Non-Governmental or Academic Analyses tagged {Colombia} "Justice System"
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | El fuero: derecho penal por militares, para militares |
| Author/Source: | Razon Publica (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Reflexiones preocupantes y bien argumentadas sobre el proyecto de ley estatutaria que modifica el regimen aplicable al juzgamiento de los militares y los policias. Un franco retroceso. |
Friday, January 18, 2013
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Bogota, Civil-Military Relations, Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Statement by Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Concerning Colombia’s Expansion of Military Jurisdiction |
| Author/Source: | Robert F. Kennedy Center For Justice & Human R |
| Brief: | Colombia's decision to expand the jurisdiction of its military tribunals is a setback for the strengthening of the rule of law in the country and the region |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Colombia: Letter to President Santos Criticizing the Expansion of Military Jurisdiction |
| Author/Source: | Jose Miguel Vivanco Human Rights Watch |
| Brief: | The latest version of the proposed amendment would result in serious human rights violations by the military - including extrajudicial executions, torture, and rape - being investigated and tried by the military justice system, in direct conflict with th |
Friday, October 5, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Colombian authorities fail to stop or punish sexual violence against women |
| Author/Source: | L.Badillo Amnesty International |
| Brief: | By failing to investigate effectively sexual violence against women, the Colombian authorities are sending a dangerous message to perpetrators that they can continue to rape and sexually abuse without fear of the consequences. |
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Intervencion del Senor Todd Howland, Representante en Colombia de la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos en la Universidad Sergio Arboleda de Bogota |
| Author/Source: | Pronunciamentos |
| Brief: | El respaldo a la reforma se ha convertido en una especie de "prueba de fuego" sobre el apoyo a las fuerzas armadas. |
Friday, September 7, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Justice System, Parapolitics |
| Colombia Category: | Justice System, Parapolitics |
| Title: | Colombia: Magistrate's Resignation a Loss for Justice |
| Author/Source: | Human Rights Watch |
| Brief: | "Instead of censuring the press through the threat of criminal libel complaints, Colombia's Supreme Court should provide a full explanation of why Velasquez was removed from a position in which he had remarkable success," Vivanco said. |