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Decision T-760 of 2008

The Colombian Constitutional Court has among its functions the review of tutela actions. The Court annually reviews a small proportion of the more than 300,000 tutela actions resolved by lower judges; 36% of which are related to the right to health according to data of the Colombian Ombudsman's Office for 2005. Decision T-760 of 2008 accumulated 22 of these cases. However, the Court did not limit itself to reviewing and resolving these individual cases.

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Dejusticia - Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad

Country: 
Colombia
Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work: 
Corporate Accountability
Strategic Litigation
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Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos (ILSA)

Country: 
Colombia
Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work: 
Women & ESCR
Strategic Litigation
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Movimiento Nacional CIMARRÓN

Country: 
Colombia
Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work: 
Social Movements & Grassroots Groups
Economic Policy
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Acción de tutela instaurada por Abel Antonio Jaramillo, Adela Polanía Montaño, Agripina María Nuñez y otros contra la Red de Solidaridad Social, el Departamento Administrativo de la Presidencia de la República, el Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito P

The claimants filed a tutela action against several state institutions alleging failure to comply with their mission of protecting displaced persons and to effectively respond to the displaced’s requests related to housing, access to production projects, health care, education and humanitarian aid.

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Sindicato de las Empresas Varias de Medellín c. Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Municipio de Medellín y las Empresas Varias de Medellín s/ amparo. Sentencia T-568. [ENG]

The Ministry of Labor declared a strike by a group of workers at Las Empresas Varias de Medellín (EVM) to be illegal alleging the right to strike was prohibited in public services. As a consequence, 209 workers were laid off. After their claims were internally rejected, the laid-off workers filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Administrative Board (AB) requesting protection for their right to work and to unionize.

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U´wa Indigenous Community / Precautionary Measures. Case Nº 11.754. [ENG]

The Ombudsman filed a protection action against the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sociedad Occidental de Colombia Inc. on behalf of the U'wa People, seeking revocation of an oil development license granted to the said company affecting traditional indigenous land (see in this database “Defensor del Pueblo, doctor Jaime Córdoba Triviño (on behalf of several members of U'WA Indigenous Group) vs. Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Occidental de Colombia, Inc. s. Acción de tutela”). The Colombian court ordered a consultation should take place within 30 days.

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Defensor del Pueblo, doctor Jaime Córdoba Triviño (en representación de varias personas integrantes del Grupo Etnico Indígena U'WA) c/ Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Occidental de Colombia, Inc. s. Acción de tutela. [ENG]

The Ombudsman filed an amparo action against the Ministry of Environment and Sociedad Occidental de Colombia Inc. on behalf of the U'wa people. The presentation sought the revocation of a license granted to the said company to develop an oil project in indigenous lands, alleging the communities potentially affected by the decision had not been duly consulted before the license had been granted.

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Comisión Colombiana de Juristas

Country: 
Colombia
Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work: 
Corporate Accountability
Strategic Litigation
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