Rights after Trial: Confronting the Non-Implementation Problem of ESCR Litigation
Since the artificial division of human rights into civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) on the other, activists have struggled to ensure equal protection of the latter in domestic and international courts.
Read MoreKant and Healthcare
What would the great philosopher Kant say about the debate, unfortunately polarized, about the tutela granted to Camila Abuabara which obligated the State to fund her transplant procedure in the United States?
Read MoreJustice’s Time
According to the World Justice Project published this year, Colombia ranks 79th out of 99 in criminal justice effectiveness.
Read MoreTo whom does San Andrés belong to?
San Andrés is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Colombia. In 2011 the island accounted for 22% of national tourism, some 530,000 tourists, according to data presented by UN Periódico. For this reason, when people think of San Andrés, it conjures up images of crystalline beaches and its famous “sea of seven colors.” However, in San Andrés there has been a dispute between the parts of the island given to tourists and commercial interests and the Raizal population’s ancestral territory.
Read MoreHealthy Solutions
I was writing this op-ed when an acquaintance asked me:
Read MoreLong Live the Students
The students of Mexico and Nigeria painfully remember the importance and precariousness of the right to education.
Read MoreCivil Society Answers to Corporate Capture
It is important for civil society organizations and communities to understand the way in which companies act, and to design strategies to avoid their undue influence in public policy decisions.
Read MoreVictims: Beyond Media Noise
The well-deserved recognition and the necessary protagonism of victims has created, nevertheless, serious risks like oversimplification, political manipulation, deceit, demagogy, and a lack of fulfillment and respect for their rights.
Read MoreThe Moral Duty to Disqualify Oneself
Alejo Durán, the first king of vallenato, and for many the greatest vallenato musician, not only left us the legacy of his great music, but also a lesson on dignity and ethics that we ought to remember in this time of so many indignities.
Read MoreThe World Currently
Around these days we commemorate the anniversary of two events that have had impacts on the world’s course.
Read MoreFigures of racial discrimination
We urge an in-depth discussion on how many Afrocolombians there are, because not even the 2005 Census cleared doubts.
Read MoreLets hope the principle of opportunity will not be prostituted
At present the Attonery Gernerals Office is considering whether to grant the principle of opportunity to the Nule. The logic is that they say all they know in exchange for their pardon. But if they do that, the Attorney would begin to prostitute the mechanism.
Read MorePublic declaration of respect for dignity and equality: CIVIL MARRIAGE FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES IN COLOMBIA
Currently there’s a process underway in the Constitutional Court to recognize civil marriage to same-sex couples. The lawsuit that began the process was launched by Colombia Diversa, Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society DeJuSticia-and others, last November 29, 2010.
As part of this process, Colombia Diversa prepared a public statement of respect for dignity and equality, which expresses support for equal marriage and adherence to the democratic values enshrined in the Constitution that should lead to recognize the right of all persons, without distinction on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, to marry.
Read MoreCoca leaf and racism
It is unfortunate that three democracies, which in many respects are admirable, like the U.S., Sweden and the UK, oppose Bolivia’s proposal to legalize internationally the chewing of coca leaves also know as mambeo.
Read MoreThe Claudia López syndrome
Much has been said about the hearing on Monday in the process of Ernesto Samper against Claudia Lopez.
Read MoreThreatening kisses
It is very difficult to conceive that two women that kiss each other, without hurting anyone, can be considered an act that deserves punishment.
Read MoreMusic for chameleons
EITHER THE GREEN PARTY REJECTS the support of Uribe, or they say outright that they abandon the project they sold to 3.5 million voters.
Read MoreSupernatural or natural disasters?
It’s time to hear with more humility those who do know about the environment. Even lawyers should have basic knowledge of ecology.
Read MoreRepairing victims, since when?
In other countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, it has been relatively easy to agree on the dates that frame the human rights crisis.
Read MoreFrench translation of Cesar Rodriguez’s op-ed “The Indians of Vargas Llosa” and it’s inclusion in the journal Les Nouvelles of Survival International
Cesar Rodriguez’s op-ed published last December 13, 2010 in El Espectador was translated into French and published in the journal Les Nouvelles of Survival International.
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