Exploring the colonial and anti-colonial character of Colombian Constitutional Law requires withdrawing our attention from the Constitution itself, and to look towards the moment in which the first constitutional texts were adopted when Colombia became sovereign state after independence from the Spanish Empire. This is the moment of the birth of the constitutional tradition in Colombia. The origin is here not only a first moment in history, but also a founding cause that constructed Colombian Constitutional Law and that, therefore, marked its identity.

Our 2020 Annual Conference was scheduled to be held at the University of Wrocław in Poland on July 9-11, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICON·S Executive Committee has decided to postpone our 2020 Conference to 2021. Our next Annual Conference will take place from July 8-10, 2021, in Wrocław, Poland.
Procedural details regarding the organization of the 2021 Conference will follow in the months ahead.
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