What’s next for “Jesus Santrich”?
The controversial release of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” by Colombia’s war...
Tag: justice
Colombia’s prison crisis caused by failing justice system: human rights NGO
Dramatic overcrowding and sub-human living conditions in Colombia’s prison system is the...
Study slams Colombia’s transitional justice system for demobilized paramilitaries
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal must learn from the failures of the disappointing...
Colombia’s Supreme Court rejects Uribe’s ‘unfounded’ bias claim and proceeds with witness tampering trial
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge put forward by former president...
Colombia announces judges who will try war criminals in peace tribunal
The Selection Committee for Colombia’s new transitional justice system announced Tuesday the...
Colombia’s government failed to seize AUC paramilitary mining assets for victim compensation
Colombia’s government failed to account for an excess of $137 million made by the now-defunct AUC paramilitary organization through mining, which should have been used for victim reparation, reported El Tiempo newspaper on...
Colombia’s congress continues to delay crucial vote on transitional justice courts
Colombia’s congress continues to delay voting on a bill to create the country’s new...
Colombia family to speak against ex-paramilitary leader in landmark US trial
The former leader of a paramilitary death squad will face the family of one his victims in a Washington court on Friday, reported The Guardian newspaper. In an unprecedented case, the Colombian family will be permitted to speak...
Colombia court warns government to repay families for victims murdered by State
Colombia’s constitutional court on Tuesday warned the government that they must provide...
US court allows victims’ lawsuit against Chiquita over Colombia killings: Attorney
A US judge ruled Colombian war victims are allowed to sue banana giant Chiquita Brands under...
Colombia’s prosecution claims evidence of hundreds of FARC sex crimes
Colombia’s prosecution on Monday presented an “arsenal of evidence” relating to...
Colombia tries to prevent mass exodus from overcrowded prisons
Colombia’s justice system has used preventive detention to keep suspects off the streets during legal proceedings, but a court order and a clogged prosecution may now lead to the exodus of 20,000 crime suspects....
