Posts Tagged ‘Participación ciudadana’
The 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 MoreNegotiating from the margins: The political participation of women in the peace processes of Colombia (1982-2016)
This book offers analyses and recommendations regarding the participation of women in peace processes so that peace agreements can become long-term social pacts that are both inclusive and committed to justice and equality.
Read MorePeace without participation?
Something paradoxical is happening with citizen participation after the end of the war with FARC. Those who initially opposed the plebiscite but ended up winning, now suddenly embrace participation to claim that the peace accord is legitimate. Instead, those who supported the plebiscite and promoted participative democracy through the years, seem to be defensive after the October 2nd surprise.
Read MoreTolima Tribunal approved popular referendum in Ibagué
The tribunal accepted the proposals made by Dejusticia and others who supported the initiative.
Read MoreToo Big to Fail? Not in Latin America
In an unprecedented step, various countries in Latin America are moving forward with trials against high-ranking government officials as citizen movements against corruption strengthen.
Read MoreVote Thresholds and Participation (II)
In my past Op-ed I argued for reforming referendum and repeal voting processes to replace the current “participatory threshold” to an “approbatory threshold.”
Read MoreVote Thresholds and Participation
The recognized difficulty in surpassing a vote threshold to referend an eventual peace accord or to impeach a mayor begs the following question: Could it be that the 1991 Constitution made a mistake in establishing thresholds for high-level decisions in Colombia and that moreover are “participation thresholds” and not “approval thresholds”?
Read MoreReferendum and Adoption
Viviane Morales’ main argument for a referendum regarding adoption by same-sex couples bases itself on an incomplete idea of democacy: democracy as the rule of the majority. However, it is precisely this lone premise that is incompatible with our democratic model.
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 MoreCésar Rodríguez Garavito at the Constitutional Court’s Constitutional Conference on Lands
Talk “The New Frontiers of Constitutional Justice,” in the Participation and Environment panel.
Read MoreIntervention in the statutory law of political reform
Dejusticia intervened before the Court with regards of the constitutional review of the statutory bill of political reform, specifically in the study of Articles 2, 28 and 47.
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