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The Claim

The 1991 Political Constitution of Colombia is Colombia's highest-ranking legal norm.

The Short Version

Colombia’s 1991 Constitution is established in its own text as the “norma de normas,” meaning the supreme legal norm that prevails over conflicting laws. Authoritative constitutional texts and legal guides consistently place it at the top of the domestic legal hierarchy. Some human-rights treaties may have constitutional rank under Article 93, but that does not displace the Constitution’s foundational supremacy.

Caveats

  • Some legal commentary notes a 'bloque de constitucionalidad' under Article 93, where certain human-rights treaties can operate at constitutional level.
  • The claim is strongest when read as describing Colombia’s domestic legal hierarchy, not as denying all constitutional-level effect to certain international norms.
  • Several listed sources are low-authority user-uploaded or informal materials; the conclusion should rest mainly on the constitutional text and established legal references.

The Receipts

  1. Colombia 1991 (rev. 2015) Constitution

    Constitute Project

  2. Text of the Constitution of Colombia (1991)

    Global Health Rights

  3. CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DE COLOMBIA, 1991

    UNESCO

  4. Colombian Legal Research: Basic Legal Structure

    Harvard Library Research Guide

  5. Political Constitution of Colombia 1991

    Banco de la República

  6. CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE COLOMBIA

    Georgetown University Political Database

  7. Vigencia expresa y control de constitucionalidad ...

    Secretaría del Senado de Colombia

  8. An Introduction to Colombian Governmental Institutions and Primary ...

    NYU Law Globalex

  9. Print version ISSN 0041-9060 - SciELO Colombia

    SciELO Colombia

  10. the political and legal system in colombia

    University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

+ 12 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

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ColombiaPolitical Constitution of Colombia (1991)

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