The Protection of Workers' Rights of Assembly and Association and their Classification in Colombian Criminal Law

Abstract

The monitoring of the fundamental rights of workers is an arduous task that falls within the competence of the Colombian State, however, when it comes to the violation of one or more of these rights, it is precisely the Criminal Law that is responsible for watching over and guaranteeing compliance with the law. In view of this fact, the general objective of this research is to characterize the protection of the rights of assembly and association in Colombia, based on Colombian criminal law; To this end, the norms that govern the aforementioned rights of workers in Colombia are identified and the scope of criminal law in the protection of these rights is determined. The methodology used focuses on descriptive documentary research and the technique used is literature review. The conclusions show that the right of assembly and association has gone through several stages and has evolved favourably, finding support mainly from liberal governments.