Alleged members of Colombia’s largest paramilitary organization AGC threatened to kill judges of the war crimes tribunal. According to the Special Jurisdiction of Peace (JEP), magistrate Alejandro Ramelli and his…
Colombia’s foreign minister asked the United Nations’ Security Council to investigate attempts to sabotage an ongoing peace process. Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva asked the security council to create an international…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP formally accused the former chief prosecutor of fraud and concealing evidence for trying to extradite a former FARC leader on drug charges that had been…
The president of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP said that his office will press criminal charges against (former) prosecution officials over a failed attempt to extradite late guerrilla commander “Jesus…
One of Colombia’s most notorious war lords has begun testifying before the war crimes tribunal about the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC. War crimes tribunal JEP heard Rodrigo Tovar in order…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced an investigation into crimes against humanity committed against ethnic minorities. The investigation would seek justice for war crimes that left more than 1.35 million…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced investigations into war crimes committed by state officials, and their allies in the private sector and paramilitary groups. In a press conference, JEP magistrate…
Colombia’s transport ministry suspended a $740 million project that sought to upgrade a canal that has been an engineering nightmare for more than five centuries. The suspension is the latest…
For the first time in history, victims of the FARC publicly confronted former guerrilla commanders with the suffering caused by their crimes against humanity. The three-day confrontation was part of…