We must be deeply aware that in 2018 we will renew the representatives of the executive and legislative branches. In that context, we must have the vision to understand that those decisions will define the trajectory of the next decade.

Despite the fact that this oversight body has found many breaches of the Transparency Law, it has not imposed a single sanction yet. The sanctions regime has not even been defined.

The sentence by the Cundinamarca Tribunal that ordered the president of the Senate to send the legislative act on circumscriptions to President Santos for its promulgation is legally correct.

This year there were several signs of the deep animosity of traditional political power towards victims and social leaders. The eradication of violence from the political spectrum will only occur with the public's political participation. Not only with the vote, but starting with the vote.

In Colombia, although the intelligence law prohibits telephone tapping since 2013, an wrong interpretation would seem to force providers, such as WhatsApp or Telegram, to provide "any other information that contributes" to the user's location.

When governments are seeking to reduce poverty based on discrimination and increase rights protection, policies must also aim to reduce discrimination due to historical factors. The latter has created the very own elements that facilitate the impoverishment of various social groups.

The Constitutional Court is currently reviewing the decree that creates the Truth Commission for the implementation of the Peace Agreement. Dejusticia presented an intervention supporting the constitutionality of the decree, with the condition that the participation of various social sectors in future steps is guaranteed.

Human beings tend to chat and debate with those who think and feel similarly. These conversations between peers are pleasant but are often unproductive because they reinforce our prejudices.

It is not language that is to blame, but the culture behind language. Words, says Rosa Montero, are like the skin of the social body: they reflect the movement of that body. If that movement is changed, the words change their meaning.