Tag: Substitution of the Constitution Doctrine
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Judicial Review of Peace Amendments in Colombia: Towards Supraconstitutional Rules and Plurality Opinions?
—Vicente F. Benítez R., JSD student at NYU and Constitutional Law Professor at Universidad de La Sabana (Colombia) In a decision recently analyzed here on I-CONnect by Gonzalo Ramirez-Cleves, the Colombian Constitutional Court upheld a constitutional amendment that purports to shield the peace agreement between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian Government.