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This article shows how State exams created to verify the quality of education and institutional quality accreditation processes, have successfully truncated the project of an alternative way of teaching Law in the Law Faculty of Universidad de los Andes. By studying the reforms to the Law curriculum through 1997 and 2005, the article holds that these mechanisms have implied that answers to questions such as what is Law, how should it be teach, and what does it mean to be a good a Lawyer, do not depend on the particular view of each law Faculty but rather on a traditional and practical view of the legal profession held by the majority of lawyers in Colombia. In light of this, these mechanisms have been able to limit on a subtle but effective way the constitutional right that protects the autonomy of universities denying any alternative project that fails to meet the traditional and hegemonic view of the legal profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Sexual violence is a public health problem included in political and social agendas worldwide. It is a medical emergency seen in health services, which are the main source of record-keeping by means of public health surveillance systems. Objective: To analyze the sociodemographic characteristics of victims of sex offenses and their offenders in the municipality of Envigado, Antioquia, between 2011 and 2020. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study that analyzed all the sexual violence records reported in the Envigado Public Health Surveillance System for gender and intrafamilial violence (file code INS-875) during the 2011-2020 period. Results: A total of 807 cases of sexual violence were recorded between 2011 and 2020; 62.0% were cases of sexual abuse against persons under 18 years of age, and 82.3% of the victims were adolescent women suffering sexual violence exerted by relatives. The main aggressors were men (99.1%) with a median age of 26 years. Conclusion: Sexual violence has increased over time and in 2020, the year of population confinement due to COVID-19, the rates in women and in the life courses of early childhood, adolescence, and youth were the highest during the study period.