Did Trump win?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The question may seem absurd since Trump was legally elected as president.
The UN, Colombia, and private life
By Vivian Newman Pont |
Advances in information and communications technology offer great solutions to human development and democratic participation.
The bubble that Trump popped
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
It is time to escape the bubble that popped with Trump's victory. It would be more comforting to think that millions of voters were tricked by a professional of contraption, as it was less painful for many to conclude that the results of Bexit or the Colombian plebiscite on peace were just tricks of the winning campaign so that people voted with anger.
Important magistrate election
By Carolina Villadiego Burbano |
Two important judicial elections silently advance: of five magistrates to the Constitutional Court and seven members of the National Discipline Commission. The first implies the modification of the Courts' majority, and with that, the possible renovation of jurisprudence.
Imagine Living in a Meritocracy
By Daniel Gómez |
Promoting the debate about a fair evaluation of merit should be an important task for the human rights movement since several demands from minority and historically excluded groups, such as access to higher education or affirmative action policies in employment, find opposition in nominally meritocratic arguments.
We need more, not less democracy
By María Paula Saffon Sanín |
Many have criticized the government's decision to call a plebiscite on October 2nd. Popular ratification was not judicially necessary. Even some, like Montealegre or Ferrajoli, claim that it was judicially questionable. For these reasons, several, including the president, have suggested that eventually, a new accord should not be subject to a popular referendum.
Gender and peace
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The support of many Christians to the peace process will depend on them abandoning their opposition to the accord based on what they have called "gender ideology."
Who Is Still Financing the Climate Crisis?
By Camila Bustos |
Despite the progress the international community has achieved in terms of tackling climate change, a great contradiction exists between what is stated in international accords and what happens in practice. This is particularly evident in the steady financing of fossil fuel infrastructure at the expense of people’s lives.
In the prison of Oscar Wilde
By Vivian Newman Pont |
When Oscar Wilde entered prison to pay his sentence for sodomy, he stopped being the popular and witty poet of the end of the 19th century.
