Judges unfamiliar with international legal norms concerning women’s rights: Colombia’s former minister of justice
Colombia’s former minister of justice emphasized the need for the country’s judges to...
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Colombia’s justice minister begs judges to stop shutting prisons, promises new prisons soon
Colombia’s justice minister said Wednesday that judges closing prison doors to prevent...
Colombia’s new prison code won’t cause massive prison releases: govt
Colombia’s justice minister on Thursday denied claims made by Congress that a new penitentiary...
Colombia declares prison emergency over inhumane conditions
Colombia’s prison authorities, backed by the government, on Monday declared an emergency...
Colombia plans to fight prison overcrowding with 26,000 new cells
The Ministry of Justice on Thursday discussed plans to add capacity for 26,000 more inmates to combat systematic overcrowding in Colombian prisons. “One of the problems that have been identified in visits that the Ministry...
Colombia govt proposal to decriminalize drugs causes congress objections
The Colombian justice minister’s announcement on Tuesday that the government intends to decriminalize small amounts of methamphetamines and ecstasy, caused objections from members of Colombia’s congress, local media...
Colombia govt. to propose decriminalization of methamphetamines, ecstasy
The Colombian government will propose a new drug statute to congress that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of methamphetamines and ecstasy. “The proposal aims to standardize the amount of drugs already...
Colombia’s strangest laws targeted for elimination
A law that prohibits Colombian companies from “importing” Chinese laborers to work on Colombian land is just one of the ridiculous and bizarre laws that may be targeted for removal by a government body looking at...
Colombia supreme court justice’s pensions exceed legal limit
Colombia’s chief supreme court justice on Wednesday said that cutting the wages and pensions of judges would put judicial independence in danger. Javier Zapata said judges who had served more than 30 years had labor rights...
New initiative will make govt more efficient: Santos
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Wendesday commended the work of a new government study aimed at increasing government efficiency by targeting obsolete laws for elimination. “I congratulate the Minister [of...
Colombian judicial workers continue strike, ignore agreement
A group of dissatisfied judicial workers vote to continue a mass strike, which began on October 11, ignoring an agreement reached with the government, according to local media Monday. While up to 80% of Colombia’s judicial...
Judicial branch split, strike continues in parts of Colombia
Colombia’s judicial branch workers, who have been on strike for more than a month, are divided with some agreeing to a government deal and others rejecting the offer, according to local media sources Friday. Although an...
