Morality and the Law
Oliver Holmes, the Great American Justice, said that a person that does not have the least respect for moral principle, finishes being a faithful moral follower when with it he can avoid jail or payment of fines. In Colombia, he passes the opposite of what Holmes plants: as the people see that there are not effective sanctions and everyone breaks the law, one feels the right to disobey the law and finish accommodating its moral convictions to its disobedience.
Read MoreThe Unconstitutionality of the Re-election according to Álvaro Uribe
The confessions of the former Congressperson Yidis Medina has placed serious doubt of the legitimacy of the reform that established the re-election, therefore today it is clear that various decisive votes were obtained thanks to privileges offered by the Government.
Read MoreHuman Rights Guide
Presentation of the book “Practical guide of the International System of Protection of Human Rights”
Read MoreUribe and the Court in his pocket
The idea to create a “supercourt” suits the government but not justice or political reform.
Read MoreExtradiction and victims’ rights
The extradition of Macaco would suppose to accept that it is more serious to export cocaine than to massacre Colombians.
Read MoreTo penalize for reform
The first action is to purify the reformer, Congress, so that it has the ethical capacity to reform.
Read MoreThe Repair Decree that makes amends for victims: more rhetorical than effective
The Repair Decree utilizes the generous rhetoric of protection of the rights of victims, but turns to institutional mechanisms that impedes on their efficiency.
Read MoreThe language of the law
The leaders of the law, like Rafael Nieto, should begin by clearly fixing their political positions.
Read MoreWhat happened to Colombian diplomacy in this region?
As many Latin-Americans see the global antiterrorist campaign as an instrument of service to the United States, is not effective in the region of antiterrorism used by Colombia.
Read MoreRewards without grief or glory
The reward to the guerrilla that killed Iván Ríos shows the weaknesses of criminal politics and the serious effects on equality before the penal law.
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