The FARC must economically contribute to victims’ reparation
No one believes the lie that the FARC is an organization with no money and that the relevant agencies have no clue about the guerilla’s resources.
Read MorePeace is diversity
On October 2nd, those of us who believe in diversity, equality, freedom, and respecting differences have the responsibility to vote YES in the plebiscite on the peace accords.
Read MoreOf Peace and Traffic: Being Filipino in Colombia
As a foreigner, I always get the ¿De donde eres? (Where are you from?) question from cab drivers in Colombia. After a small chitchat about where exactly in the globe my country is and Imelda Marcos’ 3,000 pairs of shoes (which seem to be the usual thing they can recall about the Philippines), the conversation would usually turn to the traffic.
Read MoreAn impunity accord?
vote NO on the plebiscite claim that they are not against negotiated peace, but
that they believe the accord to be unacceptable because of the impunity it establishes due to the fact that it does not require jail time
for all those responsible for international crimes like massacres, kidnappings,
disappearances, children recruitment or sexual violence.
In the face of doubt…YES
Some considered that Maria Isabel Rueda was inconsistent when after severely criticizing the peace process, she decided to vote YES on the plebiscite.
Read MoreThe sugar conspiracy
Conspiracy
theories are less often than not on point. Social phenomena are often
more complex than the stories of furtive strategies and collective fraud that complot theorists suggest. To prove whether conspiracies
do exist is a difficult matter that tests the efforts of memorable
journalists or researchers.
A referendum against families
The senator Viviane Morales and Carlos Alonso Lucio, head of the Referendum Supporters Committe, continue their effort to constitutionally establish an excluding family model that goes against the Constitution and the reality of Colombian families.
Read MoreApplying the VAT to the basket of consumer goods?
It is true that VAT exemptions in the basket of consumer goods is not only ideal, but the best we have at the moment.
Read MoreA justice system for peace
The peace accord is an opportunity to face several challenges in the judicial system. In this column, I discuss one priority challenge for all citizens.
Read MoreEnsuring the confusion
The Inspctor General attributed the invalidation of his reelection to the Havana accords and his opposition to the peace process, seeking to create confusion, minimize the illegalities that he committed so he could be reelected and deligitimize the State Council sentence. If the decisions was a response to the accords, it could not be backed by the law.
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Second Action-Research Workshop for Young Human Rights Advocates- Short Version
Second Action-Research Workshop for Young Human Rights Advocates- Short Version
Read MoreReturning to the Future: The Academy and Social Activism | Rodrigo Uprimny | TEDxGetsemaní
In case you missed Rodrigo Uprimny’s talk @TEDxGetsemaní:
Read MoreCésar Rodríguez Garavito at the Constitutional Court’s Constitutional Conference on Lands
Talk “The New Frontiers of Constitutional Justice,” in the Participation and Environment panel.
Read MoreWater and the Inspector General’s Office
What was the Inspector General’s Office doing while the water supply was running out in Casanare? It wasn’t investigating the officers who let the “morichales” (wetlands) dry or who approved the licenses to exploit patroleum near water sources.
Read MoreDemocracy or plutocracy?
Is the United States becoming aplutocracy? This is a legitimate question, since the influence of money in elections in that country is already overwhelming, and it may continue to increase due to a recent US Supreme Court decision (the McCutcheon case).
Read MoreWill Santos be the Savior of Land Restitution?
In his most recent opinion piece called “President Santos, Please Save Land Restitution”, columnist León Valencia strongly criticizes some of the main policies of the Santos administration.
Read MoreDid Petro´s Legal Novel Finally End?
One of the most popular arguments used to defend the national government´s position on the situation in Bogota, in particular the legal battle of Mayor Petro, is that the City was tired and needed an end to all the uncertainty.
Read MoreIrrelevant political rights?
Colombia is far from being a country protective of political rights. But now, it not only fails to protect them it also openly disparages them.
Read MoreA Navigation Chart for the Bogotá River
As the Judge of the Council of State who authored the decontamination of the Bogota river order said, the decision is a “navigation chart” for Colombia´s environmental policy.
Read MoreA leftist ICHR?
Some of those who criticized the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR) for granting the precautionary measures in favor of Bogota Mayor Petro have suggested that this occured because the ICHR has a leftist bias.
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