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Colombia: judicial independence on the table

2020-08-20T19:55:26.201Z


The deprivation of liberty is exceptional in nature and the principle of the presumption of innocence and the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality, indispensable in a democratic society, must be respected.


File image of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.Luisa Gonzalez / Reuters

The restriction of the freedom of a former constitutional president by court order is not an everyday matter. In Latin America or anywhere else in the world. And when it has happened in recent times, it has generally been in high-profile processes about corruption, for acts of large companies in connection with public works, or for serious human rights violations ...

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