Análisis Comparativo del Derecho de Petición en Colombia, Estados Unidos y España; Marco Legal, Procedimientos y Efectividad.

Abstract

The right to petition originated initially in the Magna Carta of 1215 “the Charter of John without land”, later in the French Revolution of 1789, with the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Later in the French Revolution of 1789, with the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, successively through history this right has been emerging, by mandate of the Colombian, Spanish and American legislation has been built over the years the right of petition which allows people in these countries to submit requests for different issues before entities, organizations of public or private origin, This tool allows to have access to communication between citizens and the State, under the same criterion to ask the different entities for information, documentation, filing complaints on issues of particular or general nature, is a right of utmost importance because it ensures that people can make requests to the authorities and obtain a timely, complete and substantive response.