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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.

Sistema Único de Información Normativa (Unified Legislation Information System)

The main legislation site for Colombia, with the current and previous constitutions, updated codes, and laws from 1864 onwards, as well as court decisions on the validity or constitutionality of legislation. Additional content, available via the home page, includes a browseable collection of codes, constitutions and key statutes (‘Normas Destacadas’) and translations of the Constitution into indigenous languages: Inga, Guambiana, Ikun, Kamentsa, Kubeo, Wayuunaiki and Nasa Yuwe. The site is provided by the Ministry of Justice, in Spanish.

Mercosur Permanent Review Tribunal

Website of the Mercosur Tribunal, the body with responsibility for resolving disputes between member states relating to Mercosur law. Mercosur is the Southern Common Market, a South American trading bloc which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia. The site outlines the structure of the Tribunal and gives profiles of the arbitrators. Regulations relating to the court and to the Mercosur dispute settlement mechanism, including the Treaty of Asunción which established Mercosur, are also provided along with awards and advisory opinions.
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