Cuatro indicios de la influencia de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos de 1948 en el constitucionalismo colombiano

The author proposes a thesis about the influence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights over the Colombian constitutionalism. He presents the existence of at least four set of facts to prove it. The said facts are as follows. Firstly, the fact that on 1991, the Constitution makers knew the imp...

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Main Author: Upegui Mejía, Juan Carlos
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Externado de Colombia 2009
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Online Access:http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3135116
Source:Revista Derecho del Estado, ISSN 0122-9893, Nº. 23, 2009, pags. 191-212
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Summary: The author proposes a thesis about the influence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights over the Colombian constitutionalism. He presents the existence of at least four set of facts to prove it. The said facts are as follows. Firstly, the fact that on 1991, the Constitution makers knew the importance of the Universal Declaration, and used it to frame the Constitution´s bill of rights. Secondly, some statistics regarding the times in which the Declaration has been used by the Colombian Constitutional Court to decide cases, since 1992 until now days. Thirdly, a qualitative approach about the said uses of the Universal Declaration by the Colombian Constitutional Court, specially, the way that the Declaration has been used to perform an innovative concept of fundamental rights. And finally, the description of some constitutional law handbooks, regarding the way in which the authors of these books have dealt with the Universal Declaration and have explained the relationship between the said Declaration and the Colombian domestic law.