other words, they have a right to government. Not just to any government, but one that that protects their dignity and their rights.
Read MoreSanctions for Teenagers in the Judicial District of Medellin
Dejusticia designed a system to monitor the sanctions imposed on teenagers by the Criminal Responsibility System for Teenagers (SRPA in Spanish). This document describes how it worked and the results of the pilot-test.
Read MoreJustice and State Legitimacy
In “The City of God”, San Agustin tells the story of how Alejandro Magno captured a pirate and asked him why he robbed in the seas.
Read MoreEquity and Hospital Infections
A recent State Council decision established that if a patient gets an infection in a hospital, the hospital has to compensate him or her unless the hospital can prove that the infection was acquired elsewhere.
Read MoreJudges Without the State
This book is the outcome of a research made in Colombia between 2005 and 2007 on judges working in armed conflict zones in Colombia.
Read MoreThe Penal Process Between Efficiency and Justice: The Technical Application of Judicial Direction of the Process of the Penal Accusatory System
This book examines the functions of direction, control and management in the process that should exert the Colombian judge into the framework of the new accusatory penal system that has been implemented by the Legislative Act 3 of 2002 and the Law 906 of 2004.
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