Peace Paperwork
Seeing all that has happened these last days, it occurs to me that the peace process is going well, but peace is going poorly.
Read MoreThe Era of Plastic
“Love is what will outlive us,” Philip Larking wrote in 1956. The English poet did not know that what will actually outlive us – plastic – was being invented as he composed those verses.
Read MoreThe Ophthalmology of Social Sciences
I think it is time to change glasses.
Read MoreMy Body is Mine and I Decide
On May 10, 2016, the complete criminalization of abortion ended.
Read MoreThinking with Bubbles: Human Rights, Inequality and Poverty
Statistics are a good antidote to our prejudices. And if they are presented in a pedagogical way, and even in a fun way, they have a greater potential to question them.
Read MoreThe Demands of Former Attorney General
The demands of former Attorney General, Montealegre, have good intentions and the correct starting point, but his legal approach and conclusions are all wrong.
Read MoreThe Definition of a Human Being
Right now, when everything is so uncertain, perhaps we need to go back to basic ideas. Ideas such as that man is a rational animal.
The Struggle for Black Hair
The bodies of people from excluded groups play a relevant role in the way they experience discrimination.
Read MoreAn Ungrateful Prosecutor
One thing the three candidates for Prosecutor have in common: gratitude for the government to which they belonged and were nominated by. Gratitude is usually a virtue. As the theologian, Meister Eckhart said, “if the only words you say in your life are ‘thank you,’ it will be enough
Read MoreEqual Marriage Between the Lines
The Constitutional Court ruled that same-sex couples have a right to civil marriage, but much more can be read between the lines.
Read MoreHard Strike Against Sophisticated Strategies
The devious interpretation of the lawyers from Brigard y Urrutia of Law 160 of 1994, which allowed the accumulation of previously vacant lots by companies like Riopaila, has provoked different reactions. One of those was support from Senator Armando Benedetti, who said that, while the transaction was morally reprehensible, there was no doubt that it was legal.
Read MoreGoverning with trial and error
There is no modern country without a census of its inhabitants.
Read MoreScience, Higgs boson and Neptune
The discovery of the Higgs particle, awarded the Nobel Price in Physics this year, evokes another discovery made over 150 years ago: the discovery of Neptune. Both discoveries reflect an ethic of collaborative work in science that should inspire us in other fields.
Read MoreTutela writ against marriage?
No, because the tutela writ is meant to protect rights, not to take them away.
Read MoreSanturbán and the Minister: Why Arrieta isn’t right
One of the first decisions the Minister of Environment should make is the final demarcation of the paramo of Santurban, which will also determine where Gold mining can be done and where it cannot.
Read MoreAccess to justice for women victims of sexual violence
Fifth follow-up report on Decision 092 of the Constitutional Court.
Read MoreSleeping in a burning bed
The new report from the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) nudes the existential dilemma of humanity: we know that we are destroying the planet, but we are still working on it.
Read MoreArbitrary tutela writs against equality
One thing is for a judge or a notary to determine that they cannot marry a same-sex couple, which is a plausible legal interpretation, although I think it is the wrong one.
Read MoreThe indecision that mines restitution
While the agrarian policies allow the land concentration to continue, the efforts of achieving restitution will be insignificant and they can be counterproductive.
Read MoreFarc’s option is justice
Though it seems counterintuitive, the best available political strategy for Farc is to defend a peace agreement that includes justice measures.
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