Hacking Is More Than Wiretaps
Who oversees the National Police’s hacking?
Read MoreA Woman Nominee
The replacement of Mauricio González in the Constitutional Court provides President Santos with a golden opportunity: decisively achieving greater gender equity in the courts.
Read MoreThe Beginning of All Things
Thales of Miletus was the first philosopher of Classical Greece that tried to find the origin of everything; something that could explain what exists. This origin, which he called Arche, he found in water. Everything is made up of water, said Thales, “the earth rests on water, like an island.” His disciples later added three elements to this explanation: earth, air, and fire.
Read MoreSéptimo Día’s Indigenous People
The television program Séptimo Día found a curious way of celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Over three Sundays, through specific denunciations, it aired generalized conclusions so tenuous that it gave the impresion to its thousands of viewers that corruption, alcoholism, sexual violence, guerrilla infiltration, and land grabbing are the rule among indigineous peoples.
Read MoreProhibitionists and Gangsters: Two Faces of the Same Coin
“Colombia has an alcohol market, but there is no Pablo Escobar of beer or vodka. And it is not because vodka is better than cocaine, but rather because it is legal,” explains Johann Hari.
Read MoreIf They Globalize Exploitation, Let’s Globalize Resistance
The struggle to protect land is a shared mission in the Americas that has been globalized together with exploitation.
Read MoreHiroshima and Szilárd
Today 70 years ago Nagasaki was bombed, which alongside Hiroshima, caused nearly 250,000 deaths.
Read MoreWooden Language
There is nothing more natural than politicians’ use of language that is both pompous and unnecessary at the same time.
Read MoreSoft Drinks and Cigarettes
We have to begin by tying loose ends with other countries and other industries. In this way we can not only see why it is a wise proposal, but also why it does not go far enough.
Read MoreThe False Beliefs about False Accusations
Although 98% of sexual assault accusations are real, the other 2% determine how we treat survivors of this type of violence.
Read MoreIn the Presidential Palace, the Quota Act does not stick
A few years ago, a professor gave a lecture in a town on the Law 80 of administrative contracts, which had just been approved, so that the local government could comply with it.
Read MoreThe State and sexual violence against women in the context of socio-political violence in Colombia
Report submitted by women’s and human rights organizations to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallstrom, on the occasion of her visit to Colombia. The report relates the situation of sexual violence against women in the context of socio-political violence in Colombia, and the state response to it.
Read MoreA year gone, nine more to go
In the blink of an eye passed the first of ten years that were set by the State as deadline to compensate the victims of the armed conflict.
Read More¿Santos against the Inter-American system?
It’s time to discuss the dangerous double game of the Colombian government regarding human rights which became evident last week at the OAS General Assembly in Bolivia.
Read MoreIs it still possible to improve the judicial reform?
Since it appears that the reform will be approved next week, I want to focus on three proposals which I find very problematic, but can be corrected.
Read MoreNot even a Rose more?
Why do we remember Rosa Cely’s face, while ignoring that of many others who have been raped, tortured, and murdered?
Read MoreApproved in third debate Bill on Access to Public Information
The legislative initiative, promoted by the Alliance More information More Rights, was approved on Tuesday in the First Committee of the House of Representatives with 20 votes in favor and none against.
Read MoreGovernment and nominations for the judiciary: towards greater accountability
Proposals on the reform of the Supreme Judicial Council and the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and the State Council.
Read MoreJudicial School, judicial career and judicial reform
The judicial career and the training of judges is not a blockbuster issue. No wonder then that in the justice reform it has received little attention, to the point that it is not clear who will administer the judicial career or where will the Lara Bonilla Judicial School be located institutionally.
Read MoreNot one more!
In order for violence against women to finally disappear.
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