Centro Jurídico Popular

Founded in 1991, Centro Jurídico Popular is a non-governmental organisation based in Bogotá D.C., Colombia working on justice & legal aid.

Centro Jurídico Popular is the conciliation centre of the Fundación Servicio Jurídico Popular, a private non-profit entity based in Bogotá, Colombia. It offers conciliation services as a neutral, voluntary method of resolving legal disputes, covering family, civil, labour, criminal (complaint-based offences), administrative, commercial and consumer financial matters. It also handles supported decision-making agreements and advance directives under Law 1996 of 2019. Its stated aim is to ensure access to justice for lower-income people, who receive preferential rates or free hearings in some cases, and to reduce court congestion. The centre states it was created in 1991.