Dejusticia

The Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) is a Colombia-based NGO that works to strengthen the rule of law and promote human rights in Colombia and across the developing world. It produces research to contribute to action for social change, and carries out advocacy through campaigns, litigation, education and capacity-building.

Website

http://www.dejusticia.org

Advocacy

Joint Stakeholder Submission - Colombia, 44th Universal Periodic Review

Dejusticia, Fundación Karisma, and Privacy International submitted a joint stakeholder report on Colombia to the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council.

Advocacy

PI’s submission to the UN Human Rights Committee regarding Colombia’s compliance with ICCPR

PI’s submission regarding Colombia’s compliance with the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights highlights concerns regarding changes in electoral law, the continued surveillance of human rights defenders, and the emergence of new OSINT tactics.

Report

The use of digital technologies in political campaigning in Colombia

PI partner Dejusticia’s latest research tackles the use of micro-targeting in the 2018 Colombian presidential campaign and the 2015 and 2019 Bogotá mayoral campaigns.

Advocacy

Open Letter to Facebook and Google

Privacy International is part of a 60+ coalition calling on Facebook and Google to provide equal and better transparency regarding political advertising on their platforms globally.

A National Vaccination Plan with a focus on human rights

Dejusticia, Colombia-based research and advocacy organisation, delivered a series of recommendations to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to be taken into account when issuing the next decree on vaccination against Covid-19. Their recommendations include: Adding the principle of non

Advocacy

Presentación de información a la Relatoría Especial de Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales (DESCA) de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la situación de los DESCA en la región

PI y sus partners acogen el llamado de la Relatoría Especial de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la situación de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales en la región.

Advocacy

Submission to the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (ESCER) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the situation of ESCER in the region

PI and global partners respond to call of Special Rapporteur of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on situation economic, social, cultural and environmental rights in the region.

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Data Privacy Week: Confronting the Corporate Gaze

The Privacy International Network is celebrating Data Privacy Week, where we’ll be talking about how trends in surveillance and data exploitation are increasingly affecting our right to privacy. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek. It is no mystery that data exploitation is part

State of Privacy

State of Privacy Colombia

A study of privacy and surveillance issues in Colombia. The State of Privacy project was last updated on January 2019, unless otherwise provided on specific pages.

News & Analysis

El EPU de Colombia es una oportunidad para avanzar en el respecto del derecho a la intimidad

El 10 de mayo de 2018, en el marco del 30º período de sesiones del Examen Periódico Universal (EPU) en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, toca la revisión de Colombia, lo que es una oportunidad Colombia y otros Estados para declarar qué acciones han tomado para mejorar la

News & Analysis

Colombia’s UPR is an opportunity to improve the protection of the right to privacy

On 10 May 2018, Colombia’s human right record will be reviewed as part of the 30th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights

Advocacy

El derecho a la intimidad en Colombia

Este informe de terceras partes interesadas es una contribución escrita presentada por Dejusticia, Fundación Karisma y Privacy International (PI). Dejusticia es una organización de derechos humanos colombiana que brinda conocimientos especializados sobre derechos humanos. Fundación Karisma es una

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Colombia

This stakeholder report is a submission by Dejusticia, Fundación Karisma and Privacy International (PI). Dejusticia is a Colombian human rights organization that provides expert knowledge on human rights. Fundación Karisma is a Colombian civil society organization that seeks to respond to the

Press release

Colombia’s record on privacy, surveillance, and human rights under renewed scrutiny at the United Nations

This week in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Committee will examine Colombia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This review, by a body of independent experts charged with monitoring compliance with the ICCPR, comes just weeks after the peace deal between

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Colombia

Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides for the right of every person to be protected against arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence as well as against unlawful attacks on his honour or reputation. Any

Reports and Analysis

Report

The use of digital technologies in political campaigning in Colombia

PI partner Dejusticia’s latest research tackles the use of micro-targeting in the 2018 Colombian presidential campaign and the 2015 and 2019 Bogotá mayoral campaigns.

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