Pope Francis has declined an invitation by Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos to help pick judges for a transitional justice tribunal in the event a peace deal with FARC rebels is…
For millions in Colombia, an upcoming vote on peace between the government and FARC rebels will not just decide the fate of their country. Their survival and hopes to a…
Business owners who voluntarily financed Colombia’s illegal armed groups like the far-left FARC and the far-right AUC face criminal charges in a post-conflict tribunal. Extortion victims will not be charged, the government assured amid unrest…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe accuses President Juan Manuel Santos of negotiating “peace with impunity” with FARC rebels, but did he not do exactly that with paramilitary groups? Santos’ deal with the FARC includes…
The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas on Friday unveiled the independent mechanism they have negotiated for selecting judges for special peace tribunals, a process in which they will seek to…
“The worst thing is that you can’t have a baby,” Andrea told Human Rights Watch when we interviewed her in 2002. Andrea was describing her time as a 11-year-old girl…
Colombia guerrilla group FARC made at least $22.4 million with drug trafficking since 1995, according to the country’s chief prosecutor. The Prosecutor General’s Office has been putting together massive criminal…
Commanders of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC will have to face justice for having recruited 11,556 child soldiers since 1975, the country’s interim Prosecutor General said Monday.
Over 13,000 Colombia businessmen, ranchers and other civilians who allegedly financed or helped paramilitary groups now face an elite prosecution task force, led by the Prosecutor General himself.