As well as detailing the right of Colombian citizens to fundamental rights (e.g. right to life, equality before the law),Colombian Constitution of 1991, Art. 11 to 41 the constitution mentions the right to economic, social and cultural rights (e.g. labour rights, right to education, rights for groups in need of special protection),Colombian Constitution of 1991, Art. 42 to 77 as well as collective and environmental rights.Colombian Constitution of 1991, Art. 78 to 82 It recognizes special rights for indigenous populations,Semper, Frank, Los Derechos de los Pueblos Indigenas de Colombia , Mexico National University (UNAM) it allows for citizens to take direct legal action against the state with a right to what is known as the tutela, it creates the Constitutional Court, and it determines the existence of posts for human rights ombudsmen. The constitution of 1991 allows, in theory at least, for the human rights of Colombia's citizens to be protected under national constitutional law.Jorge Orlando Melo Gonzalez Los Derechos Humanos en Colombia, Revista Credencial Historia, Edition 156, December 2002
