Introduction: The State has historically traced horizons towards what was considered the duty of the State. Objective: to analyze the incidence of the concepts of division, separation and balance of public powers in Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence. Method and methodology: legal and analytical hermeneutic methodological approach. Results and Conclusions: each of the branches of government is required to exercise it autonomously. The research text is developed within the f ramework of the following research lines of the Free University of Colombia: (i) Law, State, culture and society, (ii) Social and Economic Development; and (iii) Sustainable development, technology and innovation.