Posts Tagged ‘Corrupción’
Lawyers: What are they not for?
To what extents can lawyers go to defend the interests of their clients?
Read MoreDisclosing public servants’ private interests: A powerful but unexploited anti-corruption tool
Both the legislation and the case law of other countries have made considerable efforts to exploit the potential of the disclosure of private interests of public servants as an anti-corruption tool. In contrast, Colombia has yet to adopt these reforms and judicial pronouncements.
Read MoreThe walls talk in Cartagena
Cartageneros engaged in a worthwhile act in a city where the current leaders are immersed in serious cases of corruption.
Read MoreA normal country
During the decades that the armed conflict lasted, much was written about violence and its causes, to the point that a group of experts on this subject emerged (unique in the world) under the name of violentologists. Perhaps today we must do something similar for corruption.
Read MoreIt was to be expected
What is happening today in Colombia’s Judicial Branch was to be expected. It is a worrying trend in a country that requires more than ever a strong and reliable administration of justice for peace.
Read MoreTocqueville’s recipe
Judicial reform is of little use as long as there are no profound changes in judicial habits and, more specifically, in the moral integrity of magistrates.
Read MoreThe door of the State
From the Supreme Court scandal, the first thing that surprises is the mediocrity of the magistrates involved, but the signs of a network of corruption are the most serious. If confirmed, this would be the worst institutional horror of the last decades.
Read MoreAgainst the bad: transparency
As we take deeper measures to deal with the serious judicial crisis that we are experiencing, the Courts and the General Attorney’s Office must adopt immediate transparency actions to face corruption and regain citizens’ trust.
Read MoreOpportunities left behind by the crisis
The backwardness of Cartagena’s social welfare has much of its roots in corruption and the successive institutional crises that it has produced. Except for honorable exceptions, clientelism has been the governance model, which includes bribing oversight authorities to guarantee impunity.
Read MoreCorruption
To understand and overcome corrupt practices, one must see the rest of the iceberg: the vast majority of irregular behaviors, which may not be so spectacular or visible, but without which there would be no more serious crimes.
Read MoreOn corruption in Colombia: conceptual framework, diagnosis and policy proposals
According to the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International for 2016, Colombia obtained a rating of 37/100. How to characterize the phenomenon of corruption in Colombia and what academic and public policy strategies can be adopted to counteract it?
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