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In the closet: Santos and gay couples
Viewing Obama’s statements in favor of gay marriage, I wondered: what does President Santos think about it? What has he said about the rights of LGBT people? Has he given a nod to his party in Congress to protect same-sex couples families as demanded by the Contitutional Court?
Read MorePublic information and perception of journalists
If we compare ourselves to other countries in the region, we can conclude that the situation of access to information in Colombia is far from being a rose garden.
Read More“Dignifying” prostitution
After the scandal of the U.S. Secret Service agents, a bill to regulate prostitution in Colombia is being prepared.
Read MoreStrengthening Indigenous Rights through truth comissions: A Practitioner’s Resource.
This resource book focuses on truth commissions mandated to look at a period of human rights violations that particularly affected indigenous communities. It is an initial effort to systematically organize lessons learned and make further progress by designing truth processes that are fully compliant with the rights of indigenous peoples.
Cesar Rodriguez and Yukyan Lam contributed with chapter of the book.
Read MoreSuperior interest of the child and equalitarian adoption
Those who oppose adoption by same-sex couples now argue that they do not do it out of prejudice against homosexuals but for one reason above suspicion: the protection of the superior interest of minors.
Read MoreThe political reform of the justice reform
Instead of addressing the underlying problems in the justice reform has focused on the legal problems of the Congress. Some of these changes are legitimate, but others are doubtful, or are just monkeys. A rigorous and comprehensive assessment of the reforms for Congress.
Read MoreThe FARC and humanitarian law
At the time when the debate on the legal framework for peace is at height, the FARC have helped with their actions to make it difficult to even consider a possible scenario of politically negotiating the armed conflict.
Read MoreThe incredible and sad life of the Disciplinary Chamber
This seems to be the beginning of the end of the infamous Disciplinary Chmaber, perhaps the least presentable body of the Colombian judiciary.
Read MoreCartagena is passion
It is unbelievable the outrage created by the bad international press Cartagena received due to the “sexygate” of Obama’s bodyguards.
Read MoreTo the memory of a ‘leveller’: Juan Fernando Jaramillo
The premature death of Juan Fernando Jaramillo, founder of Dejusticia, colleague from the Universidad Nacional and the Constitutional Court, and close friend, leaves a void difficult to fill, because we lost a remarkable scholar, a just judge, and a great teacher. But most of all we lost an exceptional person.
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