Government of the people
The summit of Santo Domingo showed that we depend more on the mood of leaders than on diplomacy and international law.
Read MoreThe risks of a preventive defense
Two basic reasons have led for some analysts to justify the Colombian incursion against the FARC in Ecuadorian territory: that Colombia would have acted in legitimate defense and that its conduct would have a basis in the resolution of 1373 of the UN Security Council, that prohibits the states from harboring terrorist groups and that Ecuador would have violated this prohibition.
Read MoreInvisible Suffering
Society is mobilized alone now because before had not closely seen the suffering of those kidnapped.
Read MoreValue formation for future professionals in law
This is the theme from the behind the times considered the ink bottle suggestion from a group of students at the Cooperative University of Popayán. I was delayed in addressing this because it does not turn out to be easy to speak of the relation between law and values without falling into commonplace or easy sermons. Law students from all over the country have deep concerns about the ethical exercise of the lawyer profession and it does not seem that the faculties or lawyers are responding adequately to address this need.
Read MoreThe Right and the march
If the left awkwardly entangled itself with the march against the FARC, the right shows their true colors with their march this Thursday, to which I will leave as I left on February 4. And, as the “Facebook” protest clarified the need of a left that does not doubt condemning the FARC, one that will clearly allow the right we have and which we need.
Read MoreThe requirement of marching on March 6th
The citizens should show solidarity to all the victims and should condemn all the atrocities in the same way, without introducing hierarchies among them.
Read MoreThe third force
If those of February 4th are right wingers and those of March 6th are leftists, what are we who will participate in both marches?
Read MoreThe Court’s journey
Danilo Rojas, professor at the National University and a founding member of Dejusticia, emphasizes the importance of encouraging the practice initiated by the Constitutional Court to be in session in cities other than Bogotá.
Read MoreTo march without warning
By giving a proper name to the victimizer, he fortifies civil society, gains autonomy and his own voice.
Read MoreWhat about the other victims and other atrocities?
The tests of survival of those kidnapped by the FARC have also resulted in tests of shame, and they show what was already known: the terrible conditions in which the kidnapped are found. It is natural that these tests have awoken the sensibility of citizens and have caused protests against the abductions by the FARC, a practice that is completely unacceptable.
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