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Biblioteca Abierta del Proceso de Paz colombiano (BAPP)

Online repository of material relating to the Colombian peace process following the years of conflict with the FARC guerillas. Provided by the Compaz Foundation with Norwegian funding, it includes reports, letters, academic research, speeches, regulatory material, minutes, press releases and other documents, as well as audio, video and photographic content. There is a search facility and the colllection can be filtered by phase of the peace process, topic, author, document type and other criteria.

Relati: buscador especializado de la JEP

Jurisprudence database provided by the Office of the General Rapporteur of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz, or ‘JEP’). The JEP is the judicial component of Colombia’s transitional justice system. It deals with the most serious crimes from the period of armed conflict involving the FARC guerillas (1964-2016). The Relati database has simple and advanced search facilities and a browse function. It is accompanied by information pages focusing on the ‘macro-cases’, with timelines, factsheets, decisions and other documents for each one.

Ministry of Justice

Official website of the Argentina Ministry of Justice the government department responsible for the administration of justice, enforcing the law, and upholding human rights. Details of the Ministry’s work is given covering criminal justice policy, human rights training and programmes providing access to justice including centres offering legal information, mediation services and assistance for victims of crime. Argentine laws, including legislation, decisions, codes and constitutions, are provided in full and can be searched using a simple or advanced search facility.

Supreme Court of Argentina

Website of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, the highest court in Argentina, which decides on cases dealing with the interpretation of the constitution and administration of the judiciary. Full text judgements and summaries can be searched on the site and full text volumes of Supreme Court rulings are given back to 1863. There is also information on cases in progress, profiles of the Supreme Court judges, news items and a selection of FAQs. The site can be viewed in Spanish only.

Constitutional Court of Ecuador

Website of the Ecuador Constitutional Court, the body responsible for guaranteeing the validity and supremacy of the Constitution and constitutional rights. The site provides case summaries and selected full text judgements can be found in the monthly Jurisprudential Bulletins. Profiles of the judges are given along with a copy of the Constitution and full text laws governing the Constitutional Court. The site can be viewed in Spanish only

Poder Judicial Republica de Chile

Website of the Chilean judiciary which gives information on the court system and the administration of justice throughout the country. Details (including contacts and addresses) are given for the various courts including the Supreme Court, the 17 Courts of Appeals, Courts of First Instance, the Military Courts and Environment Courts. Historical information on the judiciary is also given. The site can be viewed in Spanish only.

Queerídico

Blog focusing on Spanish, foreign and international law relating to LGBTI people. Run by human rights consultant Francisco de Asís (‘Curro’) Peña Díaz, the blog was launched in 2020 and is in Spanish.

Council of State

The Council of State is the supreme administrative court of Colombia. Its website, which is in Spanish, provides cases, recent administrative acts, a jurisprudence bulletin and news. Publications are available under ‘Comunicaciones’, including reports on electoral / constitutional affairs and books on contentious administrative law, human rights, indigenous rights, environmental law, gender equality, popular and group actions and other topics.

Normativa (Legislation)

Colombian legislation provided by the Presidency's administrative department, DAPRE. Each type of legislation - laws, decrees, directives, and so on - is browseable by year, 2015 onwards; for older instruments, select ‘Normas anteriores’. There is a basic search facility. The page also links to the Diario Oficial (Official Gazette), the SUIN law portal, and information about ‘tutela’ writs. All the content is in Spanish.
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