See, Feel, and then Act
As human rights activists we should think about how to frame the message so it carries the hope of justice and calls for action, either to provide relief to the victims or to change underlying conditions for the future.
Read More20 years since the Decriminalization of the Personal Dose
A little more than two decades ago you could be arrested and put in jail for up to 30 days if you were caught carrying or smoking marihuana. You could be jailed for up to a year if you were caught a second time.
Read MorePatarroyo and the Law of the Jungle
The court decision against the Manuel Elkin Patarroyo Center in the Amazon shows that, when it comes to protecting animals, the laws of the jungle rule in Colombia.
Read MoreWonderful Plays
There are star soccer players who have made amazing plays outside the field. In extreme and tragic situations they displayed audaciously human gestures without concern for the risks. Now that the World Cup is getting closer, it is worth remembering these other plays by some of the greatest soccer players.
Read MoreBitter Regrets
Garcia Marquez once said that the secret of a happy marriage is not to discuss conflicts between the spouses; it is better to go to sleep without talking about it, he would say
Read MoreContested Lands, Contested Laws
The process of translating international conventions on consulta previa into laws has not been smooth.
Read MoreLand restitution, Justice, and Agricultural Development
While it is true that land restitution involves transformative reparations measures, there are reasons to believe that it is not an agrarian reform nor a development policy.
Read MorePunishing Racism
The cases of the Barcelona soccer player Danil Alves and of the owner of the Clippers, LA’s basketball team, say a lot about the most effective ways of punishing racism. They are very different from the punishment of spending time in jail that has become so popular here.
Read MoreThe Elitisms of the Human Rights Movement
Untangling the critiques helps provide a clearer framework for the debate and understand what the specific challenges are for the movement to avoid excluding.
Read MoreJudicial Revocations
Independence and imparciality are two terms that are commonly used but often confused.
Read MoreIntervention on the constitutionality of the re-election referendum
Intervention in the process taken before the Constitutional Court concerning the constitutionality of the re-election referendum. The intervention requests the Court to declare unconstitutional the law that calls for the referendum mentioned above.
Read MoreLunatic Passion
The campaign “Colombia is Passion” tends to promote an insignificant patriotism of tricolored bracelets and red hearts.
Read MoreSupport of the lawsuit against charging academic rights in primary school.
The Center for the Studies of Law, Justice and Society- DeJusticia- supports the lawsuit that seeks to declare the charges of academic rights in primary school unconstitutional.
Read MoreInternal displacement and local budgets
Neither the local nor the National government are upholding their constitutional duties regarding those who have been internally displaced.
Read MoreWatch your step
Nowadays everybody is talking about Colombia’s dreadful world record on anti-personnel mines.
Read MoreMore is less
Frequently, the excess of something doesn’t give us more of what we wanted but instead takes away from us what we had. This is the case of the “How do I drive?” sign.
Read MoreWomen: unprotected victims
The International Day for the elimination of violence against women is celebrated tomorrow November 25. In this context, the adjustment of the victims and witness protection program is essential since the risks women face still persist.
Read MoreDemo-plutocracy
Abraham Lincoln said “democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people”. With this definition, Lincoln wanted to distance himself from plutocracy, which is the government of the rich for the rich.
Read MoreBeauty pageant’s foretold death
The falling ratings of the beauty pageant’s show proofs that it is in danger of extintion. As it happens with bullfighting, there is no need to criticize it nor file lawsuits for it to fall into oblivion. Nonetheless, this years lawsuit filed by Valle’s beauty queen added up an extra ingredient.
Read MoreThe world upside down
Ironically, the right wing rulers of this country complain that they are besieged and mistreated by left wing progressive judges and lawyers.
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