El plazo razonable en los fallos de la corte interamericana en relación con Colombia

This paper is aimed at questioning both: Which have been the criteria used by the IDH court to assess the reasonable term in the Ordinary legal proceedings carried out in Colombia as an active member of the American Convention? And the general Objective to identify the cite niches which have been set by the Inter- American court of Human Rights (CIDH) in relation to the question subjected to study. The result will come from conducting a basic, descriptive and deductive research and by making a case law line which shows that the reasonable term is a law Insititution which has been developed in its adjective and substantive features. The latter ones seek to guarantee the effective legal protection and have to be assessed according to Four criteria case by case: i) the complexity of the issue, ii) the judicial activity of the interested party, iii) the conduct of the judicial authorities and; iv) the affectation generated in the legal situation of the person involved in the process. To close, the reasonable term within a process should be counted since the first process behavior until the implementation stage and fullfilment of the court´s judgment.