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EL ETAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

Sustainable development and strong institutions: towards a stable and
durable peace in Colombia
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Liliana Damaris Pabón Giraldo*
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INTRODUCTION
In a context of internal armed conflict such the Colombian one, it is necessary to achieve the

maintenance of the rule of law through legal and legitimate institutional mechanisms. This is

a policy found in the National Development Plan of Colombia 2014-2018 and is framed

within the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN, and it is established that the search
for peace promotes the consolidation of solid institutions that allow achieving a better State

for the generations of the future.

All the way through this paper, one can see it is based on the concept of sustainable

development, specifically on the debate that on this issue has been made at the international

level since the promulgation of the Sustainable Development Goals by the UN, a theme in
which peace is framed. Finally, to address the issue precisely in Colombia, as a country that,

184 This chapter is based on the analysis carried out by the Procedural Law Research Group of the University of
Medellín, within the framework of the research project entitled "Perspectives and Challenges for the Efficiency
of Transitional Justice in Colombia", which is currently being implemented and in which participate: Liliana
Damaris Pabón Giraldo, Mónica Bustamante Rúa, Luis Orlando Toro, Dimaro Agudelo and Orión Vargas.
* Lawyer and Master in Procedural Law from the University of Medellín. Master in Procedural Law and Doctor
in Law from the National University of Rosario-Argentina. Head of the Master in Procedural Law Extensions of
the University of Medellín. Leader and member of the Investigation Group in Procedural Law of the University
of Medellín. Associated researcher according to Colciencias measurement. Full member of the Pan-American
Institute of Procedural Law. Postgraduate teacher in various universities. National and international lecturer
and author of academic texts and research on issues related to procedural law, legal argumentation and
evidence. Email: ldpabon@udem.edu.co

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