The Pacific Alliance: juridical Scrutiny of the Content of the Law of International Organizations

Much has been said about the Pacific Alliance. It is undoubtedly the most novel process of integration in which the Republic of Colombia has participated. Nevertheless, insufficient attention has been paid to its juridical nature under international law, with the proposition of elucidating the legal consequences which will derive from it. The article starts from the content of the Law of International Organisations and considers the practice of the Ministry of External Relations of the Republic of Colombia, carrying out an evaluation of the Pacific Alliance. It examines what has been convened, to date, in treaties agreed to in their sphere -on par with the international instruments of soft law to today adopted- with the proposition of determining whether certain concurrent requisites necessary on order to comport with the juridical nature of an international organization are met. Later, it will refer to some international law consequences which emanate from the foregoing and in the Colombian internal juridical order, inter alia, incapacity to conclude treaties and the proscription of the power to mandate provisional application in the Republic of Colombia, respectively.