Workers’ Power, Inequality and Human Dignity
Why does progress on equity and human rights depend more on workers’ organization than we usually think? A call to strengthen inclusive unionism.
Read MoreUN, 70 Years
On June 26th, 1945, when the world had still not escaped the horrors of the Second World War, 50 countries ratified with optimism the so-called San Francisco Charter, which gave birth to the UN. Is there something to celebrate in the UN’s 70 years?
Read MoreTradition and Violence (II)
In my op-ed last week I discussed the findings of research that compared the World Values Survey’s results with homicide rates all over the world.
Read MoreHer Problem
“Let me tell you about my problem with girls,” said the Nobel laureate of medicine Tim Hunt in a world conference last week.
Read MoreThe Balance of Power Reform’s Good and Bad
Beyond issues of justice, the balance of power reform has both good and bad in the other changes introduced by the state.
Read MoreWhen the Truth Prevails, What Happens to Justice?
Now that negotiations have advanced to consider the second element, justice, it is worth considering: how can truth contribute to justice?
Read MoreWhen National Human Rights Institutions Become International
NHRIs may not have the power to adopt legally binding decisions, but their distinctiveness is in empowering ordinary people from whom they derive their legitimacy.
Read MoreDiscrediting Is Not Debating
Democracy is government through public discussion. It aims to have society come to better informed and fair collective decisions through public debate on collective issues that is rational and transparent.
Read MoreTradition and Violence (I)
We have debated much about how social injustice and the state’s weakness have influenced violence in Colombia. However, we have not explored how our culture and values affect that same violence.
Read MoreSophisticated Lawyers
When we look for those responsable for the judiciary’s crisis, usually the disgraceful ones stick out: the lawyer that says on the record that “ethics have nothing to do with the law,” or his client, the judge that puts this phrase into practice and schemes to drag on the investigation that proceeds against him in Congress.
Read MoreCivil society campaign for the adoption of the monitoring indicators of the Protocol of San Salvador
Dejusticia invites the civil society organizations of the Americas to react, in order to secure approval of the Indicators of Progress for the measurement of economic, social, and cultural rights under the Protocol of San Salvador in the General Assembly of the Organization of the American States (OAS) in June 2012.
We’ve been waiting 24 years for the monitoring mechanism to become a reality.
Help us say: ESCR can’t wait longer!
Finally, on June 4, 2012, the General Assembly of the OAS approved indicators.
Read MoreOpen sesame
The legend says the history of the cave of Ali Baba and the forty thieves was not invented by Scheherazade to save himself in One thousand and one nights.
Read MoreLandless serfs
With the National Development Plan has opened the door to go back on what little the country has made in democratization of land ownership.
Read MoreAccess to justice for women. Ordinary justice.
In both Colombia and elsewhere in the world, women need justice services that may be, in a greater or lesser extent, different from those needed by others. In this paper, we study the demand for criminal justice services on behalf of women and the difficulties they encounter when accessing the judicial system.
Read More“RECOGNIZE THE PAST, BUILD THE FUTURE”
Report on violence against trade union members between 1984 and 2011.
Read MoreWomen candidates to the General Attorney’s Office
President Santos should propose only female candidates for the Supreme Court to elect an Attorney so that this Office continues being led by a woman.
Read More“Hyper-presidencialism is a perversion of the Rule of Law”
Latin America has made progress in their legal systems, but not all are seen on the political scene. According to the interviewee, this is due to the fact that these changes are not strongly demanded by society.
Read MoreProsecutor’s against the Court
For how long will the crusade launched by the Prosecutor against abortion be used to justify the breach of its obligations?
Read MoreA critical look at law in Latin America
There is no need to interrupt César Rodríguez Garavito.
Read MoreColombian “pigmentocracy”
Does skin color matter? Does having white skin bring advantages while being black reduce them? These are the questions being solved in a research led by Edward Telles at Princeton University.
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