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CARVAJAL MARTINEZ, Jorge Enrique. DECISIONS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: COLOMBIA AND THE LOOK OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE. Prolegómenos [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.35, pp.103-120. ISSN 0121-182X.  https://doi.org/10.18359/dere.813.

This article presents a study on the importance of international justice in modern democracies, in so far its decisions or recommendations contain analyzes that go beyond a legal issue, highlighting weaknesses in the political institutions of a State. The research question seeks to establish how judgments by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights study the armed conflict in Colombia. The main objective is to examine the understanding of the armed conflict in Colombia by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The methodology is the documentary analysis, from the study of four judgments made against the State of Colombia. It makes use of an interdisciplinary look and the frame of reference is politics, law and international justice. The main conclusion is that in the context analysis of decisions, problems in political institutions and the country's democratic system are observed.

Palabras clave : Politics; law; international justice.

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