Colombian Legal Reviews of COVID-19 Emergency Administrative Measures

A database from the Council of State of Colombia, last updated on 2026-05-18, providing information on automatic legality controls for administrative measures adopted by national authorities during the COVID-19 state of emergency. The data includes columns such as 'Radicado' (filing number), 'Autoridad orden nacional' (national authority), 'Acto demandado' (challenged act), 'Contenido acto' (act content), and 'Ponente' (judge rapporteur). It is published via the datos.gov.co platform and is available in CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency and nature of legal challenges using the 'Radicado' and 'Acto demandado' columns.
• Identifying which national authorities were most active during the emergency using the 'Autoridad orden nacional' column.
• Categorizing the content of challenged administrative measures for legal research using the 'Contenido acto' column.
• Tracking the assignment of cases to specific judicial rapporteurs using the 'Ponente' column.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple structured formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF) for flexibility.
• The dataset has a specific legal and administrative focus, documented by the Council of State.
• Metadata includes a precise last update timestamp of 2026-05-18 16:53:32.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Council of State of Colombia, published via datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from legal and administrative records of automatic legality controls.

Time Range

Covers the period of the state of emergency declared for COVID-19.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:53:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia.