South Africa vs. Big Pharma: Duking It out over Patent Law
May the better side win.
Read MoreWord by Word
The dream of any leader is that the people obey what they say word by word. When Napolean Bonaparte issued the Civil Code of 1804 he did not want anyone interpreting his laws, he only wanted people to obey them.
Read MoreThe Law as a Form of Politics
Carl Von Clausewitz once said that war is the continuation of politics through other means. Many Colombians think that something similar happened with the law here; that is, the the legal debates are a continuations of politics by other means. At least that appears to be the opinion of the 73 percent of residents of Bogota who believe the removal of their mayor Petro from office was unjust.
Read MoreSawhoyamaxa and the Struggle for Land
For the last 7 years, Paraguay has failed to comply with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ decision ordering land titles for their ancestral land to be granted to the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community.
Read MoreThe Other Side of the Protest March
While many celebrate Colombia´s World Cup classification, the indigenous people have been marching in protest for over a week.
Read MoreThe Amazon: between oil and natural parks
Oil exploitation in Ecuador and the enlargement of a park in Colombia show the contrast in visions on the Amazon.
Read MoreLegal Framework for Peace
“After a public hearing convened by the Constitutional Court about the Legal Framework for Peace, the Kaleidoscope Team interviewed Luz María Sánchez Duque, researcher from the Center for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society (Dejusticia).”
Read MoreMister “Rayón”
Mister “Rayón” is a curious character that appeared this semester in the Bogotá campus of Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dressed as a superhero and wearing a gas mask, his mission consisted in modifying the serious and conservative revolutionary graffiti filling the walls of the so-called “White City”.
Read MoreFARC and the people
Now that political participation is being discussed in Havana, FARC proposed to radically reform the structure of the state, build a political system based on popular organizations and to countersign all this through a constitutional assembly.
Read MoreSophisticated lawyers
In 1974 Marc Galanter wrote a notorious article about how justice operates in the Unites States. Its title in Spanish could be something like: Why do rich people always win? Throughout this text, Galanter shows how a litigation depends less on the judges and the laws than of the lawyers: the greater prestige and wealthiness of the lawyers, the easier to win lawsuits.
Read MoreCan Somebody Give Me a Hand with a Telmex Account?
The government announces the possibility of a new anti-paper law that eliminates public sector proceedings.
Read MoreConscientious objection debate between Father Giraldo and Mauricio García Villegas
Can we disobey the unfair law?
Read MoreCelebrating the 20th of July
Last Sunday we Colombians celebrated our Independence Day.
Read MoreViolence and gun availability
Few days ago, one of Junior’s soccer player, Javier Flórez, killed a fan. Apparently offended for being labeled as a bad soccer player, he used a firearm to murder his victim, Israel Cantillo.
Read MoreNotaries and bad faith
One of the singularities of being Colombian is having to deal with notaries. In Colombia, being born, negotiating, procreating, working, inheriting, and even dying are worthless without the notary’s signature.
Read MoreDaily treat
In order to protect morality and good behavior, the government sends public messages of when, how, and why one should have sexual intercourse.
Read MoreIn Defense of Affirmative Actions
Daniel Mera, Directive of Fundación Color, published an interesting article in El Tiempo. In it, he lashed out at all affirmative actions proposed by the Government that seek to promote Afro-Colombian inclusion in jobs, schools, and other spaces in which they have been usually discriminated.
Read MoreWhat about the internally displaced people?
It could be argued that concerning issues such as the penalty to those who displaced people from their land and land adjudication, the results are totally negative.
Read MoreDejusticia’s Director was interviewed by the magazine Poder 360 about re-election and checks and balances
More checks and balances.
One of the principal arguments exposed by those who oppose Uribe’s second re-election is the disturbance of the balance of power. Notwithstanding, some experts say damage has already been done and will continue being done.
Read MoreHard Against Drugs
After forty years of a fruitless drug war that started out with Richard Nixon’s declaration against hippies and young libertarians of the 1960’s, today, legalizing supporters are being taken into account.
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