Colombia’s former minister of justice emphasized the need for the country’s judges to familiarize themselves with international judicial norms and Colombia’s international obligations at a Medellin seminar on justice for women on Thursday.
Colombia’s justice minister said Wednesday that judges closing prison doors to prevent further overcrowding only “generates chaos” in the country’s crisis-stricken prison system.
Colombia’s justice minister on Thursday denied claims made by Congress that a new penitentiary code being debated in Congress will lead to large-scale release of prisoners.
Colombia’s prison authorities, backed by the government, on Monday declared an emergency over inhumane conditions in its penitentiaries to free an emergency budget needed to improve living conditions of inmates.
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…
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 reported on…
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…
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…
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…