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Major Gustavo Soto Bracamonte and Colonel Gabriel de Jesús Rincón, both indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity, plant a black sage sapling at the launch of the environmental restorative pilot project near Bogotá, Colombia.
Colombia’s JEP unveils alternative sanctions but remains silent on punishment
16 April 2024 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
After six years of work and three since its pioneering indictments, Colombia's special transitional justice tribunal – known as JEP – is finally getting closer to imposing its first sanctions. With the launch of an environmental r [...]
In Colombia, an Awá indigenous leader leads a ceremony prior to a hearing before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) Colombia's Awá Indians, closer to justice but plagued by violence
16 January 2024 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
In 2023 the Special Jurisdiction for Peace issued groundbreaking findings on the crimes committed against Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in Colombia, especially for the Awá. It has notably included the war crimes of destru [...]
Luis Fernando Almario accused by JEP in Colombia - Funeral of Diego Turbay (politician) over whom Almario is suspected of persecution. Colombia: Special tribunal indicts first prominent politician
22 June 2023 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) presented a new indictment on 29 May. It is the first against a civilian politician, the first for persecution as a crime against humanity, and the first from the troubled prosecution secti [...]
Indigenous peoples have been victims of FARC violence in Colombia Colombia: new FARC indictment puts spotlight on indigenous and Afro victims
27 March 2023 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Two weeks ago, Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace indicted 10 former regional commanders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This second indictment against [...]
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An installation in memory of the victims of the La Gabarra massacre in Colombia: a colorful spiral made of candles, flowers and sheets of paper on which the names of the victims have been written.
12 December 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: the truths that the former FARC are reluctant to own up to Many victims in Colombia feel that the FARC are still reluctant to fully own up to many of their atrocities. Especially when it comes to crimes committed against leftist politicians and peasants. The 1986 murder of former Congress [...]
Women hold a banner that reads in Spanish:
14 March 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
First rift between Colombia’s Peace tribunal and the victims Colombia’s special peace tribunal is about to open three new – and perhaps final – cases. However, its decision to focus on armed actors and veer from its previous approach centred on symbolic crimes, is bringing a flurry of criti [...]
Two armed FARC fighters frame kidnapping victim in Colombia
16 December 2021 by JusticeInfo.net
Kidnappings in Colombia: the reckoning Kidnapping has been the most infamous practice of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The images of prisoners in cages, chained in the middle of the jungle, have captured the attention of the world's media. These crimes wi [...]
4 former Colombian FARC rebel commanders during the 2015 peace talks in Cuba
7 May 2021 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Kidnappings in Colombia: FARC leaders acknowledge full responsibility In what has been the clearest result so far of Colombia’s transitional justice, last Friday, seven top leaders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces acknowledged their responsibility over thousands of kidnappings and asked for [...]
Patricia Tobon Yagari
2 April 2021 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Patricia Tobón Yagarí: “A legacy of Colombia’s TRC will be the active participation of ethnic peoples” JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Patricia Tobón Yagarí Commissioner in Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Patricia Tobón Yagarí is one of the 11 commissioners serving on Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commissio [...]
Julieta Lemaitre (JEP -
2 February 2021 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
A first in Colombia: eight FARCs charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity Last Thursday, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace announced its first major decision, accusing eight top leaders of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in what has be [...]