What’s next for “Jesus Santrich”?
The controversial release of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” by Colombia’s war crimes tribunal on Wednesday does not mean the end of legal troubles for the former guerrilla ideologue. The Special…
The controversial release of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” by Colombia’s war crimes tribunal on Wednesday does not mean the end of legal troubles for the former guerrilla ideologue. The Special…
Dramatic overcrowding and sub-human living conditions in Colombia’s prison system is the result of the country’s failing justice system, according to think tank Dejusticia. The “heavy-handed” judicial approach, whereby increasingly…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal must learn from the failures of the disappointing transitional justice system with the now-demobilized AUC paramilitaries, according to a study. The Toledo International Center for Peace…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge put forward by former president Alvaro Uribe against some of its judges, affirming that his trial on witness tampering charges will proceed.…
The Selection Committee for Colombia’s new transitional justice system announced Tuesday the names of 51 magistrates who will investigate and try some of the country’s most serious war criminals. Although…
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…
Colombia’s congress continues to delay voting on a bill to create the country’s new transitional justice tribunals, even as the judges for the tribunal were named Tuesday. The proposed bill,…
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…
Colombia’s constitutional court on Tuesday warned the government that they must provide reparations to the families of victims of extrajudicial killings carried out during the armed conflict. The order refers…