Articles about Criminal Law

Attack on Miguel Uribe Turbay: A 14-Year-Old and the Debate on Juvenile Justice in Colombia On June 7, 2025, during a political event in Fontibón (Bog...

Criminal liability in legal persons refers to the ability of corporate entities, such as companies, organizations or institutions, to be held liable f...

Pre-agreements in Colombia are negotiations between the prosecution and the defense, where the defendant accepts the charges in exchange for a reduced...

Conciliation in criminal matters in Colombia is an alternative dispute resolution mechanism whose objective is to access to justice, the promotion of ...

The criminal complaint in Colombia is a legal process used to inform the competent authorities of a possible crime. It is an important tool in the fig...

The indictment hearing in Colombia is the hearing that opens the trial stage by means of the indictment, which must be presented by the prosecution wi...

The indictment hearing is a preliminary hearing that takes place before the judge for the control of guarantees, in which the Attorney General’s Offic...

The legalization hearing of capture in Colombia is a fundamental stage of the criminal process that takes place after a person has been captured, whet...

First of all, it is important to bear in mind that a security measure in Colombia is a judicial decision taken to ensure compliance with the decisions...

The preparatory hearing in Colombia is set at the final stage of the indictment hearing and the presence of the judge, the prosecutor and the defense ...

Law 65 of 1993, the Penitentiary and Prison Code, establishes a series of administrative permits to be granted to inmates who are in a certain stage o...

In this blog we will tell you the definition of freedom and preparatory franchise. Preparatory freedom Daytime leave during the working week only, gra...