Viabilidad de implementación de una zona libre en la zona de frontera colombo-venezolana, sector de tienditas

La zona fronteriza de Norte de Santander ha sido un territorio que a lo largo de la historia ha tenido periodos de grandes superávits para la población de la zona, así como periodos de crisis. La región fundamenta su vida económica, social y cultural en el intercambio que se realiza con Venezuela. En esta investigación mediante el análisis del estado actual de la región y por medio del uso de herramientas y análisis administrativos se estudiara la viabilidad de implementar una Zona Libre en la zona de frontera colombo-venezolana, sector de Tienditas. Con herramientas como las 5 fuerzas de Porter, pronósticos cuantitativos, diagramas de flujo, análisis cualitativos, etc. se brindara un mayor entendimiento de las fortalezas y debilidades de la región, flujo de productos y servicios en la frontera y las propuestas de mejoramiento, localización de la zona, sectores potenciales y legislación o propuestas que generarían un valor agregado a esta zona.

The Right to Water in the Case-Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The human right to water is nowadays more broadly recognised, mainly due to the essential societal function that this resource plays; likewise, because of the present water scarcity is generating conflicts between its different uses. Thus, this right aims at protecting human beings by guaranteeing access to clean water that is essential to satisfy vital human needs. Similarly, access to clean water is an important element to guarantee other rights including the right to life and health. The recognition of the right to water is mainly achieved in two ways: as a new and independent right and as a subordinate or derivative right. Concerning the latter, the right to water can emanate from civil and political rights, such as the right to life; or can be derived from economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to health, the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to housing. This contribution explores the position of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding the right to water, and analyses whether the Court has recognised the right to water and, if so, in which manner.

The regulation of Internet content. A qualitative, Colombian and comparative law study

 The incursion of Internet has created new forms of information and communication. As a result, today’s generation is culturally socialized by the influence of information and communication technologies in their various forms. This has generated a series of characteristics of social and cultural behaviour which are derivative of didactic, academic or recreational use. Nevertheless the use of the Internet from an early age represents not only a useful educational tool; it can constitute a great danger when it is used to access contents unsuitable for their adaptive development. Accordingly, it is necessary to study the legal regulation of internet content and to evaluate how such regulation may affect rights. Further, it is also important to study of the impact and use of this technological tool at level of the familiar unit, to understand better how it can suggest appropriate social mechanisms for the constructive use of Internet. The present investigation involves these two aspects with the purpose of uniting the legal and social perspective in a joint analysis that allows one more a more integral vision of this problem of great interest at the global level.