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Constitutional review ruling (C)July 9, 2002Full bench

C-521 de 2002

The official text of this ruling is in Spanish and is shown as published by the Colombian authorities.

Reporting justice Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa

✓Claimant Gustavo Gallon Giraldo Y Otros

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Topic · hard data
Cosa Juzgada Constitucional En Ley Sobre Organización Y Funcionamiento De Seguridad Y Defensa Nacional
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Topics and subtopics of the ruling

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Cosa Juzgada Constitucional
  • Ley sobre organización y funcionamiento de seguridad y defensa nacional
1 topic · 1 subtopic · source: case-law reporter's topic index
Case-law reporter's summary (what was argued and decided, in prose)

Ley 684 de 2001.

Ley de seguridad nacional.

Poder y defensa nacional.

Vicios de fondo y de forma.

Cosa juzgada constitucional.

Estese a lo resuelto en c-251/02

Case-law reporter's text · normalized for reading (all caps → sentence case)
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What it decided

Holdings on Ley 684/01. Hard data, verified against the operative part — citable.

On the entire provisionLey 684/01ESTARSE A LO RESUELTO
1 holding · source: operative part of the ruling
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Operative part (Resuelve)

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  1. en nombre del pueblo y por mandato de la Constitución,
  2. RESUELVE
  3. ESTARSE A LO RESUELTO en la sentencia C-251 de 2002, que declaró INEXEQUIBLE la Ley 684 de 2001.
Verbatim text · source: operative part of the ruling
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The bench that decided

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Separate opinions — text available2
ConcurrenceRodrigo Escobar GilConcurrenceMarco Gerardo Monroy Cabra
Official text from the case-law reporter · the most valuable part of the ruling: the positions that did not carry the majority.
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How it connects

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The indexed topics and subtopics of this decision are above, in Topics and subtopics of the ruling.