The corruption and the human rights: Theory of the de-naturalization of the democratic principle in Colombia

Abstract

This document brings together three institutions which, even though separate, may interconect to guarantee better standards of efficiency, quality and transparency in the procedures of public procurement in Colombia, namely: Public Procurement, Human Rights and the Democratic Principle, understood as the entity which makes the entirety of public function legitimate. It is well-known that corruption pervades all levels of the state.It is a phenomenon that alters the economic, political, legal, social and environmental scenarios in a transcendental manner, eroding the bases on which the postulates of a social democratic state and liberal tendencies, which govern all the organization in Colombia, have been built. Hence the importance of harmonizing all regulations, mechanisms and juridical, economic and social scenarios that are available to erradicate this phenomenon, or at least, mitigate its more evident consequences.