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 MoreOn how to request public information and die trying!
It is not reasonable that a law passed in the month of January 2011, in the XXI century, provides the public administration the possibility of retention of data that belong to everyone.
Read MoreMore than a black skin color
Finally there’s an open discussion on racial issues in Cartagena, which announces other discussions in the rest of the country.
Read MoreMore than a black skin color
Finally there’s an open discussion on racial issues in Cartagena, which announces other discussions in the rest of the country.
Read MoreThe “teacher ” who does not teach
The English Teacher reaffirms why Colombia is so happy but so unfair.
Read MorePresidents and drugs
Cesar Gaviria’s path from prohibition summarizes the position that many presidents and officials have had on this subject.
Read MoreOn the retirement age
Should the county keep the pension system in which women have access to retirement earlier than men?
Read MoreThe Green Party, a mammal in evolution
Are the needs for consensus, consultation and less rapid pace of the greens typical signs that they are moving on or that they are vermin and split?
Read MoreEgypt: the revolution will be tweeted
SOMETHING NEW IS HAPPENING IN EGYPT: for the first time a regional revolution is live televised by its actors.
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.
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