Colombia’s war crimes tribunal still stuck in congress
A year after FARC rebels demobilized, Colombia’s Congress has yet to vote on the war crimes tribunal’s powers. The legislative branch’s indecision has caused a crisis in the judicial branch.…
A year after FARC rebels demobilized, Colombia’s Congress has yet to vote on the war crimes tribunal’s powers. The legislative branch’s indecision has caused a crisis in the judicial branch.…
A former ideologue of Colombia’s demobilized FARC rebels has halted his hunger strike after 41 days after a court order to suspend extradition procedures, a FARC representative said Saturday. Seuxis…
Colombia’s “constitutional order is under threat” after the country’s war crimes tribunal ordered to suspend the extradition of a demobilized guerrilla leader, the country’s chief prosecutor said Thursday. The war…
The former chief commander of the AUC, warlord Salvatore Mancuso, will cooperate with his country’s war crimes tribunal to crimes committed during the armed conflict. Mancuso was extradited to the…
The secretary of the war crimes tribunal that is part of Colombia’s ongoing peace process resigned on Tuesday amid controversy over expenses and a request for classified information. Nestor Correa,…
The Selection Committee for Colombia’s new transitional justice system announced Tuesday the names of 51 magistrates who will investigate and try some of the country’s most serious war criminals. Although…
Colombia’s congress continues to delay voting on a bill to create the country’s new transitional justice tribunals, even as the judges for the tribunal were named Tuesday. The proposed bill,…