Uribe proposes to abolish Supreme Court amid investigation over his alleged ties to death squads
Hard-right senator Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday proposed to abolished the country’s Supreme...
Tag: justice reform
Colombia to seek major justice overhaul through popular vote
Colombia’s government is set to call a referendum in March of next year to approve a raft of...
Colombia’s Congress approves 3rd attempt to transfer military crimes to military courts
Colombia’s Congress approved a controversial reform that seeks to give military tribunals...
Colombia’s justice reforms a ‘hoax’ to grant judges impunity
Colombia’s former Prosecutor General, Senator Viviane Morales, labeled the government’s...
Linguistic loophole could allow Colombia military to become its own judge
Due to the sly wording of a constitutional reform bill in Colombia, thousands of human rights...
Colombia Senate debates controversial military justice reform in spite of UN objections
Colombia’s senate discussed a controversial bill Wednesday that would give military courts...
UN urges Colombia not to further amplify military justice
Twelve experts from the United Nations (UN) have urged the Colombia not to adopt a law which would...
Colombia’s justice workers prepare new strike
Colombia’s judicial labor union has announced an impending strike over salary disagreements,...
Colombia’s congress seeks judicial reform
Colombia’s congress has once again begun the process of judicial reform, after an attempt in 2012 collapsed, local media reported Sunday. The 2012 law that would have overhauled the judicial system in Colombia fell dead at...
