LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia
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Resumo: | Since 2005 several organizations of the Colombian LGBT movement have been implementing a constitutional impact litigation strategy in order to obtain legal equality. The objective of this paper is to show how the case law from the Constitutional Court, in response to this activity, has on the one hand invigorated public participation in the debate about homosexual couples’ rights but, on the other hand, produced a democratic deficit. In particular, the paper discusses the strengthening of a religious countermovement willing to use human rights law to defend the status quo. The road to democratization was clouded by intransigent and fundamentalist Catholicism taking over one of the most important authorities of the State, the Office of the Inspector General of Colombia (Procuraduría General de la Nación). This situation has resulted in a powerful public authority committing its resources to the goal of avoiding recognition and protection of homosexual couples rights, despite the fact that its mandate is to defend people's fundamental rights and to punish offenses committed by public officers. |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in ColombiaMovimiento LGBT y contra movimiento religioso en Colombiahuman rightssocial movementslegal mobilizationgender and sexualityderechos humanosmovimientos socialesmovilización legalgénero y sexualidadSince 2005 several organizations of the Colombian LGBT movement have been implementing a constitutional impact litigation strategy in order to obtain legal equality. The objective of this paper is to show how the case law from the Constitutional Court, in response to this activity, has on the one hand invigorated public participation in the debate about homosexual couples’ rights but, on the other hand, produced a democratic deficit. In particular, the paper discusses the strengthening of a religious countermovement willing to use human rights law to defend the status quo. The road to democratization was clouded by intransigent and fundamentalist Catholicism taking over one of the most important authorities of the State, the Office of the Inspector General of Colombia (Procuraduría General de la Nación). This situation has resulted in a powerful public authority committing its resources to the goal of avoiding recognition and protection of homosexual couples rights, despite the fact that its mandate is to defend people's fundamental rights and to punish offenses committed by public officers.Desde el 2005, varias organizaciones colombianas pertenecientes al movimiento social LGBT han implementando una actividad de litigio constitucional estratégico con el objetivo de obtener la igualdad legal entre las parejas homosexuales y heterosexuales. El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar cómo la jurisprudencia que la Corte Constitucional ha creado para responder a esa demanda social, ha generado efectos contradictorios en términos democráticos. No cabe duda de que ha enriquecido la participación ciudadana en el debate sobre los derechos de las parejas del mismo sexo gracias al fortalecimiento de un contra movimiento religioso dispuesto a hacer presión sobre las autoridades con base en un lenguaje de derechos fundamentales. Sin embargo, también ha generado un déficit democrático debido a que la Procuraduría General de la Nación, una de las autoridades más importantes del Estado colombiano, ha sido capturada por católicos intransigentes e integristas. Debido a esta situación, los recursos de esta poderosa institución han sido utilizados para evitar el reconocimiento y la protección de los derechos de las personas homosexuales a contraer matrimonio y a adoptar menores de edad, a pesar de que las principales funciones de esta autoridad pública son defender los derechos humanos de los ciudadanos y castigar las faltas disciplinarias cometidas por los servidores públicos.Rede de Estudos Empíricos em Direito2015-01-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/6010.19092/reed.v2i1.60Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015): Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal StudiesRevista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito; v. 2 n. 1 (2015): Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito2319-081710.19092/reed.v2i1reponame:Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direitoinstname:Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito (REED)instacron:RPEDporhttps://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/60/60Penen, Lina Malagóninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2020-07-05T16:24:50Zoai:ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/60Revistahttps://reedrevista.org/reedONGhttps://reedrevista.org/reed/oaimvchein@gmail.com||reed.revista@gmail.com2319-08172319-0817opendoar:2020-07-05T16:24:50Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito - Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito (REED)false |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia Movimiento LGBT y contra movimiento religioso en Colombia |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia Penen, Lina Malagón human rights social movements legal mobilization gender and sexuality derechos humanos movimientos sociales movilización legal género y sexualidad |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia |
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LGBT movement's legal strategies and the christian social movement reaction in Colombia |
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Penen, Lina Malagón |
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Penen, Lina Malagón |
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Penen, Lina Malagón |
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human rights social movements legal mobilization gender and sexuality derechos humanos movimientos sociales movilización legal género y sexualidad |
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human rights social movements legal mobilization gender and sexuality derechos humanos movimientos sociales movilización legal género y sexualidad |
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Since 2005 several organizations of the Colombian LGBT movement have been implementing a constitutional impact litigation strategy in order to obtain legal equality. The objective of this paper is to show how the case law from the Constitutional Court, in response to this activity, has on the one hand invigorated public participation in the debate about homosexual couples’ rights but, on the other hand, produced a democratic deficit. In particular, the paper discusses the strengthening of a religious countermovement willing to use human rights law to defend the status quo. The road to democratization was clouded by intransigent and fundamentalist Catholicism taking over one of the most important authorities of the State, the Office of the Inspector General of Colombia (Procuraduría General de la Nación). This situation has resulted in a powerful public authority committing its resources to the goal of avoiding recognition and protection of homosexual couples rights, despite the fact that its mandate is to defend people's fundamental rights and to punish offenses committed by public officers. |
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