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Ingrid as a symbol and as a reality
Rodrigo Uprimny, director of Dejusticia, argues that Ingrid Betancourt’s moving letter can become a type of “Diary of Ann Frank” about the drama of kidnapping in Colombia.
Read MoreGifts, the act of giving
Many serve more to increase the collective hypocrisy of the generosity than for feeding affection.
Read MoreNavigation letters
Danilo Rojas, professor at the National University and founding member of Dejusticia, calls attention on the importance of the first months of 2008 in the matters of planning and participation, as well as the equilibrium that should exist between these two notions.
Read MoreYielding for liberation to the kidnapped?
Before Ingrid Betancur’s tests of survival, it fits to ask: under what circumstances can a person consider he has the right to cause other grief or punishment?
Read MoreThe value of caution
Rodrigo Uprimny, director of Dejusticia, argues that the crisis with Venezuela has more value in caution than in verbal chauvinism.
Read MoreDejusticia and IDEP launch two books about education and human rights
Dejusticia and IDEP launch “Serious Social Rights” and “Six cities, tour countries, one right”, two investigations about education in Colombia and Latin America. Attend: December 5, 2007 at 7pm, Lerner Bookstore (Calle 92 – Cra 15)
Read MoreDejusticia, ILSA, and Fescol invite a forum on ‘Is the FTA constitutional?’
To debate positions about the FTA from a constitutionality point of view, Dejusticia proposes a forum for a respectful and informative debate on this theme on December 4th beginning at 8:00am at the University of Rosario.
Read MoreJudicial Roles, the case of the Lorica judge
In zones of armed conflict there is an official justice that competes with an illegal (or harmless) justice.
Read MoreChávez: Pocket Constitution
César Rodríguez, of Dejusticia, maintains that with Sunday December 2nd referendum in Venezuela, Chávez will have a pocket Constitution.
Read MoreThe vote for social politics
Helena Alviar García considers that the triumph of the Pole in Bogotá’s city hall should be interpreted as a call to continue social politics.
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