A recently announced transitional justice agreement that part of a pending peace deal between the Colombian government and rebel group FARC “is a pact for impunity,” the country’s Inspector General…
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), a US think tank, sent a letter to Colombia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday protesting the pending promotion of military officials accused of war crimes.
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday rejected a recently signed transitional justice deal between Colombia’s government and FARC rebels, claiming it “sacrifices victims’ right to justice” in efforts to make peace.
Colombia is seeking the extradition of an alleged FARC medic who was arrested in Spain on Friday and is accused of having carried out some 150 forced abortions on female guerrillas.
A group of mothers whose sons were murdered by the military sued former President Alvaro Uribe for slander after tweeting the victims were criminals.
Negotiator “Pastor Alape” barely held his tears while asking locals for forgiveness for a 2002 FARC massacre that killed at least 79 in the west Colombian village of Bojaya, but some townsmen said the…
FARC guerrilla delegates traveled to a small town in the west of Colombia to personally ask the locals forgiveness for a 2002 massacre that killed approximately 80 of the town’s inhabitants.
The leader of Colombia’s second largest group, the ELN, admitted on Tuesday that his guerrilla organization has committed human rights violations during its 51-year existence.
A former Colombian army colonel who is charged for the murders of 32 civilians said he wishes his trial to be transferred to a transitional justice court that will try alleged war crimes in…