“…More specifically, it focuses on the use of the tutela mechanism—a protection writ through which any legal person can go before a relevant judge in the civil, criminal, or labor courts and request protection of their constitutional rights (Cepeda‐Espinosa, , p. 552)—by Colombian citizens seeking provision of core health services and treatments. The article builds on the expanding body of scholarship on the judicialization of health policy in Latin America in general (Biehl, Amon, Socal, & Petryna, ; Brinks & Forbath, ; Daniels, Charvel, Gelpi, Porteny, & Urrutia, ; Ferraz, ; Figueiredo, Osorio‐De‐Castro, & Pepe, ; Gargarella, ; Menicucci & Machado, ; Vargas‐Peláez, Rover, Leite, Buenaventura, & Farias, ; Wang, ), and in Colombia more specifically (Bernal et al, ; Cepeda‐Espinosa, ; González & Durán, ; Landau, ; Nunes, ; Uprimny, ; Yamin & Parra‐Vera, ).…”