Ley 2318 de 2023 | Ley 2318 de 2023 — Colombia law | Esheria

Ley 2318 de 2023

This law is titled as prohibiting the use of animals to dissuade demonstrations, riots, and uprisings, and to set out other provisions.

Jurisdiction
Colombia
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Ley 2318 de 2023
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
es
Updated
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Statute overview

About this statute

This law is titled as prohibiting the use of animals to dissuade demonstrations, riots, and uprisings, and to set out other provisions. The law’s purpose is to ban using animals to deter protests, riots, and asonadas, while respecting existing animal protection and welfare rules. This provision sets principles for the Code, including proportionality and necessity for police measures, and says police authorities may use only the measures that are strictly necessary and suitable when other protection, restoration, education, or prevention mechanisms are ineffective. This article sets out the general duties of police authorities, including respecting rights, enforcing the law, preventing risky situations, treating people equally, handling complaints promptly, using force only as needed, and protecting the environment and animals. Police officers may use force only for the listed situations, must choose the least harmful effective means, cannot use animals to disperse protests or riots, and must report certain uses of force.

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