Diálogo sin debate: la participación en los decretos de la Ley de Víctimas

Abstract

This article examines participation in the adoption of the Reglamentary Decrees of Colombia's 2011 Victim's Law (Law 1448): Decrees 4633 (for indigenous peoples), Decree 4635 (afrocolombians) and general Decree 4800. The article proposes a typology of participation to better understand the tensions at work in this process. It defines three different concepts: participation as governance, participation as a right, and participation as a process of social change. It argues these concepts, and the tensions between them, explain the many difficulties of participation in rulemaking, development and public policy consultation. Dilogo sin debate: la participacin en los decretos de la Ley de Vctimas *