State Council (Colombia)
The State Council of Colombia ( Spanish Consejo de Estado de Colombia ) is the highest administrative court and supreme supervisory authority in administrative matters in Colombia . It is comparable to the German Federal Administrative Court .
The Colombian State Council was set up in 1914 on the French model by shifting the State Council, which already existed in 1886, from executive to legislative partial power. It is part of the jurisdiction that has special responsibility for the laws relating to the administration and gives the executive legal advice. Over the years the State Council has overruled several government ordinances.
history
On October 30, 1817 , the State Council of Colombia was founded by a decree by Simón Bolívar , modeled on Napoleon's French Conseil d'État . However, over the years it has been abolished and reintroduced by several governments.
function
The Council has initial jurisdiction over certain maritime law and inland navigation matters ; Conflicts in jurisdiction between the Departamentos and the Municipios and between them and the national government , such as B. Public land concessions; Cancellation of naturalization papers and appeal of certain decisions of the national government. It also accepts complaints from departmental administrative courts and some state officials. The 27 judges that make up the council are selected and nominated by their peers on the Supreme Judicial Council for an eight-year term.
Individual evidence
- ^ State, Constitution and Democracy in Hispano-America since 1810 Google . Accessed May 10, 2017
- ^ Government in Colombia . coinvertir.org. Accessed May 10, 2017
- ↑ Municipalities achieve stop of mining plans in Colombia . amerika21.de. Accessed May 10, 2017
- ↑ An Introduction to Colombian Governmental Institutions and Primary Legal Sources . nyulawglobal.org. Accessed May 10, 2017 (English)