Eulogy to Shame
Only in Colombia can someone like Álvaro Uribe Vélez accuse someone like Antanas Mockus of cheating.
Read MoreThe International Criminal Court and Negotiated Peace: Lessons from Colombia
In Colombia, a too rigid understanding of the duty to prosecute and the “interests of justice” in the Rome Statute threaten the possibility of negotiating an end to the armed conflict.
Read MoreSantos’ Plan without Afros
Should the Santos administration have consulted afro-descendent communities before presenting the National Development Plan before Congress?
Read MoreTrusting Each Other’s Choices
If the Colombian Constitutional Court trusts that heterosexuals and homosexuals alike can decide who makes up their families, the debate about homoparental families should not end.
Read MoreTerritorial Peace without Environmental Peace?
Cajamarca– This week, in a session of the city council meeting of this corner of Tolima, it was clear that the future of peace is in municipalities like this one, as the national Government and the United Nations have said.
Read MoreShould the Use of the Bull Plaza for Bullfighting Be Decided by Popular Consultation?
New “For and Against” session by the newspaper @ElEspectador. Lawyer César Rodríguez-Garavito and columnist Antonio Caballero argue their positions.
Read MoreThe ICC and Negotiated Peace: Reflections from Colombia
The Colombian case shows the need for flexibility in balancing the duty to prosecute international crimes with the duty to negotiate an end to the civil war.
Read MoreState-Sanctioned Femicide: How Criminalizing Abortion Puts Women’s Lives at Risk
We know that criminalizing and limiting access to abortion does not lower abortion rates; it just endangers the lives of women who resort to illegal, clandestine, and dangerous forms of abortion.
Read MoreFrom #JeSuisCharlie to #YoSoyBonil
The court hearing tomorrow, in which the Ecuadorian cartoonist Xavier Bonil (also known as Bonil) could be convicted, evinces the Correa administration’s growing intolerance against satire and civil liberties.
Read MoreReferendum as Process
One of the problems with the discussion about a referendum on the peace accord in that many give it at least two different meanings, which are linked but are important to distinguish, to debate the issue more productively and find better solutions.
Read MoreWastes: between recyclers and quick-witted
The tendering of wastes in Bogota is smelly. Magically, thousands of supposed “recyclers” affiliated to associations created at the last minute to benefit from the contest rules, which sought to promote the true recyclers who have spent years digging through the trash and providing an environmental service that was priceless.
Read MoreThe ‘Bolillo’: a resignation feint?
It seems Fedefútbol is not going to accept the resignation to ‘Bolillo’, which will be a feint to distract public opinion, while Fedefútbol scores the goal of keeping him as coach of the selection.
Read MoreVictims’ Law: advances, constraints, and challenges
While the law for care and reparation for victims overcomes debates that polarized the discussion at the time of the Uribe government, limitations in the search and recognition of the truth, and challenges as the fiscal impact and the investment the state will have to undergo in reparations, among other topics, are noted.
Read MoreWhen protesting is a crime
Colombian democracy needs more censorship from people to the government and less social repression.
Read MoreTo a women, not even with a “Bolillo” (roll)
The media debate on the case of “Bolillo” has exposed the myths and excuses that allows such violence to go unnoticed or to be justified.
Read MoreGiven the conservative wave, a rainbow wave
Moral conservatism is gaining momentum. The Christian, Catholic, and Orthodox churches have put aside their secular differences to unite against marriage of same-sex couples.
Read MoreRainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics
Many have regretted that the Constitutional Court did not allow immediately that same-sex couples exercise the same right heterosexual couples have: the right to be happy marrying.
Read MoreEvaluating the Congress’ work
The Congress is praised -or criticized- by the “exuberance” of the previous legislature. Scrutiny tends to prove that the number of laws approved was not so extraordinary, that many crucial issues were addressed, and that the value added by the parliamentary work is significant.
Read MoreDiverse families, happy families, and now constitutional
A highly anticipated ruling that nevertheless surprised Tyre and Trojans. Two substantive decisions: gay families do exist before the law and the Congress must legislate to protect them. What are the decisions implications and how valid are their interpretations?
Read MoreThe excesses in pre-charge detention.
It’s just that the former Minister Arias has been charged by the Attorney and will be tried for the abuses of AIS. But maybe he should have not be arrested nor imprisoned.
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