Kenia and Colombia: so close, so far

By: Vivian Newman Pont, Eliana Kaimowitz

The distance of the equatorial paralel that takes us from Colombia to Kenia is so big, that it would seem that the two countries have nothing to do with each other. But, we have not only borrowed drums from them, skin color and tubercules. Nor is it only their emerging economy from wich other countries in Africa depend on, nor the conflict that is generated with the extraction of natural resources that puts us in similar situations. This african country is close to us in many issues in which, for now, one could remark the Political Constitution and the role of the judicial branch.

Institutions, Judicial independence, Access to justice, Rule of law, Constitutional Court

The legal limits to the reforms to the Statute of the Interamerican Comssion of Human RIghts

By: Nelson Camilo Sánchez, César Rodríguez Garavito

Document on the process of reform of the Interamerican Comision of Human Rights, signed by 139 academics of different universities.

Lawsuit against the designation of Francisco Javier Ricaurte Gómez as a magistrate of the Superior Council of Judicature for violating article 126 of the Constitution

Defendant: Acto de elección emitido por la Corte Suprema de Justicia

Dejusticia sued the election of the new magistrate of the Superior Conceil of the Judicature because some magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice violated article 126 of the Constitution by naming someone in a public position who had previously participated in their designation. In our document we argue that this conduct is forbidden by article of the Constitution that seeks to eradicate nepotism and why the election should be declared void.

A defense of the Peace Framework

By: Luz María Sánchez Duque

Last year Congress passed the constitutional reform known as Legal Framework for Peace. This year, in the light of the dialogues in Havana, the Constitutional Court will have to define whether the possibility to drop, in some cases, research and legal sanction of crimes committed within the armed conflict, as the reform contemplated, implies or not a substitution of the Constitution of 1991.

The political balance of the reform to the OAS system of human rights

By: Nelson Camilo Sánchez

"Despite almost two years of reflection and discussion, countries in the region arrived with no agreement to the General Assembly of the OAS called to define the future of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights(IACHR).” This was how different media outlets headed their coverage of the marathon meeting of chancellors organized during March 22nd in Washington D.C.