Violations of International Humanitarian Law by the Colombian State

Abstract

The purpose of this scientific article is to delve into the theories of Public International Law as an international order that seeks to maintain and sustain peace among nations, with emphasis on non-compliance with the norms of “jus cogens” belonging to International Humanitarian Law ( IHL) applicable to the internal armed conflict that Latin American history has seen develop in the Colombian nation, making a systematic and dialogical hermeneutical study of the triad of sources of applicable International Law, be these: International Regulations (Strictu Sensu), Doctrine and Jurisprudence; so that the plurality of criteria in the matter to be studied can be evidenced and the concrete violations of the norms of "ius bellum" in this Latin American nation are evidenced.