Colombia’s peace framework sends ‘dangerous message:’ Amnesty
Colombia’s Legal framework for Peace “sends a dangerous message” to players in the armed conflict said Amnesty International at the opening of the Human Rights Council of the U.N. in…
Colombia’s Legal framework for Peace “sends a dangerous message” to players in the armed conflict said Amnesty International at the opening of the Human Rights Council of the U.N. in…
Former minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, considered the frontrunner to oppose President Juan Manuel Santos in the 2014 elections, spoke on his potential candidacy and the problems facing Colombia under the…
Retired members of Colombia’s Armed Forces have criticized President Juan Manuel Santos’ recently passed Framework for Peace, claiming the legislation favor terrorists, local media reported Monday. The Colombian Association for…
Colombia’s Congress approved a bill Thursday which would provide a foundation for future peace talks with Colombia’s largest insurgency groups. The Legal Framework for Peace, which was approved overwhelmingly by…
The demobilization of neo-paramilitary groups in Colombia “risks going down as a failure,” said a report published Friday by the International Crisis Group (ICG), an NGO specializing in the prevention…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN called for peace talks “without conditions” with the government Monday. In a statement published on the group’s official webpage, the rebels rejected the notion…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has declared that the “Framework for Peace” bill currently making its way through congress will both satisfy the rights of victims and “make the transition…
Colombian leftist group the FARC denied that they released a statement Friday in support of a constitutional reform known as the Legal Framework for Peace that would give legal benefits…
The president of Colombia’s Senate promised to introduce new amendments to a proposed constitutional reform seeking to give legal benefits to demobilized armed actors, after meeting with Human Rights Watch…