National Constituent Assembly of 1991

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The National Constituent Assembly of 1991 was a special representative body in Colombia convened to overhaul the country’s political and legal framework, resulting in the modern Colombian constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
special representative body ⓘ
appliesTo all Colombian citizens ⓘ
approved Constitution of Colombia of 1991 ⓘ
composition elected delegates ⓘ
representatives of demobilized guerrilla groups ⓘ
representatives of political parties ⓘ
representatives of social movements ⓘ
convenedBy Government of Colombia ⓘ
President César Gaviria ⓘ
linked to: César Gaviria
country Colombia ⓘ
endTime 1991 ⓘ
followedBy implementation of the 1991 Constitution ⓘ
hasEffectOn Colombian legal system ⓘ
Colombian political system ⓘ
human rights protection in Colombia ⓘ
territorial organization of Colombia ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Republic of Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Colombia
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis popular mandate for constitutional reform ⓘ
locatedIn Bogotá ⓘ
Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
mainGoal decentralize political power ⓘ
expand human rights protections ⓘ
increase citizen participation ⓘ
modernize Colombian state institutions ⓘ
overhaul Colombia’s legal framework ⓘ
overhaul Colombia’s political framework ⓘ
strengthen democracy in Colombia ⓘ
partOf constitutional history of Colombia ⓘ
precededBy drug-related violence in Colombia ⓘ
political crisis in Colombia in the 1980s ⓘ
student and civic movements demanding constitutional reform ⓘ
replaced Constitution of Colombia of 1886 ⓘ
resultedIn Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991 ⓘ
significance marked the transition to the modern Colombian constitutional order ⓘ
significantOutcome creation of the Constitutional Court of Colombia ⓘ
expansion of political participation mechanisms ⓘ
introduction of new guarantees for human rights ⓘ
recognition of Colombia as a multiethnic and multicultural nation ⓘ
recognition of Colombia as a social state under the rule of law ⓘ
reform of the structure of Congress of Colombia ⓘ
strengthening of decentralization and local autonomy ⓘ
strengthening of the tutela action for protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
startTime 1991 ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Constitution of Colombia → draftedBy → National Constituent Assembly of 1991 ⓘ
Fiscalía General de la Nación → createdBy → Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de 1991 ⓘ
linked to: National Constituent Assembly of 1991
M-19 guerrilla movement → participatedIn → Colombian Constituent Assembly of 1991 (through ex-combatants) ⓘ
linked to: National Constituent Assembly of 1991