Venezuela and Human Rights
If war, according to Clausewitz, is the continuation of politics by other means, then human rights are the limit of both politics and war.
Read MoreThe Law Is Not Neutral
It is fundamental that everything in the judiciary, from the investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office to the sentence at Court, not be neutral in terms of gender.
Read MoreWhat Can We Do to Prevent the Imprisonment of Innocent People in Latin America?
Preventing erroneous detentions and wrongful convictions should be a priority of the criminal justice system.
Read MoreUniversal Transitional Justice?
Ex-President Gaviria correctly claims that a equitable and sustainable peace deal in Colombia perhaps will require transitional justice mechanisms not only to broker peace with the guerrillas, but also other actors involved in the internal conflict, such as state agents and funders.
Read MoreSex and Morals
In Christianity’s origins sex did not have much importance. The essence of Jesus of Nazaret’s message, say teologans, can be summarized into two ideas: love your neighbor and prepare yourself, with faith and repentance, for the Final Judgement.
Read MoreTransitional Justice for Everyone?
President Gaviria’s ideas about peace are extremely useful if they are taken as the author suggests: as thoughts for a debate where they would have to be made more precise and adapted. But interpreted as some have done— like finished proposals— they are as problematic as incomplete.
Read MoreReferendum and Adoption
Viviane Morales’ main argument for a referendum regarding adoption by same-sex couples bases itself on an incomplete idea of democacy: democracy as the rule of the majority. However, it is precisely this lone premise that is incompatible with our democratic model.
Read MoreHow Racism and Classism Undergird Climate Adaptation Strategies
Mitigating the harm will undoubtedly require far-reaching adaptation policies that will further benefit the North globally and middle and upper classes locally. Why? Existing knowledge and capital asymmetries.
Read MoreGay Prejudices
Promiscuity, instability, pedophilia, HIV, among other opinions, threathen the LGBTI community members’ lives and exercise of rights.
Read MoreCollective Novel
When deciding a case where the law is ambiguous, should a judge impose their moral convictions, even if it affects the law’s coherence? Or should they protect the law’s consistency, even if this goes against their personal morals?
Read MoreWastes: between recyclers and quick-witted
The tendering of wastes in Bogota is smelly. Magically, thousands of supposed “recyclers” affiliated to associations created at the last minute to benefit from the contest rules, which sought to promote the true recyclers who have spent years digging through the trash and providing an environmental service that was priceless.
Read MoreThe ‘Bolillo’: a resignation feint?
It seems Fedefútbol is not going to accept the resignation to ‘Bolillo’, which will be a feint to distract public opinion, while Fedefútbol scores the goal of keeping him as coach of the selection.
Read MoreVictims’ Law: advances, constraints, and challenges
While the law for care and reparation for victims overcomes debates that polarized the discussion at the time of the Uribe government, limitations in the search and recognition of the truth, and challenges as the fiscal impact and the investment the state will have to undergo in reparations, among other topics, are noted.
Read MoreWhen protesting is a crime
Colombian democracy needs more censorship from people to the government and less social repression.
Read MoreTo a women, not even with a “Bolillo” (roll)
The media debate on the case of “Bolillo” has exposed the myths and excuses that allows such violence to go unnoticed or to be justified.
Read MoreGiven the conservative wave, a rainbow wave
Moral conservatism is gaining momentum. The Christian, Catholic, and Orthodox churches have put aside their secular differences to unite against marriage of same-sex couples.
Read MoreRainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics
Many have regretted that the Constitutional Court did not allow immediately that same-sex couples exercise the same right heterosexual couples have: the right to be happy marrying.
Read MoreEvaluating the Congress’ work
The Congress is praised -or criticized- by the “exuberance” of the previous legislature. Scrutiny tends to prove that the number of laws approved was not so extraordinary, that many crucial issues were addressed, and that the value added by the parliamentary work is significant.
Read MoreDiverse families, happy families, and now constitutional
A highly anticipated ruling that nevertheless surprised Tyre and Trojans. Two substantive decisions: gay families do exist before the law and the Congress must legislate to protect them. What are the decisions implications and how valid are their interpretations?
Read MoreThe excesses in pre-charge detention.
It’s just that the former Minister Arias has been charged by the Attorney and will be tried for the abuses of AIS. But maybe he should have not be arrested nor imprisoned.
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