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Law of Justice and Peace
Defendant : Normas demandadas: artículos 2, 4, 47 48, 49, 71 y 72 de la ley 975 de 2005

Public action against the unconstitutionality of the articles 2, 4, 47, 48, 49, 71 & 72 of the Law 975 of 2005.
Lawsuit : Norms demanded: Articles 2, 4, 47 48, 49, 71 & 72 of the Law 975 of 2005

Social Security: Same-Sex Couples
Defendant : Normas demandadas:Artículo 1 de la ley 54 de 1990 y los artículos 47, 74 y 163 de la ley 100 de 1993

Lawsuit about the unconstitutionality against the normative assembly comprised of article 1 of the Law 54 of 1990 and the articles 47, 74 & 163 of the Law 100 of 1993.

Lawsuit Against Discriminatory Norms against Same-Sex Couples
Defendant : Normas discriminatorias contra las parejas del mismo sexo

The lawsuit presented against the series of norms that exclude from their environment the application to homosexual couples and their members, violating with them, in all cases, the introduction and the articles 1, 13 & 16 of the Political Constitution and in some cases articles 2, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 24, 29, 40, 48, 49, 51, 58, 64, 66, 93, 95, 100, 123, 126, 209, 229, 250 numbers 6 and 7 of the Political Constitution.

Rights of the Black Communities
Defendant : Ministerio de Agricultura-Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural INCODER

The Common Counsel of the Islands of Rosario presented an action of guardianship against INCODER, which was denied by the judges in both the first and second instances. In this action, the guardians argued that the Colombian State has violated its fundamental rights of petition and to the duty process, as well as the rights of the community to have prior consultation, to the existence, and to the cultural integrity and to the autonomy.

Lawsuit : Ministry of Agriculture-Colombian Institute of Rural Development (INCODER)

Electoral Code
Defendant : Normas demandadas: artículos 12, 26, 32, 40, 47, 75, 79, 85, 101, 149 y 157 del Decreto 2241 de 1986 (Código Electoral Colombiano).

Public action of the unconstitutionality against articles 10 and 102 in their entirety and partially against articles 12, 26, 32, 40, 47, 75, 79, 85, 101, 149 & 157 of the Decree 2241 of 1986 (Colombian Electoral Code).

Health: Same-Sex Couples
Defendant : Norma demandada: artículo 163 de la ley 100 de 1993

Citizen intervention in the process of constitutionality for No. D-6749
Actors: Magda Carolina López García y Jaime Faiyeth Rodríguez Ruiz
Norms Demanded: Article 163 of the Law 100 of 1993

Limits on the Freedom of Expresión: Patriotic Union
Defendant : Fabio Echeverri Correa, gerente de la campaña de reelección del presidente-candidato Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Amicus curiae of the guardianship process with No. T-1391105.
Actor: Iván Cepeda Castro.
Action of guardianship against the Dr. Fabio Echeverri Correa, manager of the re-election campaign for Presidential Candidate Álvaro Uribe Vélez, for violating the fundamental rights of honor and good name, a physical integrity and life.

Respect for the Law of Quotas
Defendant : Contra el acto administrativo por el cual la Corte Suprema de Justicia compone la terna para elegir al Mgistrado de la Corte Constitucional para el periodo 2006 - 2014

The present electoral action intends to obtain the nullity of the election of Dr. Nilson Pinilla Pinilla as new Judge of the Constitutional Court for the period of 2006-2014, by means of violation of several constitutional and legal norms in which the Supreme Court of Justice has conformed the shortlist to provide the charge of Judge of the Constitutional Court, from which the Senate of the Republic chose Dr. Nilson Pinilla Pinilla for the position mentioned. Two principle reasons exist: on one hand, no woman was included on the shortlist thus violating articles 1, 2 and 6 of the Law 581 of 2000 and articles 13, 40 and 43 of the Political Constitution; on the other hand because the same list was conformed by various Supreme Court of Justice Judges in whose election participated or was competent to participate the Dr. Nilson Pinilla when still a judge of that Corporation thus violating the form in article 126 of the Political Constitution.

Abortion
Defendant : Normas que prohíben el aborto

Dejusticia intervened in Nicaragua, Mexico and Colombia in the legalization of abortion in these countries.

Community Radios
Defendant : Ministerio de Comunicaciones

This lawsuit against the Ministry of Communications must have been omitted in a continuous way since the moment in which the community radio states were created legally, the opening of a public assembly to give concession to the public utility of sonorous broadcasting to one or more radio stations of the capital of the country, in spite of the fact that there does not exist a legal cause that impedes the carrying out of such opening.

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