The Colombian Constitutional Court’s president has rejected the inspector general’s criticism of abortion laws, saying that the court has the final say in the matter. Constitutional Court President Juan Carlos…
Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez claimed that the constitutional court’s high tribunal was wrong to change abortion laws in 2006, during a recent discussion held at Universidad Javeriana, a private Catholic…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has approved an amendment to the Civil Code which now allows same-sex couples and unmarried life partners to inherit their partner’s assets in the case of their…
The Constitutional Court upheld three emergency decrees on Tuesday that were issued during last year’s flooding, one of which will allow the government nearly $220 million in aid to address…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court will review the inspector general’s decision last year to remove Senator Piedad Cordoba from public office, Semana reported on Monday. A petition filed by Cordoba against the…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has struck down a presidential decree issued late last year that would have allowed the government to sell up to 10% of state oil company Ecopetrol to…
The government is set to put forward its “plan B” to assist victims of the rainy season’s devastating floods after the Constitutional Court rejected an extension to the flood emergency…
Lawyer Nestor Raul Correa is selected to be a judge on Colombia’s Constitutional Court, Colombian media reported Thursday. Correa will fill the vacant spot on the High Judiciary Council, taking…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez has asked the Constitutional Court to support a ban on the possession and consumption of low quantities of drugs, El Espectador reported Wednesday. Speaking in…