The Crusade Against Medicinal Marihuana
Colombia is close to legalizing medicinal marihuana. The bill drafted by senator Juan Manuel Galán seeks to authorize, in the head of government, the growing, harvest and use of cannabis for scientific research or for the creation of therapeutic or medicinal products.
Read MoreFrom Uribe to Correa
The more I learn about Rafael Correa’s actions in Ecuador, the more I feel transported to the Colombia of Álvaro Uribe.
Read MoreDilemmas of Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities
Political participation of racial-ethnic minorities is fundamental to enrich public debate and pluralism in any democracy
Read MoreA Bittersweet Balance
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights presented this week its new report about Colombia. Analysis.
Read MoreA Very Significant Step
The Court’s decision to allow Verónica to adopt her partner Ana’s two biological children is not only juridically correct, but also above all profoundly fair and humane.
Read MoreReturning to Life
Last Monday was the 27th anniversary of Héctor Abad Gómez’ murder, who I knew intimately and for whom I felt great admiration and fondness.
Read MoreThe Amazons and the Chaco: Two Sides to the Same Coin
The Amazons and the Chaco are the frontier of oil exploitation, which has affected the health of the water and forests.
Read MoreWater, Gold, and Fracking
While water becomes more scarce in our country, the Government and the Public Prosecutor’s Office seem determined in risking water sources and impeding citizens that defend them.
Read MoreConstitutional Reform and Objections
Can the President veto a “legislative act,” which is the strange name for the constitutional reforms approved by Congress?
Read MoreArmed Spirits
Throwing more words to war is like throwing more wood to fire, once said Fernando Savater.
Read MoreThe laws of justice and peace
In recent weeks, the government has claimed the “Law of Justice and Peace” (LJP) because it believes it has contributed in achieving peace while respecting victim rights.
Read MoreGay marriage: The devil is in the details
I ONCE WROTE THAT THE charm that Argentina has for Colombians is much more than football, BBQ’s or the beauty of Buenos Aires and the country in general.
Read MoreThe white man’s burden
The self-imposed “white man’s burden” in the twenty-first century is no longer civilize uncivilized and savage peoples from afar, but to save the poor Muslims from ignorance and tyranny of their own culture.
Read MoreIndependence: pending tasks
TODAY JULY 20th, the day we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the “Grito de Independencia”, it is worthwhile to ask ourselves whether or not the challenges faced by the first generation of Colombians are still pending.
Read MoreThird follow-up report to Auto 092 of 2008
The Corporation Casa de la Mujer, the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES), the Corporation Sisma Women, the Colombian Women’s Initiative Partnership for Peace (IMP), the Women’s Pacific Route, the Center for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society – Dejusticia, the Working Group on Women and Armed Conflict, the Colombian Commission of Jurists, the Lawyers Collective José Alvear Restrepo, and the League of Displaced Women, meeting in follow-up committee to the order issued to the Attorney General and the invitation to the Inspector General’s Office regarding the annex of the Auto 092, 2008 of the Constitutional Court, together with the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, ONIC, present the third monitoring report which intends to demonstrate that the entities in charged of effectively implementing the Auto 092 have not done so, reason why the Court’s intervention in the matter is requested.
Read MoreWhere is the Green Party?
IN 1911, ROBERT MICHELS formulated one of the most popular thesis in political science: the “iron law of oligarchy.” According to this thesis, political parties have an inescapable destiny: to become bureaucratic machines dominated by leaders who, sooner or later, forget the bases.
Read MoreIngrid Betancourt: difference or indifference?
It produces a distaste that her expectation is a very high economic compensation instead of proclaiming a broader and more universal repair for millions of victims in Colombia.
Read MoreReferee errors and law
DOES LAW HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY about how to deal with the obvious referee errors committed in this World Cup, such as Lampard’s goal against Germany?
Read MoreWithout tits there’s no law
EIGHT POWERFUL ARGUMENTS convinced the congressman to approve the Fanny Mikey Act which protects the copyright of Colombian actors.
Read MoreSantos and justice
In his first statement after winning the elections, President-elect Santos referred to the Colombian justice system in terms quite reassuring.
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