Tracking cases that protect freedom of expression, association, and assembly
Litigating Organization: Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (CSPP)
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Tutela on the right to defend human rights
The case refers to a tutela petition filed by ten social leaders in Colombia requesting the protection of the right to defend human rights. The second instance court confirmed the protection of the right to defend human rights and recalled the State’s obligation to guarantee, recognize and strengthen the work towards the defense of human…
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Dilan Cruz Case
Dilan Cruz was killed while participating in the demonstrations that took place on November 23, 2019, in Colombia. Thanks to Dilan’s family’s efforts, in June 2021 the Constitutional Court referred the case to the ordinary justice system, where it continues to be heard today; up until that moment the case was tried before the military…