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The paltriness with the kidnapped.
The kidnapped are nothing else than disposable elements in the opinion bid between the government and the guerilla.
Read MoreDiscrimination against victims of state agents.
Last thursday was an ambiguous day for victims of state agents since they were fully recognized by an international official and, yet, remained in the Government’s misunderstanding.
Read MoreFrom Cairo to Teheran
Sixteen years ago, Samuel Huntington published “The clash of civilizations?”, perhaps the most influential political text of the last two decades.
Read MoreCigarette’s black smoke in Congress?
Tonight we will know what kind of smoke is breathed in the colombian Congress. There may be white smoke for two laws that would save the lives of thousands of active or passive smokers that are destined to die of lung cancer and other diseases. But it may also be black smoke coming out of cigarettes from the tobacco companies, who have mounted a powerful lobby against these laws.
Read MoreThe warlords path
In various occasions, President Hugo Chavez has said that since law can be unfair, the Rule of law shall be replaced by the Social State of law and justice.
Read MoreMassive displacement and dispossession
Massive displacement and dispossession is not only a terrible humanitarian tragedy.
Read MoreWell appointed judges
Being appointed to the US Supreme Court is almost as big an honor as being buried in the Panthéon in France. The only difference is people appointed to the Court are still alive.
Read MoreDejusticia’s research about the re-election’s effects was quoted in La Silla Vacia.
One of the principal arguments exposed by those who oppose Uribe’s second re-election is the disturbance of the balance of power granted in the 1991 Constitution.
The entire article may be consulted in:
http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/2272
From Recyclers to Unwanted?
Some years ago, a recycler that wore the impeccable green overall from Cooperativa Rescatar told me: “Since I wear the uniform neither the Police nor the people that believed I was a thief punch me”.
Read MoreComments on the official response to the Decision T-496 of 2008
This document presents some comments to the official response presented by the Ministry of Interior and Justice and the Attorney General’s Office to the case T-496 of 2008, which amended the Decree 3570 of 2007 that established the program of Victim and Witness Protection of Law 975 of 2005. In particular, it identifies the reasons why the Case’ Monitoring Committee believes the answer does not fully and integrally comply the orders issued by the Constitutional Court.
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