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, 2001ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 21, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Witnesses said to have seen members of a right-wing...
Witnesses said to have seen members of a right-wing paramilitary squad to kill 10 people
- AUGUST 27, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
40 peasants were killed in murders attributed to the...
40 peasants were killed in murders attributed to the AUC (United Self-defence Groups of Colombia)
- AUGUST 26, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
According to a poll published by the Financial Institutions...
According to a poll published by the Financial Institutions National Associations (ANIF) most Colombians support the death penalty for kidnappers with 73% of those questioned being in favour and 23% being against
- MAY 12, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
The Colombian United Self-Defence Groups (AUC) assumed...
The Colombian United Self-Defence Groups (AUC) assumed responsibility for the massacre that occurred early on May 11 in the corregimiento of Zabaletas and other villages in the municipality of Buenaventura, in which 12 people were murdered, including two
- APRIL 26, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Colombia cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 6, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Suspected paramilitary gunmen executed 21 unarmed residents...
Suspected paramilitary gunmen executed 21 unarmed residents of a small town near the Venezuelan border
- MARCH 17, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Police Director Rosso Jose Serrano said that kidnappings...
Police Director Rosso Jose Serrano said that kidnappings have displaced drug trafficking [as the main crime in Colombia] and he proposed the reconsideration of the adoption of life imprisonment and even the death penalty to punish this crime
- MARCH 2, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
In a pre-dawn incursion in a rural Anitioquia county,...
In a pre-dawn incursion in a rural Anitioquia county, paramilitaries massacred eight people
- JANUARY 28, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Right-wing death squads killed at least 11 people in...
Right-wing death squads killed at least 11 people in Santa Cecilia in northern Colombia
- JANUARY 1, 2000ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, speaking...
On November 3, Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), said it is certainly a prerogative of each country to decide on whether to maintain the death penalty or