The OOW Memorial was made a tribute to the victims of the internal armed conflict in Peru (1980-2000). He is the work of artist Lika Mutal in coordination with various human rights activists and is a continuation of the work carried out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). The anniversa...

Prison work involves pursuing the task with people who have been deprived of their liberty; whereas they can lead to mental disorders or addictions, lack social and educational skills, come from marginalised groups in society; but each is unique in its own right. Prison staff should treat them in a...

Refugees leave their country of origin under different circumstances and go to other territories in search of safety, protection, health and even survival. The health of refugees may be weakened due to the trauma faced in the country of origin, as well as the whole process of refuge and arrival in t...

Summary: The purpose of this article is to highlight the legal criteria for judgments handed down by the Federal Administrative Court, as the result of the contentious administrative proceedings that have been issued in the field of refugee migration, in the period 2014-2019. The main contributions...

Summary: Our aim in this article is to remind readers of the concern about decolonisation. Decolonisation brings with it the repatriation of land and Indigenous life; it is not a metaphor of other things we want to do to improve our societies. The easy adoption of decolonising discourse evidenced by...

This article aims to clarify the concept of citizenship education, often used in different or even incompatible meanings. It distinguishes three aspects of citizenship, corresponding to three reference models (family, work, scientific discussion). On this basis, a minimum citizenship education can b...

there is no doubt that one of the great achievements of the French Revolution was the idea of ‘democracy’ and the beginning of the struggles for the recognition of ‘human rights’ since the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. The good ideas and laws that have given rise, ho...

This article provides a reflection on human rights based on Jürgen Habermas discursive approach. Nevertheless, it is know that this subject is framed in a higher discussion about democracy and State of Legitimacy, especially emphasizing three areas. Firstly, the so called «system of rights», its str...

The change from the legality of gender quotas to the constitutionality of parity was a central theme of the 2014 political and electoral reform. Maximising a human rights standard, such as the right to equality between men and women in access to political participation, was the main objective for am...

the article draws a distinction between ‘the right of memory’, which corresponds to all public rules and policies aimed, in particular, in societies that establish a democratic form of government and adhere to the rights of the human person, to account for the violations of human rights that have pr...

Summary The current world shows revolutionary dynamism, it is worth mentioning that this generation seemed to transcend borders from imagination due to medical, architectural, social and especially technological developments, but although the period of illustration seems to be the revival of this cu...

Summary This article aims to argue and substantiate the dislocation of the human rights narrative with regard to the migrant girl detained in Mexico. To this end, it first theoretically explores the dislocation of human rights discourse towards migrants. Second, it analyses the construction of the h...

Summary The truth is considered a crucial element in the reconciliation of the parties to the conflict and is therefore described as an act of justice in itself. The public and official exposition of the truth makes it easier for victims to forget and forget. In addition, victim redress covers a wid...

Summary The present work analyses the living conditions of indigenous women in the Altos de Chiapas area, given the lack of recognition of their human rights, specifically political rights and their exercise; we therefore begin by analysing the existing legal framework, both at national and internat...

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Since 2002 from various UNLP academic units, we have made efforts to maintain links with social organisations on the periphery of the region La Platform-Berisso-Ensenada. Based on the experience of research and advice to organisations in peripheral neighbourhoods on the basis of voluntary or other e...

From the presidency of Nestror Kirchner some bodies of the Argentinian human rights movement progressively decided to accompany state policies and, in some cases, to join government structures. These include the Association Madres de Plaza de Mayo in Argentina, which has historically been confrontin...

The history of human life is intimately and closely associated with history (if this word is included in processes as long as 15.000 million years) and the evolution of biological life and the conditions that made it possible. Research carried out by Capra (2003) highlights the need to rethink ourse...

‘titrebSummary’/titrebCet article take stock of the democratic security policy initiated by President Alvaro Uribe Vélez’s government during his two presidential terms (2002-2010). While it is recognised that there have been significant advances in aspects such as the reduction of homicides, sequest...

HIGHLIGHTS this article addresses a persistent problem in theory and political science: the nature of the relationship between democracy, human rights and state. To do so, it incurs contemporary theory and politics. This discussion is based on three main strands: (1) that maintains that human rights...

RESUMEN The purpose of this work is to present the preliminary results of a research funded by UNDP and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Colombia. This document sets out the ‘Public Policy Administrative Capacity Index’ as a strategy for measuring the administrative capacity of 12 mayors...

Summary This article arises with the aim of making a scarcely explored right visible: that of indigenous peoples in Mexico to maintain and develop their own legal systems in accordance with their own co-movision, customs and cultural identity. This is protected by constitutional and conventional cut...

A violência contra a mulher trata-se de um relevante problema social e de saúde pública no mundo, tida como uma violação dos direitos humanos gerando danos à saúde física e mental da mulher. O presente artigo tem como objetivo descrever as características dos casos de violência contra crianças e ado...

Migration policies in south-north contexts have attracted media and academic attention, causing the policies implemented to respond to and control South-South migration to be invited. In the case of South America, analyses have developed over the last decade, in the context of the ‘left-hand turn’,...