Constitutional Court of Colombia

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The Constitutional Court of Colombia is the highest entity in the judicial branch of government in the Republic of Colombia in charge of safeguarding the integrity and supremacy of the Colombian Constitution of 1991 within the Constitutional laws.

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[edit] Functions

Its main functions according to the Article 241 of the Colombian constitution are:

  • to decide on unconstitutionality claims raised by citizens.
  • decide on national referendums.
  • unconstitutional claims raised by citizens regarding government decrees with law enforcement.
  • Decide on unconstitutional demands against Laws.
  • Decide on unexcused absences of people required to inquests by any of the commissions in the Congress of Colombia.
  • Decide on the constitutionality of legislative decrees that the government declares during "states of exception".
  • Decide on the constitutionality of Law drafts which may have been objected by the government as unconstitutional and the drafts of statutory laws.
  • Review judicial decisions related to the tutela.
  • Decide on executability of international treaties and the laws that approve them. By Decree 2067 of September 4, 1991 the state of Colombia adopts a procedural regime of the judgments and acts that must be presented to the Constitutional Court of Colombia.

[edit] Magistrates

See also: Magistrate

The Constitutional Court of Colombia is formed by 9 magistrates elected by the Senate of Colombia for individual periods that can range from 2 to 8 years. Prospect candidates to become magistrates are proposed by the President of Colombia, the Supreme Court of Colombia and the Colombian Council of State (each can propose up to 3 candidates). Candidates must possess different specialties in Colombian Law.

[edit] Current magistrates

President
Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Vicepresident
Humberto Sierra Porto
  • Nilson Pinilla Pinilla
  • Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa
  • Jaime Córdoba Triviño
  • Rodrigo Escobar Gil
  • Marco Gerardo Monroy Cabra
  • Humberto Sierra Porto
  • Jaime Araujo Renteria
  • Alvaro Tafur Galvis
  • Clara Inés Vargas Hernández

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