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The challenges of Colombia’s foreign policy towards Venezuela

The relationship between these two countries affects regional stability. Less migration, conflict, and injustice will generate greater peace and democratic and economic growth for Latin America.
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The binationality of the Wayuu people: the pending debt of Venezuela and Colombia

The Wayuu arrive in Colombia to seek refuge but crashes with a wall that prevents them from accessing social services and fundamental rights: the Colombian State has not recognized the binationality of the Wayuu people in practice.

The challenges of Colombia’s foreign policy towards Venezuela

The relationship between these two countries affects regional stability. Less migration, conflict, and injustice will generate greater peace and democratic and economic growth for Latin America.

New Research Report: “The Defense of Human Rights in Venezuela”

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This report is the result of an assessment of the obstacles that civil society organizations are facing, as well as their resistance and resilience in their continued defense of human rights.

OPINION

The binationality of the Wayuu people: the pending debt of Venezuela and Colombia

The Wayuu arrive in Colombia to seek refuge but crashes with a wall that prevents them from accessing social services and fundamental rights: the Colombian State has not recognized the binationality of the Wayuu people in practice.

The binationality of the Wayuu people: the vision from their cosmology

The Wayuu people have demanded the recognition of their binationality, appealing to the legal and political link that unites them with Colombia and Venezuela, which should translate into a full guarantee of rights and citizenship in both countries.

The Human Rights-based Approach: The Pending Issue of the Migration Law

Although the Colombian government has implemented a series of measures to assist the Venezuelan population, this response has been sectorized and short-term in nature.

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Gobierno de Colombia debe gestionar recursos para garantizar el derecho a la salud de migrantes venezolanos: Corte Constitucional

Colombia must obtain resources to guarantee the right to health of Venezuelan migrants: Constitutional Court

The high court protected the right to health of two undocumented Venezuelans and requested the government to advance as "expeditiously and effectively as possible" towards the full realization of migrants' right to health, regardless of their immigration status. Dejusticia intervened in the case.
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Dejusticia intervenes in defense of Venezuelan migrants’ right to health

The Constitutional Court invited Dejusticia to present their legal opinion on two cases concerning the right to health of people coming from Venezuela.

Venezuela: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defenders

Dejusticia joins the call of several international organizations asking Venezuela to stop harrassing human rights defenders. 

Amicus brief before the Inter-American Court regarding access to information in Venezuela

Dejusticia presented an amicus brief in the case of Ríos y otros vs. Venezuela in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding violations of article 13 and 1.1 of the American Convention.

Media Resources

Jesús, of 10 years old is one of the hundreds of pendular migrants who live between Venezuela and Colombia.

The story of Rosa, a Colombian woman who receives Venezuelan migrants in her home.

#VenezuelaBienvenida: a message of solidarity.

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