A leading candidate in Colombia’s upcoming presidential elections asked Monday that the FARC rebel group be tried before the highest international criminal court for the torture and murder of two…
Colombia’s inspector general asked the chief prosecutor and the vice-president of the International Criminal Court to intervene if his government grants impunity to rebel group FARC in the event of…
A possible amnesty for FARC guerrillas would violate Colombia’s commitments to international law, said a former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Bogota on Wednesday.
Colombia’s local media announced on Friday that the former commander of its armed forces had resigned as ambassador to Austria after he was accused of being involved in the killings…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday described a recent visit to the US as “very productive.” The head of state appeared at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, accepted the…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos had a “very positive” meeting with International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Tuesday, during which Bensouda backed Colombia’s peace process with rebel group FARC,…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday said that the most serious crimes committed during the country’s 49-year armed conflict will not be rewarded with impunity in any eventual peace between…
Colombia’s main rebel group FARC has been accused of systematically recruiting minors in a study of 3000 demobilized child soldiers, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday.
If FARC guerrillas receive reduced sentences in the wake of an eventual peace deal with Colombia’s government then retired members of the country’s security forces should too, according to the…