Colombia making progress against impunity: UN
The UN has said the sentence handed down to a retired general for the disappearance of 11 people in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege represents a positive step in…
The UN has said the sentence handed down to a retired general for the disappearance of 11 people in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege represents a positive step in…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday appeared before the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defend his country against accusations that it allows criminals…
Colombia’s criminal justice system is ranked 31 out of 35 countries examined in The World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index. The study found that Colombia’s judicial system is particularly…
Violence continues to grow in La Guajira, a department in northern Colombia which occupies a peninsula bordering Venezuela and the Caribbean Sea, reports Diario del Norte. A recent official report…
Amnesty International calls on the incoming Colombian government of Juan Manuel Santos to strengthen the country’s justice system and “end the culture of impunity.” In a press release published Thursday…
After a meeting at the Casa de Nariño Tuesday, the Colombian government decided against declaring a “state of exception” over the emergence of illegal armed groups in the Andean nation,…
The Colombian government praises the widely criticized demobilization of paramilitary organization AUC, stressing that the peace process led to the discovery of some 40,000 crimes. According to a report by…
A retired Colombian army colonel was sentenced to thirty years in prison for his role in the forced disappearance of eleven civilians in the 1985 army siege of the Palace…
Electoral fraud in Colombia is committed with almost total impunity, with none of the 5,000 complaints filed between 2002 and 2007 resulting in a conviction, newspaper El Tiempo reported on…