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The ombudsman, or People's Defender (Spanish: Defensor del Pueblo), is an official appointed by the President, and elected by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, to head this agency. [ 4 ] The Ombudsman’s Office is funded through the Inspector General’s Office , but it operates independently in administration and budget. [ 4 ]
The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia (Spanish: Fiscalía General de la Nación; literally "General Prosecutorial Office of the Nation") is the Colombian institution part of the Colombian judicial branch of Government with administrative autonomy designed to prosecute offenders, investigate crimes, review judicial processes and accuse penal law infractions against judges and courts of ...
The headquarters of the judiciary are in the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.. The judiciary of Colombia (Spanish: Rama Judicial de Colombia) is a branch of the State of Colombia that interprets and applies the laws of Colombia, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution.
Senator of Colombia. Bogotá, D.C. January 11, 2011 March 6, 2012 Juan Manuel Santos - Martha Lucía Zamora: Lawyer Bogotá, D.C. March 6, 2012 March 29, 2012 7 Luis Eduardo Montealegre Lawyer, Magistrat of the Constitutional Court. Tolima: March 29, 2012 March 28, 2016 - Jorge Fernando Perdomo Jurist and politician Bogotá, D.C. March 29, 2016 ...
The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia (Spanish: Procuraduría General de Colombia) is a Colombian independent public institution overseeing both the public conduct of those in authority or in charge of exercising a public office and the correct functioning of other government institutions and agencies.
Trade union membership in Colombia has fallen dramatically since the 1980s. [40] According to Justice for Colombia, a British NGO campaigning for human rights and an end to trade union violence in Colombia, this is due to a combination of factors: 'Less than 5% of Colombian workers are members of trade unions – the lowest level in the Americas.
The National Registry of the Civil Status (Spanish: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil) is the government agency of Colombia charged with collecting and storing the vital statistics and identifying information of all citizens, counts votes of campaigns for the Senate, presidency and the vice presidency, and to regulate the distribution and organization of identity documentation for each ...
The Constitutional Court of Colombia (Spanish: Corte Constitucional de Colombia) is the supreme constitutional court of Colombia. Part of the Judiciary , it is the final appellate court for matters involving interpretation of the Constitution with the power to determine the constitutionality of laws, acts, and statutes.