10 años de la ley 1482 del 2011
In Colombia, 10 years of "Law 1482 of 201" are being completed. By: Jonh Jak Becerra Palacios. On November 30, 2011, the Colombian Congress approved Law 1482 of 2011, known as the “Anti-discrimination Law”, which aims to guarantee the protection of the rights of a person, group of people, community or people, who may be violated through acts of racism or discrimination. It was declared enforceable by the Constitutional Court through Sentence C-194 of 2013, on charges of lack of prior consultation with indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, and violation of the principles of consecutiveness and flexible identity. However, Law 70 of 1993, by which transitory article 55 of the Political Constitution was developed, already enshrined the sanction of “racial discrimination” racism. In these 10 years of the well-known anti-discrimination law, if we take stock of its effectiveness, we have to ask ourselves: Has it met its objec...