Abstract

GONZALEZ-PARIAS, CARLOS HERNÁN  and  MUNOZ-SANCHEZ, OLMER ALVEIRO. Legal Foundations and State Institutions of Colombian Foreign Policy. Rev. Derecho Estado [online]. 2020, n.46, pp.107-135. ISSN 0122-9893.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01229893.n46.05.

This article reflects on the rules, instances and procedures in the Colombian foreign policy process. For which a descriptive study is carried out, both of the legal framework that supports the process of formulation of foreign policy in Colombia, and of the state institutions involved in said process. The articles of the political constitution of Colombia of 1991, judgments of the Constitutional Court and law decrees, oriented towards the country's foreign policy, are studied. It is concluded that, in the current Political Constitution, greater importance is attached to foreign policy, when defining guiding principles, the role of the three branches of public power and state institutions involved in the process.

Keywords : Political Constitution of Colombia; Colombian Foreign Policy; Branches of public power; International Relations; Government.

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