Top commanders of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC are touring the country to meet with victims and beg forgiveness for war crimes committed by the guerrillas. On Monday, the rebel leaders met with…
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Thursday welcomed Colombia’s peace deal with FARC rebels, but called for “genuine” prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes. “The peace…
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…
An army colonel and a captain were sentenced to 50 years in prison this Tuesday for executing two men whose murders were later fraudulently filed as combat kills. Such extrajudicial…
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…
Colombia’s interim prosecutor general announced Wednesday he would file 16,000 war crime charges against the leaders of the ELN while negotiators are trying to agree to formal peace talks.
The military representative at peace talks with leftist FARC rebels, General Enrique Mora, walked out of a meeting with victims who had been invited to surrender evidence on forced disappearances, the…