IS THE ACCUSATORY SYSTEM A GOOD OPTION TO IMPLEMENT IN THE JUDITIAL BODY OF COLOMBIA?

The accusarory system was implemented in Colombia in 2004 with tha Act 906. For the first year it was going to be used in Bogotá and in “El Eje Cafetero” and later year by year in the rest of the departments of the country. It is aplied in the penalty proceedures and it consists in public audiences because of this it gives celerity to the juditial body although it have some disadvantages.

In the first place the acusatory system is a good option (into the others) for the following reasons: it increases the celerity of the juditial decisions because the proceedure is developed in audiences, so in this order of ideas a process that today last 5 years, with the acusatory system it can be conclude in 6 months; it helps to descongest the juditial offices and it reduces the cost of the administration of Justice.

However some teaching of qualifed publicists argue that the accusatory system has some disadvantages to implement in Colombia. This thesis is justificated under the argument of that in the proceedure of the accusatory system may be unknowed the human rights. Moreover it present the loss of quality in the juditial desicions.

Taking all into account, the acusatory system is a good option to implement in Colombian judital body because it gives celerity to the pennalty proccedure but it has some disadvantages too. In my opinion we have to wait unless some years more in order to accusatory system be totaly adapted in own penalty justice. Moreover I think is a good option increase the number of the judges for facility the adaptation of the system.