#SAVEIACHR
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is facing a budget crisis provoked by member states of the Organization of American States that do not give it enough funds to do its job.
Read MoreThe Silent Checkmate against the IACHR
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The current IACHR budget crisis means that the Commission will no longer be able to process new petitions, human rights monitoring in a third of the region will be suspended, and the capacity to issue precautionary measures will be reduced by 80%.
Read MorePopular Vote and Peace
Northern Ireland had an armed conflict that seemed impossible to solve, but accomplished a sustainable negotiated peace. The poular vote of the agreement was a decisive element in the success of the process. This story can thus be instructive for us in Colombia.
Read MoreHow Are We Going to Design the Political Strategy for Peace?
Much has been said recently about the constitutional protection of the peace accords, which will be signed by the Colombian goverment and the FARC in the coming days.
Read MoreThe Stasi
This week I was visiting facilities of the most important prison for political prisoners in former East Berlin.
Read MoreIn Favor of Civil Resistance
I must thank Uribismo for having broached the topic about “civil resistance.”
Letter to the Solicitor General
Mr. Solicitor General:
In Praise of Noise
The Policing Code that is currently being debated in Congress restricts a central democratic right: the right to peaceful social protest.
Read MoreWho Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?
Dictators will try to defeat art that opposes its vision of the world, but the resilience of art is inherent in its nature. Dictators can try to stifle it, imprison it, but history shows that it is impossible to fully wipe out or control art. In the end, you cannot break a butterfly on a wheel.
Read MoreThe Necessary Civic Endorsement
The step the FARC and the Government took, to define the peace agreement has to be approved by Congress and reviewed by the Constitutional Court to gain legal force, which is very important. But it is insufficient if not accompanied by civic endorsement.
Read MoreHard Strike Against Sophisticated Strategies
The devious interpretation of the lawyers from Brigard y Urrutia of Law 160 of 1994, which allowed the accumulation of previously vacant lots by companies like Riopaila, has provoked different reactions. One of those was support from Senator Armando Benedetti, who said that, while the transaction was morally reprehensible, there was no doubt that it was legal.
Read MoreGoverning with trial and error
There is no modern country without a census of its inhabitants.
Read MoreScience, Higgs boson and Neptune
The discovery of the Higgs particle, awarded the Nobel Price in Physics this year, evokes another discovery made over 150 years ago: the discovery of Neptune. Both discoveries reflect an ethic of collaborative work in science that should inspire us in other fields.
Read MoreTutela writ against marriage?
No, because the tutela writ is meant to protect rights, not to take them away.
Read MoreSanturbán and the Minister: Why Arrieta isn’t right
One of the first decisions the Minister of Environment should make is the final demarcation of the paramo of Santurban, which will also determine where Gold mining can be done and where it cannot.
Read MoreAccess to justice for women victims of sexual violence
Fifth follow-up report on Decision 092 of the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreSleeping in a burning bed
The new report from the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) nudes the existential dilemma of humanity: we know that we are destroying the planet, but we are still working on it.
Read MoreArbitrary tutela writs against equality
One thing is for a judge or a notary to determine that they cannot marry a same-sex couple, which is a plausible legal interpretation, although I think it is the wrong one.
Read MoreThe indecision that mines restitution
While the agrarian policies allow the land concentration to continue, the efforts of achieving restitution will be insignificant and they can be counterproductive.
Read MoreFarc’s option is justice
Though it seems counterintuitive, the best available political strategy for Farc is to defend a peace agreement that includes justice measures.
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