One year after Colombia closed every loophole permitting marriage before eighteen, congresswoman Alexandra Vásquez says the law has built the machinery for change, but warns that funding, not legislation, will decide whether early unions actually decline. Aleena Islam and Burak Batuhan Karakus A single amendment to article 116 of […]
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Immigrant stories: Between homesickness and a tight budget
Without asking his parents for a single euro, Jose has managed to get by financially despite the high cost of living in the British capital. Although he misses his family and is considering returning, he would not rule out staying if a job matching his career comes along. Javier […]
Chilean exile in the UK: wounds that call for justice
After the military coup, this man suffered beatings, confinement at four centres and forced labour. He reached British territory during 1975 with his family. He asked the Inter-American Court to order his country to investigate and punish those responsible. (The Prisma memoirs) Ramón Alabau Since Pinochet’s dictatorship, close […]
Withdrawing from the ICC: a gateway to impunity
Born out of the horror of 80 million deaths, the International Criminal Court embodies the promise that sovereignty is not impunity. The Colombian government is considering withdrawing from this pact; a move that coincides with external pressure to dismantle global justice. In a country scarred by decades of violence, this […]
Reading Heidegger
Heidegger, despite his troubling allegiance to Nazism, is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century and a new translation of his classic text makes it more approachable than before for readers without a knowledge of German. Sean Sheehan It has been said that reading Heidegger, […]
















