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Censorship, a new ingredient in the sugary drinks debate?

Through a tutela initiative, citizens want that the television commercial on the possible health effects of sugary drinks that the Industry and Commerce Oversight Office prohibited is played again.

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The magistrate and her last decision

In Colombia, there are increasingly more judges that step away from a rigid vision of the law, seeking to improve the human condition and the rule of law through intelligence, balance, integrity, patience, persuasion, and commitment. 

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The right to protest, chained in the new Police Code

Dejusticia filed a lawsuit against the new norms related to protests and manifestations in Law 1801 of 2016 before the Constitutional Court on the grounds of being unconstitutional. 

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Trump and the future of human rights

Donald Trump’s presidency creates serious risks and challenges for human rights globally, but this victory could have an unexpected positive effect: to push the human rights movement to carry out transformations in its architecture and changes in its strategy that were imperative even before Trump, and that are now urgent.

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A “Christianly correct” referendum

Last week, the Senate's plenary approved in a second debate the proposal of a referendum by senator Viviane Morales, which aims to limit adoption only to heterosexual couples, excluding single individuals (both heterosexual and homosexual) and same-sex couples. Throughout a sad debate, the discriminatory spirit of this initiative became visible.

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Progressive endorsement (III)

The Court's judgment on fast track was not only very difficult; it was a "tragic case", following Professor Manuel Atienza's logic, since there is no good legal solution because any decision sacrifices an important value.

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The Court and peace

The decision of the Constitutional Court on the Peace Legislative Act is at the same time reassuring and worrying.

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The year we crashed against ourselves

2016 is ending and I cannot find a better title to encapsulate it that the one of Martín Caparrós' op-ed: "the year in which we crashed against ourselves.'"

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Gender is Everyone’s Issue

I don’t believe, as some feminists would contend, that gender or patriarchy are necessarily the primary defining structures of society. And I still don’t believe that there is a special place in hell for women who don’t vote for the female candidate, even the historic one. But I have come to believe that in this moment, we ignore questions of gender at our peril

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