El derecho a la educación en conflicto con el derecho a la seguridad ciudadana: Un análisis desde el test de ponderación del caso del colegio Marco Fidel Suárez en el Municipio de Manizales-Caldas

Abstract

This monograph presents a dogmatic-jurisprudential legal analysis of the tension between the fundamental right to education and the right to citizen security in Colombia, using as a case study the conversion of Colegio Marco Fidel Suarez in Manizales into a Protección Transfer Center (CTP) since 2018. Based on constitutional foundations, international treaties, and relevant jurisprudence, it applies the Constitutional Court’s balancing test to assess the legitimacy of this administrative decision. The study concludes that the municipal administrativos action was regressive, desproporciónate, and inconsistente with Colombia’s constitucional block, as it undermined a highly protected right —education for children and adolescents— in favor of a questionable interpretation of public security. This case exemplifies administrative violence and the violation of the principle of progressivity. The research recommends strengthening human rights-based public policies to ensure that security measures never override the best interests of the child. K