Colombian Ministry of Justice Responses to Lawsuits Before the Council of State, 2024-2025

Judicial proceedings before the Council of State conducted by the Ministry of Justice and Law. The dataset includes responses to lawsuits and other judicial actions performed by the Directorate for the Development of Law and Legal Order for the 2024 term and the second four-month period of 2025. It was last updated on May 18, 2026, and is published by www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency of different TIPO DE RESPUESTA (response types) to lawsuits over time using the FECHA (date) column.
• Tracking the legal norms being challenged by examining the NORMA DEMANDADA (challenged norm) column across cases.
• Studying case flow and administrative processes by linking case identifiers like NÚMERO PROCESO (process number) and RADICADO (filing number).

Strengths

• Data is structured with 6 distinct columns including case identifiers, dates, and legal details.
• The dataset was updated on 2026-05-18, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal judicial proceedings records of the Ministry of Justice and Law.

Time Range

Covers the 2024 term and the second four-month period of 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:26:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia