The starting premise was that the new Latin American constitutionalism has embedded in its texts social, economic, and cultural promises with a strong transformative content. “These promises cannot remain a dead letter. Therefore, we maintain that constitutional justice should not be seen solely as a corrector of legislative excesses, but as a catalyst for real social transformations. Its legitimacy depends not only on its legality, but on its capacity to respond to the urgent needs of historically excluded sectors.”

“In sum, what is proposed is a constitutional justice that does not close off dissent, that does not replace the people nor claim a monopoly over the meaning of the Constitution. A justice that recognizes its limits, that is nourished by pluralism, and that functions as a space for democratic deliberation. Only in this way can we keep alive the promise of the 1991 Constitution as a collective project in permanent construction,” concludes the lawyer, a graduate of the University of Cauca and recipient of the University of Cauca Medal in the Camilo Torres designation (2012).

José Arvey Camargo Rojas has been a professor at the University of Cauca since 2014 in the Faculty of Law, Political and Social Sciences, and a tenured professor since 2024. He is director of the Constitutional Law research seedbed Ernesto Saa Velasco and editor of the journal Justicia y Derecho of the University of Cauca. His postgraduate education includes a Specialization in State Contracting, a Master’s degree in Public Law, a Master’s degree in Constitutional Law and Government from the Center for Political and Constitutional Studies in Madrid (2018); a Specialization in Constitutional Justice and Jurisdictional Protection of Rights from the University of Pisa, Italy (2020); and a PhD in Law and Global Governance from the University of Salamanca (2025).