Former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria over the weekend proposed to include civilian actors like businessmen and politicians in a transitional justice program in the event the country’s 50-year conflict with rebel…
A Colombian tribunal has stripped a former paramilitary leader from legal protections he received after demobilization. According to prosecutors, “Macaco” has not kept his end of the bargain.
The Medellin office in charge of helping the reintegration of demobilized paramilitary fighters and commanders opened its doors to show how recently released ex-paramilitaries are shown the way back to…
A former paramilitary commander was excluded from the transitional justice process Thursday and instead received a four-decade prison sentence due to his suspected remorselessness.
Colombian authorities on Thursday released the detained brother of a notorious paramilitary leader serving a lengthy jail sentence in the US on the grounds that the investigation into his case has…
The Prosecutor General’s Office has received 47 requests for conditional freedom by demobilized paramilitaries under the Justice and Peace Law.
The ex-head of telecommunications for Colombia’s demobilized paramilitary group, the AUC, was released from prison on Thursday after having completed his eight-year sentence, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Forty-six incarcerated ex-paramilitaries accused of homicide, forced disappearances, forced displacement, torture, sexual violence, and recruitment of minors are eligible for release from prison as of Friday, according to the Prosecutor…
Thirty-six Colombian and international human rights groups and peace advocates presented a document on Monday expressing serious concerns over the disregard of victims’ rights in light of the imminent release of over…