Migration, “For Whites Only”
At the end of the day, it is worth asking if the inscription, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty ought to come with a clarifying note: “whites only”.
Read MoreAgainst the War: The Mom Political Camp
What would happen if the interests that govern Colombia were those of the moms that have lost their children in the war?
Read MoreRohingya and the Power of Naming
In the past week, my Facebook thread has been replete with posts about a group of people who until now has failed to make it to general public awareness: Rohingya.
Read MoreJudicial Corporatism
The integration proposal for the Judicial Government Council (CGJ, after its initials in Spanish), which would replace the discredited Judiciary Council, and which was approved in the seventh congressional debate, is slightly better than what was coming, but it continues to be very bad, as it does not consider that in the judicial government there ought to be independent, external voices beyond judges’.
Read MoreThe Lottery of Bad Luck
Last Wednesday I left Bogotá by car towards Nocaima, a small town in western Cundinamarca.
Read MoreChronicles of Deaths Foretold
The 83 deaths due to the landslide in Salgar were foretold and preventable. We knew three years ago that the river would overflow earlier rather than later.
Read MoreRojas’ Return
Rojas Ríos’ return seems to complicate the Constitutional Court’s legitimacy. But past lessons from this crisis suggests otherwise.
Read MoreBlack Lives at the United Nations
I would argue that not only the centrality of the issue at the UPR, but also the direct manner in which it was treated, is thanks to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Read MoreThe Moment for Renewable Energy Has Arrived
With renewable energy governments can not only reduce environmental damage and the probability of environmental conflicts, but can also provide greater access to clean and cheaper energy both to marginalized and non-marginalized people.
Read MoreHave the Courts Won?
The reform to the judiciary’s governance in the Balance of Powers bill has positive aspects but also some worrying “details,” which if not corrected in the finalized bill, not only would hamper its modernizing potential, but also would imply a step back.
Read MoreIs the Prosecutor superflous?
We Colombians have the bad habit of institutional redundancy. That was once told to me by Hamergen Linn, a scholar of judicial reforms in Latin America.
Read MoreSeeking crusades
While his re-election is being discussed, the crusade that the Prosecutor began in 2010 against Misoprostol is working.
Read MoreTraining in Victims law and land restitution
Intensive Training course for the Implementation of Act 1448 of 2011
Read MoreWhy a coffin is cheaper than a medicine?
That’s the question being asked by Juan Gossaín in his recent chronicle of medicines in Colombia, much more expensive than in other countries. And he let this one in the air: “Can anyone explain Colombians what explains those monstrous price differences?”.
Read MoreWhy no prosecutor should be reelected
Brilliant legal explanation of the inconvenience and lack of legitimacy the re-election of the head of a watchdog agency would represent.
Read More“I would be surprised if a serious country gives asylum to Restrepo”
Executive Director of Dejusticia analyzes the tense public climate created by recent court decisions that affect senior ex-officials of the Uribe government and the military.
Read MoreThe offense of failure to pay alimony and/or child support: diagnosis regarding their suitability.
In this paper we study how advantageous it is to keep the offense of failure to pay alimony (IA) in Colombia and make some proposals for it to be more convenient. We analyze the relative magnitude of AI, its relative weight in the Colombian criminal justice system, the problems that arise in its procedural process, and its effectiveness in resolving conflicts protecting victims.
Read MoreSeeking reelection
Even if Alejandro Ordóñez was the best prosecutor we could have, his reelection would be inconvenient for the rule of law.
Read MoreSantos and his bipolarity with victims
When enacting laws and leading marches the President calls for investigation of the whole truth, but when it comes to apologizing and criticizing judicial decisions, the president asks not to touch the untouchables. This causes very particular problems.
Read MoreNew comparative constitutional scholarship on enforcing second generation rights
The renowned specialist in comparative constitutional law at Harvard, Mark Tushnet, acknowledged the article written by Cesar Rodriguez, “Beyond the Courtroom: The Impact of Judicial Activism on Socioeconomic Rights in Latin America” as one of the best studies of constitutional law.
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