The limitation of political rights by administrative means in Colombia and the reluctance of the State to adapt its domestic legislation

Abstract

This article describes the standards established in the Inter-American Human Rights System applicable to the restriction of political rights. Specifically, the analysis focuses on the transit provided by the Colombian legal system regarding the limitation of these rights through disci­plinary sanctions as an expression of the punitive power of the State. To that end, it examines domestic legislation, the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court on the subject, the international condemnation of the Colombian State by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the adequacy of the domestic legal system carried out because of this conviction. Finally, there is a reflection on the State’s refusal to adopt the human rights parameters that have been set for regulating the exercise of political rights.