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Republic of Colombia and the Republic of El Salvador have maintained a friendly relationship since the 19th century. Between the two countries there are organizations such as the Colombia-El Salvador Joint Drug Commission, the Joint Commission for Technical, Scientific, Educational, Cultural and Sports Cooperation and the Bilateral Consultation and Coordination Mechanism.
The ombudsman, or People's Defender (Spanish: Defensor del Pueblo), is an official appointed by the President, and elected by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, to head this agency. [4] The Ombudsman’s Office is funded through the Inspector General’s Office, but it operates independently in administration and budget. [4]
Before the mid-twentieth century, consumers had limited rights with regard to their interaction with products and commercial producers. Consumers had limited ground on which to defend themselves against faulty or defective products, or against misleading or deceptive advertising methods.
The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia (Spanish: Fiscalía General de la Nación; literally "General Prosecutorial Office of the Nation") is the Colombian institution part of the Colombian judicial branch of Government with administrative autonomy designed to prosecute offenders, investigate crimes, review judicial processes and accuse penal law infractions against judges and courts of ...
Trade union membership in Colombia has fallen dramatically since the 1980s. [40] According to Justice for Colombia, a British NGO campaigning for human rights and an end to trade union violence in Colombia, this is due to a combination of factors: 'Less than 5% of Colombian workers are members of trade unions – the lowest level in the Americas.
The Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor, or Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer (PROFECO, for short), is an organization of the Mexican government led by on the Attorney General. Mexico became the second Latin American nation to pass a Federal Consumer Protection Law, on February 5, 1976, and later became the first to create an ...
It is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Colombia. The organisation is a member of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation and of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean. [2] Caritas Colombia is a network of different structures. The national secretariat is known as Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social (SNPS).
The American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), also known as the Pact of San José or by its Spanish name used in most of the signatory nations, Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, is an international human rights instrument. [1] [2] It was adopted by many countries in the Western Hemisphere in San José, Costa Rica, on 22 November 1969.