Colombia’s vice minister of defense on Friday questioned if the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has understood the controversial military jurisdiction reform after the organization again criticized the legislation.
At a human rights summit on Tuesday, nearly 80 United Nations member states supported Colombia’s peace talks with the country’s largest rebel group, FARC, while some showed concern about impunity…
The Colombian government’s intention to fast track the passage of health care and military reform bills through Congress has been met with a mixed response from Congress members. Interior Minister Fernando Carrillo…
The United Nations’ Colombia office of human rights (OHCHR) on Friday criticized the sluggish pace of prosecutions regarding the thousands of extrajudicial killings of civilians by members of the armed…
The Colombian Conservative Party says Colombia’s military justice reform will give “guarantees to the Armed Forces in their [fight] against terrorism.” The party expressed its disagreement with the demand to…
Colombian congressmen on Tuesday filed a lawsuit claiming that the controversial military justice reform is unconstitutional. “Our suit demonstrates that the [military’s] jurisdiction was augmented illegally, that is has large…
Colombia was warned Thursday that expanded use of military courts may see soldiers’ crimes brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The military justice reform passed by congress Tuesday, which…
Human Rights Watch has slammed Colombia’s newly approved military justice reform as “a setback for human rights.” “The windows being opened to impunity are enormous,” Jose Miguel Vivanco, Latin America…
The Inter-American Human Rights Commission has taken Colombia off its human rights “blacklist” – but only temporarily, said local media Friday. After investigation by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR), which has…