Posts Tagged ‘Derecho a la vida’
Why Do So Many Latin American Women Still Have Unsafe Abortions?
Latin America is an unfortunate example of this trend, as 95 percent of all abortions performed in 2008 were unsafe, granting it the dubious distinction of the region with the highest unsafe abortion rate in the world, with 31 unsafe abortions per 1000 women.
Read MoreGreece and Legacies of Violence
What if we considered these problems not simply as a threat to a notion of peace undergirding the European project, but also as part and parcel of that project’s related legacy of violence?
Read MoreBlack Lives at the United Nations
I would argue that not only the centrality of the issue at the UPR, but also the direct manner in which it was treated, is thanks to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Read MoreScience and Democracy at the Solicitor General’s Office
A few days ago, when there was a political discussion, there were two opposing sides.
Read MoreEnsuring Illegality
The Attorney General has the right, as a person, to be against euthanasia, but it is illegitimate for him to abuse his powers to impose his religious views. This is exactly what he did by presuring the Ministry of Health to not fulfill an order given by the Constitutional Court about euthanasia.
Read MoreA Carlos Gaviria Law
Perhaps there is no better way to pay homage to Carlos Gaviria than through a law. Nothing like the law— which he defended at the risk of his own life like an intellectual, judge, and public figure— to preserve his legacy and example.
Read MoreEbola, Tragedy or Injustice?
Ebola was discovered in 1976 and since then has had a score of outbreaks, always with high death rates.
Read MorePlanetary Life
We as human beings are raised with the idea of being intellectually and morally superior to the rest of living beings.
Read MoreReturning to Life
Last Monday was the 27th anniversary of Héctor Abad Gómez’ murder, who I knew intimately and for whom I felt great admiration and fondness.
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