Domain names On December 11, 2001, the Council of State, through its Consultation and Civil Services Office, issued the first legal opinion concerning the
domain name .co, establishing the status of that domain name as denoting the nation of Colombia.
US access to military bases The Council of State was consulted in 2009 on a proposed agreement to permit increased use of Colombian bases by US military personnel. Despite criticism by the Council describing some aspects of the pact as "very broad and imbalanced", in October President
Alvaro Uribe went ahead and signed the agreement.
Abortion guidelines After
abortion was partially legalized in Colombia in 2006, the
Ministry of Health and Social Protection issued guidelines regulating abortion services. However, in 2009 the Council of State, ruling that the Ministry was not entitled to regulate abortion, suspended these guidelines, and in 2013 annulled them, leaving Colombia without official recommendations on abortion methods.
Unseating of Chief Prosecutor In March 2012 the Council of State overruled the appointment as Chief Prosecutor of
Viviane Morales, on the grounds that the process of electing her in the
Supreme Court had been invalid.
Sale of Government stake in Isagen SA In May 2015 the Council of State for a second time suspended the sale of the Government stake in the electricity company
Isagen SA, in order to consider appeals against the sale. ==See also==