núm. 15 (2013): revista via iuris 15 (julio - diciembre)

The proposed article presents an overview of the relationship between law, politics and war in Colombia.To find this relationship I turn to Schmitt’s formulation, poured in the book The Concept of the Political, which states, politics is defined from the friend / enemy relationship. Based on this analysis, I reflect about the negative effects it can have an appeal to a right of enemy in the context of the armed conflict in Colombia, and particularly through the use of this right from the extension of the term terrorism in the different conventions produced within the United Nations from 11 September 2001. The methodology comes from the analysis of the theory of Carl Schmitt, contained in the book The Concept of the Political and its application in Colombia in the treatment of the armed actor, particularly in the previous government. The conclusion of the text is that only through a relativization of hostilities, in other words, through the recognition of political status to the enemy in Colombia, it is possible to start a negotiation of the internal armed conflict.