Colombia peace tribunal to start with over 32,000 criminal trials
Colombia’s yet-to-be established Special Tribunal for Peace is set to begin with a staggering 32,433 open trials in which 111,086 crimes are investigated.
Colombia’s yet-to-be established Special Tribunal for Peace is set to begin with a staggering 32,433 open trials in which 111,086 crimes are investigated.
Amnesty International severely criticized a justice deal between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas in its annual report that was published Wednesday.
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.