Workers’ Power, Inequality and Human Dignity
Why does progress on equity and human rights depend more on workers’ organization than we usually think? A call to strengthen inclusive unionism.
Read MoreUN, 70 Years
On June 26th, 1945, when the world had still not escaped the horrors of the Second World War, 50 countries ratified with optimism the so-called San Francisco Charter, which gave birth to the UN. Is there something to celebrate in the UN’s 70 years?
Read MoreTradition and Violence (II)
In my op-ed last week I discussed the findings of research that compared the World Values Survey’s results with homicide rates all over the world.
Read MoreHer Problem
“Let me tell you about my problem with girls,” said the Nobel laureate of medicine Tim Hunt in a world conference last week.
Read MoreThe Balance of Power Reform’s Good and Bad
Beyond issues of justice, the balance of power reform has both good and bad in the other changes introduced by the state.
Read MoreWhen the Truth Prevails, What Happens to Justice?
Now that negotiations have advanced to consider the second element, justice, it is worth considering: how can truth contribute to justice?
Read MoreWhen National Human Rights Institutions Become International
NHRIs may not have the power to adopt legally binding decisions, but their distinctiveness is in empowering ordinary people from whom they derive their legitimacy.
Read MoreDiscrediting Is Not Debating
Democracy is government through public discussion. It aims to have society come to better informed and fair collective decisions through public debate on collective issues that is rational and transparent.
Read MoreTradition and Violence (I)
We have debated much about how social injustice and the state’s weakness have influenced violence in Colombia. However, we have not explored how our culture and values affect that same violence.
Read MoreSophisticated Lawyers
When we look for those responsable for the judiciary’s crisis, usually the disgraceful ones stick out: the lawyer that says on the record that “ethics have nothing to do with the law,” or his client, the judge that puts this phrase into practice and schemes to drag on the investigation that proceeds against him in Congress.
Read MoreAccess to justice for women victims of gross violations of human rights in the context of armed conflict. Transitional justice.
This paper aims to present a diagnosis of the major barriers to access to justice faced by women victims of gross violations of human rights occurring in the course and development of the Colombian armed conflict and who undertake processes in order to obtain rights enforcement under the criminal proceedings of the Justice and Peace Law (Act 975 of 2005).
Read MoreUribe Velez, drugs, and prohibition.
As the Summit of the Americas could pose a crack to the political consensus in favor of prohibition, some begin to repeat arguments which have been used for decades against any challenge to existing policies.
Read MoreDrugs: regulatory alternative (II)
Prohibition failed because it is unable to control illicit drug supply and causes terrible collateral damage.
Read MoreDrugs, key debate in Summit of the Americas
A possible scenario of legalization will be one of the central themes of the meeting of heads of state next week.
Read MoreLand restitution: achievements, challenges, and gaps
In “Revista de la Mañana”, Nelson Camilo Sánchez referred to the threat of anti-restitution armies faced by peasant leaders.
Read MoreThe crisis of the Incoder: land to fertilize or an opportunity to cut from the root?
The bottom line now is what to do with the Incoder.
Read MoreThe private gag of the pundits
With the purchase of “El Tiempo” by the Sarmiento group, many columnists have warned the risk that the economic interests of the conglomerate compromise the independence of the newspaper.
Read MoreThe challenges of the new General Attorney regarding the judgment of forced displacement
The renowned criminalist Eduardo Montealegre will stren as General Attonery this week.
Read MoreA constitution more malleable than platinum
The South African state bends its constitutional pillars when it allows the excesses of a tribal billionaire king who oppresses the communities but promotes the exploitation of platinum.
Read MoreDrugs: regulatory alternative (i)
The discussion of drugs to be held in the Summit of the Americas should not be limited to noting the failure and the costs of prohibition. It should also advance in the search of reasonable alternatives.
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