Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday he will ask the court to reject a senate decision to sink the reservation of 16 congressional seats for victims. Senate President Efrain…
Colombia’s government and congress on Thursday made contrary claims about whether key legislation that is part of an ongoing peace process has been agreed. The reservation of 16 congressional seats…
Colombia’s congress is on a collision course with the United Nations and the International Criminal Court after it agreed to ban elected judges for a war crimes tribunal and failed…
The legal problems of Senator Alvaro Ashton of Colombia’s Liberal Party’s got even worse on Tuesday after the Supreme Court found evidence indicating he sought sex with minors. The senator…
Colombia’s House of Representatives on Monday approved a transitional justice system that will prosecute war crimes committed during the country’s half-a-century armed conflict. A marathon session of 12 hours and…
A lot can go wrong in the four days Colombia’s congress has to approve a war crimes tribunal one year after a peace deal with FARC guerrillas. The House of…
Colombia’s Senate forwarded a transitional justice system to the House of Representatives after months of delays in approving the key element of an ongoing peace process. If ratified by the…
Colombia’s Conservative Party on Wednesday surprisingly withdrew its support for a transitional justice system, further threatening a peace process to end more than half a century of armed conflict. The decision…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos is reportedly considering declaring a national emergency to prevent Congress from sinking an ongoing peace process. A state of emergency would give the president the…