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The State Council and the democratic Security
In the case of the soldier-peasant Guzman, hurt by the guerilla, the court failed against the army because it broke the law.
Read MorePeople to Order
It has been surpirsing for me how foreigners get easily used to the cold tropic that is Bogota.
Read MoreEvading the abortion in the General Attorney
It was evident. For the elections the attorney Ordoñez promissed not to evade the sentences of the Constitutional Court, that are against his moral conceptions, but are obligatory, as well as the sentences that protect the rights of homosexuals, and the right of the woman to abort when raped, or victim of incest or her health is in risk.
Read MoreNotes from Honduras: Constituent Power and Reelection
Honduras President Manuel Zelaya proposed a “fourth ballot box” for the next electoral contest. In late 2009, there will be elections for president, congress and municipal governments. The idea of the “fourth ballot box” is convening a Constituent Assembly to change the Honduran Constitution of 1982.
Read MoreUribe and the Mermaids
Homer in the Odyssey that the Mermaids of the Mediterranean had a beautiful chant that when the sailors listened to it, they went blinded to them and finished crashed against the corals, if not they died in the place, killed by the mermaids.
Read MoreCambio recognizes the participation of Dejusticia in the presentation of unconstitutionality lawsuit that supports the sentence C-029
The unconstitutionality lawsuit that supports the sentence C-029 was filed April 28, 2008 by Colombia Diversa, Center for the Studies of Law, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia), and Public Interest Law Group of the University of the Andes and supported by nearly 30 groups of human rights like the Comisión Colombiana de Juristas and Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir
Read MoreBetter Drug Trafficker than Gay?
The words of the spokesman reflects a persistan culture of discrimination because of the sexual orientation.
Read MoreDemocracy, Majorities and Deliberation
The defenders of the reelection referendum have evaded the debate in the Congress about the criticism to the constitutional reform, with the argument that this initiative has been supported by millions of Colombians, and in that sense it has to be assumed practically without discussion. The basic thesis supports the idea that in a democracy the majorities are sovereign. But the fact is not that simple.
Read MoreWhy the colombians do not criticize?
Let me start with explaining the question.
Read MoreConscience Objection
Priest javier Giraldo is a respectable Human Rights defender. Like most of the people who work for the vicims in Colombia, Giraldo doesn’t believe in the Justice.
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