NGOs and Academia
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
Miriam was then taken to a military barracks in the city of Tijuana, around 84 kilometres away, where she was kept for a week. And, she says, they were the worst seven days of her life.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 00:00
The law creates a serious risk that unlawful killings by the military, known as "false positives," will be transferred from civilian prosecutors to the military justice system
Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's meetings with Capriles and announcement that it was seeking to strengthen ties to NATO essentially represented a move towards the US. Venezuela turned around and themselves strengthened ties to the US
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 00:00
The law, due to be debated soon, will entrench impunity for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by Colombia's security forces
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
This bulletin addresses the issue about the demarcation of indigenous territories, victimization and criminalization of their leaders and also of the organizations representing them
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
La definicion de blanco legitimo es de la mayor importancia porque determina contra quien la Fuerza Publica puede utilizar la fuerza letal. Lamentablemente, la definicion sigue teniendo problemas
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 00:00
[T]he failure to successfully return the land in Curvarado and Jiguamiando is not an indication of the complexities of the scenario; it is a political decision to support an abusive economic development model
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 00:00
Imposed in 2003, exchange control has rendered a progressive overvaluation of the Bolivar, which has led to a wave of imports targeted for consumption rather than investment, as well as capital flight
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 00:00
Indeed not only did Jaua meet with Kerry yesterday, Maduro softened his approach to tensions with Colombia
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 00:00
If an unprepared gendarmerie is deployed, the casualties will be high, defections will be many, and a take-over of the gendarmerie by organized crime will surely follow. Faced with this alternative, the military will continue to be on the front lines