Conflicts of competence in matters related to the Social Security of Public Servants

Abstract

Conflicts of competence, within the State model adopted by Colombia, have become a matter of no small importance. Daily the judges are faced with situations that, due to the particularities of the case, can lead them to ask the question of whether they are competent to know such a process or if they are not.

In matters related to Social Security, the judges have found a very unique situation, in the case of public servants; This is due to the fact that, due to the organization of justice in Colombia, both the Ordinary Jurisdiction –in their labor specialty- and the Jurisdiction of the Administrative Litigation could, eventually, be competent to know this kind of processes, depending on each specific case.