After a year of strikes by prisoners and guards alike in protest of dangerous conditions and human rights violations, Colombia’s ombudsman prepared a report on the nation’s most overcrowded penitentiaries.
An attempt at petty shoplifting will now cost a would-be thief in Bogota five months in prison, after a local judge brought down his sentence Tuesday, reported national media. Luis…
A report released by the Colombian Finance Ministry argues that rulings by Colombia’s judiciary could cost the country as much as $21 billion, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. The report…
The Supreme Judicial Council will investigate complaints by the prosecutor general over delay tactics contributing to only 82 convictions out of 1,486 investigations into alleged “false positive” extrajudicial executions, Caracol Radio…
Lawyer Nestor Raul Correa is selected to be a judge on Colombia’s Constitutional Court, Colombian media reported Thursday. Correa will fill the vacant spot on the High Judiciary Council, taking…
The government moves to stop corruption in the judiciary after reports that auxiliary magistrates often draw large pensions after holding posts for only a few weeks, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. Interior…
The government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos presented a bill proposing a set of judicial reforms which aim to make the country’s justice system faster moving and more efficient.…
Colombia has seen an outpouring of hatred following former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt’s attempt to claim damages from the Colombian government for the six years she spent in guerrilla captivity.…
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) met Tuesday with Colombia’s Supreme Court in Bogota’s Palace of Justice, and reported it was satisfied with the rulings handed down by the South…