The former President of Colombia’s Constitutional Court said Monday that a decree by President Ivan Duque to persecute marijuana users “goes against the constitution.” The former president of Colombia’s Constitutional Court…
The Colombian Congress is discussing how to legally reverse orders by the State Council to return nearly $800,000 in customs taxes to the multinational company Goodyear before a precedent for…
A group of Colombian citizens presented the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) with a letter Wednesday asking the international oversight body to reject the plea of Bogota Mayor Gustavo…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC on Wednesday condemned a proposed constitutional reform that would expand the powers of the military courts at the expense of civilian justice. The proposed reforms,…
A constitutional amendment expanding the jurisdiction of military tribunals could lead to interventions by the International Criminal Court (ICC), warned the U.N. on Sunday. The amendment proposed before the Senate…
More than 230 social organizations on Wednesday demanded that the Colombian government withdraw a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand the power of the military. In a letter addressed to…
Colombia’s defense minister has hit back at allegations by the UN that a proposed constitutional reform “undermines justice,” according to local media Wednesday. “By no means will there be impunity.…
A proposed constitutional reform currently before the Colombian Congress would “undermine justice” by handing an undue amount of power to the military, according to the United Nations on Monday. Senior…
The Colombian Constitutional Court reaffirmed the right of women to obtain abortions in a decision passed down Wednesday. The Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court upheld a 2005 decision which…