Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP indicted 39 army officials, including four generals, for their role in the mass execution of civilians in Medellin and the surrounding Antioquia province. The officials…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans in a waste dump in the west of Medellin. The exhumation of at least two victims of forced…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP indicted six former FARC commanders for crimes committed against almost 19,000 children. The victims were either recruited or otherwise abused by the FARC between 1971…
President Gustavo Petro designated 18 of Colombia’s most notorious former war lords as “peace brokers” ahead of talks about their possible participation in peace building. The decree signed by Petro…
The United Nations Security Council voted to continue monitoring the implementation of a 2016 peace deal between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas. The vote allows the UN verification mission to…
Hundreds of real estate properties that were supposed to be transferred to victims of Colombia’s armed conflict ended up in the hands of politicians, according to the government. Following a…
The prosecution of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP formally charged retired army Colonel Publio Hernan Mejia with 72 extrajudicial executions carried out under his command. According to the prosecution, Meija…
Colombia’s government signed off on the creation of alternatives to compulsory military service. The newly created “social services for peace” allow men between 18 and 24 to evade the military…
President Gustavo Petro told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that he needs congressional efficiency and international debt relief to push forward Colombia’s peace process. Speaking at the UNSC, Petro…