military justice

President Iván Duque stands in front of Truth Commission chairman father Francisco de Roux. They exchange a document (defence sector's truth report) under the gaze of a military man.

Colombia

Colombia: new challenges for the military who don’t admit to their crimes

1 September 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano

After the last four months major achievements in Colombia in dealing with the past crimes of the military, the new left-wing government now has to deal with the Armed Forces' and defence sector's reluctance to see extrajudici [...]

High Military Court of Kinshasa in the Yumbi trial

Transitional Justice in the DRC: How the UN has put it in a drawer

14 January 2022 by Luc Henkinbrant

On December 20, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of its mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for one more year. But the resolution adopted makes no mention of any task actively involving it in [...]