Hard-right senator Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday proposed to abolished the country’s Supreme Court, which is investigating Colombia’s ex-president’s alleged ties to a paramilitary death squad. The controversial proposal was one…
Colombia’s government is set to call a referendum in March of next year to approve a raft of measures that will tackle corruption by overhauling the current justice system, local…
Colombia’s Congress approved a controversial reform that seeks to give military tribunals jurisprudence over crimes committed by the military after previous attempts were struck down by the Constitutional Court.
Colombia’s former Prosecutor General, Senator Viviane Morales, labeled the government’s justice reform proposals as a “hoax” on Monday, while ministers insist they will curb rampant corruption in the judicial branch.
Due to the sly wording of a constitutional reform bill in Colombia, thousands of human rights abuses allegedly committed by the military could be tried by the same military accused of…
Colombia’s senate discussed a controversial bill Wednesday that would give military courts greater jurisdiction and could increase impunity for the already slow-moving convictions of military atrocities, according to local media.
Twelve experts from the United Nations (UN) have urged the Colombia not to adopt a law which would expand the jurisdiction of military courts, fearing this would lead to impunity for human…
Colombia’s judicial labor union has announced an impending strike over salary disagreements, an alleged lack of resources, and proposed reforms being debated in Congress. Freddy Machado, who heads the judicial union Asonal,…
The Colombian President has been called in front of a Colombian High Court to explain the role he played in a failed justice reform bill, Colombian radio reported on Wednesday.