Lots of Mines, Few Owners, and Mutual Favors
In October 2013, there were 9,703 active mining titles in all of Colombia, spread among 5,797 natural and legal persons.
Read MoreThe Power of Transparency
In order to make transparency a reality, we not only need the government’s political will but also citizens’ demand and pressure.
Read MoreArticulating through Disassemblage
The unfortunate process of the justice reform from two years ago leaves us with a fundamental lesson: if a reform proposal seeks to change many parts of the Constitution but lacks a clear unifying principle, it creates an institutionally risky situation, at least for the following three reasons.
Read MorePlanetary Life
We as human beings are raised with the idea of being intellectually and morally superior to the rest of living beings.
Read MoreProgressiveness and Gradualness: The Convoluted Principles of Restitution
The Law 1488 of 2011 contains two important and closely related principles that refer to the law’s implementation.
Read MoreThe Ministry for Gender Equality that Never Materialized
With the restructuring of the presidential cabinet, Santos once again shows little compromise with gender equality issues.
Read MoreThe Ebola Outbreak: Beyond the Direct Victims
The speed of the spread of Ebola and the catastrophic effects that it is leaving in West Africa are evidence of the tardy and weak response of the international community
Read MoreSchizophrenic Environmentalism
Seeing President Santos in one screen promising “historic” actions against climate change at the UN, en in another his Environmental Minister promising to dismantle environmental controls through the creation of “express” licenses, I remembered García Márquez’s speech about Colombian contradictions when he presented the Sabios Mission report.
Read MoreA Reform without Direction
The so-called reform for the rebalancing of powers, advanced by the Santos administration, is a macro-reform, as it seeks to modify many aspects of the Constitution, but it lacks a clear direction.
Read MoreDrafts of Promises
Reading the pre-agreements between the government and the FARC, which were published this week, I had the impression of having seen the government plans of the past few presidents of Colombia.
Read MoreThe forced displacement of Afro-Colombians.
This monitoring report assesses the degree of implementation and government compliance orders issued by the Constitutional Court in 2009 (Auto 005), to protect the rights of Afro victims of forced displacement.
Read MoreWhat if the British had colonized us?
THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT Marianne Ponsford launches in SoHo.
Read MoreFor a plan
Santos’ new nominees for the Attorney General’s Office have a better profile than some of the people Uribe had used us to. Now, what is important is that the one selected will formulate a policy of serious criminal investigation.
Read MoreRecorded op-ed. Dejusticia presents the book The Altered State.
Javier Revelo, of Dejusticia, presenting the book The Altered State.
Read MoreThe Palace of Justice and the 1910 reform
By a strange irony, last week held both the 100 years of the constitutional reform of 1910 and the 25 years of the double occupation of the Palace of Justice.
Read MoreHere’s the new Attorney
Independence from governments and political forces is the fundamental virtue of a good Attorney for Colombia. So, even though the Court could choose anyone from the group of three put forward, I dare to propose my “ranking” of eligibility.
Read MoreThe Colombian State is “Altered” according to DeJusticia
In their latest research, the organization DeJusticia puts the magnifying glass on the main problems of Colombian democracy: clientelism, mafias and institutional weakness.
Read MoreMedicines: secret business
In three months, this administration has done more to address the health crisis than what Uribe did in eight years.
Read MoreColombia’s challenges as a mining country
Determining if the mining boom will be a tragedy or an opportunity will depend on the way Colombia deals with the challenges it poses.
Read MoreA certificate of prison availability?
The government presented two weeks ago a bill on public safety that increases penalties and limits the possibility of release from prison.
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