The due process of law in Colombia and Spain

Abstract

This article pretends to contribute to the debate over the political and normative grounds that must be taken into consideration to configure a model of a due process in Criminal Law. This process must articulate its procedures as a system of guarantees for the defendant and as the scenario for the recognition and judicial protection of the victims’ rights. Based on a normative analysis, it can be concluded that this model can be a part of the political conception established in Spanish and Colombian Constitutions.