derechos de petición

22:37 Dec 18, 2015 

From the "actas" I'm reading it seems to be something that is done orally. Do you have more context?

22:22 Dec 18, 2015 

In any case, if I translate it as "lawful petitions" were received, I guess that is ambiguous enough to cover it.

22:21 Dec 18, 2015 

"También se reciben documentos de Subsanación por parte de las empresas de nombre..." I think they might be documents, Alvaro, i.e. the right of petition per se is now thought of in Colombia as a document because that's how the right is usually exercised.

22:16 Dec 18, 2015 

This is a hearing. It is just a right they have. A right to ask for something.

22:14 Dec 18, 2015 

My mistake, you're right, it's also used (though less commonly, I think) to ask for actions, not just information. It could be "writ of petition", though a writ would be limited to court proceedings, and this is broader. Or more descriptively, "a right of petition action".

22:13 Dec 18, 2015 

Document exercising the right to petition?

22:13 Dec 18, 2015 

You can google "se reciben derechos de petición", there are a few entries. Your text seems to be an "acta", so the person is describing what is happening, that's why he says "se reciben...", meaning that at the beginning of the hearing the entreprises exercise the right of petition.

As for the translation of derecho de petición, being a constitutional right I'm sure it must be officially translated somewhere. In Eurlex I find "right of petition"; however, this is for Europe and probably with a different content.

22:07 Dec 18, 2015 

petition by rights? I wonder if any of these would describe it?

22:03 Dec 18, 2015 

You can google "se reciben derechos de petición", there are a few entries.

22:01 Dec 18, 2015 

Yes, Eric, thank you, now I have a handle on it. According to one of your links, it's actually a bit broader than a request for information, it can cover complaints, objections, requests for information, requests for copies, requests for access to documents, etc.

21:56 Dec 18, 2015 

Or since the earlier searches have very few results because ".co" isn't used very much, if you do a search without that it gives a lot more results. For example, "presentar un derecho de petición".

21:54 Dec 18, 2015 

If you do these google searches, it gives examples of this: site:co "presentó un derecho de petición". site:co "reciben derechos de petición". site:co "hacer un derecho de petición". And I've submitted one myself in Bogota, in my case, to a private entity that is also required to respond in 15 days (health insurance company).

21:47 Dec 18, 2015 

What I can't work out is why it reads "se reciben", that would indicate fees wouldn't it, unless, as Eric says, the word "derechos" has now morphed into the actual requests (written or verbal?), through usage.

21:29 Dec 18, 2015 

right of petition. I'm finding it in many "actas de audiencia de adjudicación", for example, in the one that you'll find here: https://www.contratos.gov.co/consultas/detalleProceso.do?num... Apparently it takes place when someone (on behalf of the enterprise) makes a request.