Abstract

BOCANEGRA JIMENEZ, María; INSIGNARES CERA, Silvana  and  GIOVANNETTI LUGO, Cecilia. Areas of interest for the rural, economic, and social development Zidres law on foreign investment and social rights in Colombia. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2022, vol.55, n.163, e17503.  Epub June 15, 2023. ISSN 2448-4873.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24484873e.2022.163.17503.

The objective of this article is to analyze tensions that might arise between agroindustry, foreign investment, and economic and social rights in the Colombian peasant population after the implementation of Law 1776 of 2016, called the Zidres Law, which creates Areas of Interest for Rural, Economic and Social Development in Colombia. This research is developed with a quantitative approach, focused on the description and analysis of the phenomenon to generate a theoretical systematization from the data obtained. The main limitation experienced is that currently, there is a single zone constituted as Zidres in Colombia, for which quantitative data on its production is not known yet. This constitutes an original work given that in the academic literature, there is no similar research analysis about the Zidres law and its consequences. The exceptional value of this article is that it allows to generate red flags regarding the implementation of this law. As a main conclusion, this research states that Zidres Law generates tensions between foreign investment and the economic and social rights in Colombia, in which, rights such as the minimum vital wage, the right to work and human dignity are threatened.

Keywords : Zidres, land concession; land grabbing, sustainable and productive agriculture; Human Rights, Foreign investment; Economic, social, and cultural rights.