Controversias jurídicas a la luz del amparo de pobreza en Colombia¿Acceso a la justicia real y efectivo?

Abstract

This paper analyses the judicial poverty subsidy in Colombia. In paper, such institution aims to guarantee the access to justice of those people that cannot afford legal defense. However, it is argued that it is insufficient to satisfy such objective. On the one hand, it has legal design problems, such as i) the precarious definition of what it means to be poor, ii) the denial of the subsidy to legal persons, and iii) the confusion regarding how to prove the situation of “poverty”. On the other hand, there are practical application problems, such as i) the lack of investment to materialize the subsidy and ii) the scarce regulation and institutional surveillance of poverty lawyers, as well as their non-existence on the margins of Colombia