Inabilities in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The Senate's decision to prohibit people who have litigated human rights cases against the State from becoming JEP (Special Jurisdiction for Peace) magistrates is grossly unconstitutional.
Read more The grammar of peace
By Mauricio García Villegas |
The Constitutional Court's decision on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace is an important step to leave the explosive mess in which find ourselves in and to begin to consolidate peace.
Read more Legalism, morality and truth
By César Rodríguez Garavito (Se retiró en 2019) |
The unequivocal belief in one's own goodness and the wickedness of the opponent is an obstacle to the construction of a truth as precise as it is inclusive. The historical fact is one, but the experiences and the reasons are multiple. We should start by understanding the interlocutor.
Read more Professional secrecy in abortion cases: the inhumane dilemma between prison and death
By Margarita Martínez Osorio |
The protection of professional secrecy in abortion cases is a fundamental guarantee for women to exercise their right to terminate a pregnancy. If doctors continue to violate professional secrecy and report on abortion cases, women will continue to be subjected to an inhumane dilemma, having to choose between prison or death.
Read more Sentences and political participation
By Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
That the FARC leaders can aspire to be elected before being judged by the JEP is not an arbitrary formula: it allows the former commanders to ensure the cohesion of the guerrilla and its transformation into a political actor.
Read more The policy of love
By Mauricio García Villegas |
In Venezuela, a law was passed imposing harsh penalties for those who promote hatred and fascism. Pretending to eradicate hate and impose love is a typical feature of tyranny.
Read more To inherit memories
By Ana María Ramírez |
Today started yesterday. Yesterday, November 6, 1985, towards the end of the morning, the massacre began at the Palace of Justice. (Thursday, November 7, 1985, 'Official History of Love', Ricardo Silva Romero).
Read more Junk food (SIC)
By César Rodríguez Garavito (Se retiró en 2019) |
The randomness of spelling made the acronym of the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) the same Latin word used to draw attention to an error in a text (sic).
Read more Returning to the colonial space
By Hobeth Martínez |
The international phenomenon of land grabbing, which in its most recent manifestation already ten years old, could be seen as a form of neocolonialism that connects Global South countries around a common problem and resistance.
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