German Vargas, Colombia’s former vice-president who resigned from the position to run for president, reportedly has turned against a war crimes tribunal that is part of an ongoing peace process…
A Colombian judge ordered the release of former army General Rito Alejo del Rio, a close ally of former President Alvaro Uribe and the now-defunct paramilitary umbrella organization AUC. Del…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) met with her Colombian counterpart and the president on Monday to inquire about ongoing war crime investigations. On her first day…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will visit Colombia in September to hear about progress made in war crime investigations against the country’s military chief and dozens…
Colombia’s transitional justice system has received the case files of 12,000 alleged military war criminals, the transitional justice body announced on Tuesday. According to the justice system’s executive secretary, some…
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe, implicated in multiple war crime investigations, on Tuesday urged the country’s impending war crimes tribunal to only seek justice for crimes committed by the FARC.…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said in a report that 23 generals and six corporals, including the Colombia’s Armed Forces commander, must be prosecuted for the…
Colombian Bishop Jesus Emilio Jaramillo, who was killed by the guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) in 1989, may soon be beatified if the pope approves, church leaders said…
It took court orders, but Colombia’s hard-right former President Alvaro Uribe has begun asking forgiveness to victims of war crimes and journalists after years of refusing to do so. Uribe’s most recent apology…
