Colombia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic; government dominated by the executive
- CONSTITUTION
- July 5, 1991; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the Spanish system, a new penal code modeled on the American system has recently been introduced
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate (Senado) and House of Representatives (Camara de Representantes)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, Council of State, Constitutional Court, Superior Council of the Judiciary
RELIGIONS
90% Catholics, 10% others
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2010ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2009ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2008ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia co-sponsored and voted in favour...
Colombia co-sponsored and voted in favour...
- JANUARY 1, 2007ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- JANUARY 1, 2006ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- APRIL 20, 2005ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- APRIL 21, 2004ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Colombia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910.
- APRIL 29, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of...
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a friend of Fidel Castro, condemned the death penalty "anywhere and for any reason," in reply to US writer Susan Sontag, who said she was troubled that the Colombian writer had not condemned the April 11 executions i
- APRIL 24, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Colombia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva