Between All or Nothing
By Mauricio García Villegas |
According to the government, the program "Merit Pays" (Spanish "Ser Pilo Paga") is an educational revolution.
Business and Human Rights in India: Time for a National Action Plan?
By Dejusticia |
The economic development that the government is promising, and that a large majority of people in the country are hoping for, could spell disaster for certain communities if checks and balances are not put at the right place at the right time.
Read more Referendum about Subsidy for Bullfighting
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
With the Colombian Constitutional Court's sentence about bullfighting in Bogotá, the matter becomes a citizen debate.
The Judiciary: Not Only Better Salaries But Also a More Horizontal Justice
By Sebastián Lalinde Ordóñez |
One of the most famous and celebrated judges in the history of the American judiciary is Learned Hand.
Read more Is There Upwards Social Mobility in Colombia?
By Celeste Kauffman |
With the Government announcement about the scholarship program for low-income students, social mobility and inequality has appeared once again in public debate in Colombia.
The Decline of Grand Treaties? Thoughts after the Lima Climate Summit
By César Rodríguez-Garavito (Retired in 2019) |
Civil society pressure from the bottom-up, rather than top-down treaty obligations, is the only way to get governments to act on global warming.
Weakened OAS to Receive Almagro
By Nelson Camilo Sánchez León |
The Organization of American States (OAS) was almost on the brink of announcing in newspapers "Looking for Secretary General for a prestigious international organization."
Should Prisons Be Privatized?
By Ana Margarita González Vásquez |
It is imperative for states to adopt concrete measures to address the structural deficiencies of prisons.
Read more In Favor of Children?
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
If the adoption by same-sex couples really presented a risk for the adoptee, I would oppose that possibility as adoption exists so that a child without a home may get a family, and not so much so that the adopting parents can have a child. The prevailing right, then, is the right of children to be adopted.
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