News Colombia Justice: Colonel Hernan Mejia: from The Americas’ Best Soldier to one of Colombia’s most feared war criminals
Colombia Reports relies on your financial support ... despite prosecutors’ complaints that the colonel’s alleged attempts to obstruct justice “may lead to a decision of exoneration of responsibility, ...
News Colombia Justice: Journalist finally brings attackers to justice but warns: 'Colombia's sliding backwards'
The Colombian journalist and victim Jineth Bedoya, center, and several others take part in a silent rally in 2009. Photograph: Jose Huesca/EPA Nearly two decades after her ordeal, Jineth Bedoya’s ...
News Colombia Justice: Lawyers and judges are on the front lines of the peace process in Colombia
In 2016, after 50 years of armed conflict, the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (known as FARC) signed a peace agreement. The centerpiece of that agreement was a transitional justice mechanism, established to ensure accountability for atrocities committed during the war. Three years later, it is facing unprecedented challenges in its effort to provide justice for the many civilian victims of the conflict. Lawyers, prosecutors and judges are on the front lines of efforts to provide reparations to the victims, with the long-standing support of the American Bar Association.
News Colombia Justice: UN envoy for Colombia stresses importance of transitional justice
Carlos Ruiz Massieu (Front), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, briefs a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in ...
News Colombia Justice: US ambassador threatened aid cut if Colombia’s congress backs war crimes tribunal: report
The US government’s… policy of inaction… has led to the obstruction of attempts made to continue with human rights investigations in Colombia. The result is at least 239,758 Colombian victims who ...
