The corruption penetrates in the deepest roots of people’s consciences, obstructing the stability of the institutions, and both the social and economic development. Therefore, this issue is a concern in different places, and particularly in Colombia. Hence, the acts of the public agents are not enough to tackle the problem because there is a need for a more active participation and intervention of the citizenship, which also constitutes one of the pillars of the contemporary Administrative Law. Through an analysis of the prevention or mitigation of the anti-juridical damage, both in private law and state contracting, and with a presentation of the different scenarios, instruments and guarantees through which citizen participation is developed, the empowerment of the civilian population in the development of public activities to combat corruption is proposed and justified.
Keywords:
Corruption, prevention, damage, community participating, public contract law.
Gallo Aponte, W. I. (2017). Citizen participation in the fight against corruption: An analysis from the preventing the damage in the Colombian juridical overview. Revista De Derecho Público, (87), 31–52. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5249.2017.48055
