{"id":3105,"date":"2026-02-06T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/doc\/the-council-of-state-admits-lawsuit-against-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-resolution-eliminating-language-proficiency\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:00:10","slug":"the-council-of-state-admits-lawsuit-against-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-resolution-eliminating-language-proficiency","status":"publish","type":"doc","link":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/doc\/the-council-of-state-admits-lawsuit-against-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-resolution-eliminating-language-proficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"The Council of State admits lawsuit against Ministry of Foreign Affairs resolution eliminating language proficiency requirements for ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La justicia admiti\u00f3 una demanda de nulidad presentada por la Fundaci\u00f3n para el Estado de Derecho contra la Resoluci\u00f3n 10142 de 2025 del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, que modific\u00f3 el manual de funciones de la entidad y suprimi\u00f3 la exigencia de hablar ingl\u00e9s u otro idioma para el cargo de Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario. La demanda argumenta que el cambio disminuye los est\u00e1ndares y las competencias t\u00e9cnicas esenciales del servicio exterior, afecta la idoneidad profesional del cuerpo diplom\u00e1tico y podr\u00eda contrariar normas superiores que regulan la carrera diplom\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"The Council of State admits lawsuit against Ministry of Foreign Affairs resolution eliminating language proficiency requirements for ambassadors - FEDe. Colombia","description":"The courts admitted an annulment action filed by the Foundation for the Rule of Law against Resolution 10142 of 2025 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which amended the entity's job description manual and eliminated the requirement to speak English or another language for the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The lawsuit argues that the change lowers the essential technical standards and competencies of the foreign service, affects the professional fitness of the diplomatic corps, and may contravene superior norms governing the diplomatic career."},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0},"categories":[683,684],"tags":[758,770,746,745,931],"class_list":["post-3105","doc","type-doc","status-publish","hentry","category-press","category-press-release","tag-colombians-abroad","tag-council-of-state","tag-diplomatic-career","tag-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-cancilleria","tag-specific-functions-manual"],"acf":{"tipo_documento":"prensa","estado_demanda":false,"estado_publicacion":false,"fecha_publicacion":"20260206","documento_resumen":"The courts admitted an annulment action filed by the Foundation for the Rule of Law against Resolution 10142 of 2025 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which amended the entity's job description manual and eliminated the requirement to speak English or another language for the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The lawsuit argues that the change lowers the essential technical standards and competencies of the \nforeign service, affects the professional fitness of the diplomatic corps, and may contravene superior norms governing the diplomatic career.","corporacion":"","archivo_pdf":2312,"archivo_opcional":null,"imagen_tarjeta":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc\/3105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/doc"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedecolombia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}