Is Colombia’s renewed ban on marijuana possession even constitutional?
The former President of Colombia’s Constitutional Court said Monday that a decree by...
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Congress meets to avoid possible fiscal disaster over tax repayment
The Colombian Congress is discussing how to legally reverse orders by the State Council to return...
Group of Colombian citizens tells international court to reject dismissed Mayor of Bogota’s appeal for intervention
A group of Colombian citizens presented the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) with...
FARC rejects proposed Colombian military justice reform
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, sponsored by the...
Colombia’s military justice reform could lead to ICC intervention
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 establishes...
Colombian activists oppose controversial military reform
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 Colombian President Juan...
Colombian defense minister hits back at UN
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. The intention is to have...
Colombian constitutional reform ‘undermines justice’: UN
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 delegates from the UN...
Colombia’s constitutional court affirms right to abortion
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 states that abortion is legal...
Interior minister opposes constitutional reform to ban abortion
Colombia’s minister of the interior stated his opposition Tuesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban all forms of abortion in the country, Colombian media reported. Minister of the Interior German Vargas...
Santos denounces FARC ‘lawlessness’ in constitution commemoration
President Juan Manuel Santos emphasized the power of government and condemned the FARC’s “lawlessness” during a 20 year commemoration of Colombia’s constitution. Santos said that Colombia is a country...
Recently concluded legislative session achievements ‘historical’: Santos
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reported that laws and Constitutional reforms approved during the recently concluded Congressional legislative session are unprecedented in the country’s history, the presidential...
