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Colombian President Gustavo Petro, between war and peace. Photo: Petro delivers a speech on stage while 2 people hold a flag of the former M-19 armed group.

Colombian president speaks of peace but glorifies armed struggle

Flag, hat or sword: a former member of the M-19 guerilla, Colombian President Gustavo Petro is publicly glorifying symbols of his ex-armed group. An attitude decried by victims and criticized by many Colombians, as his government is trying to negotiate peace with actual illegal armed groups.

By Andrés Bermúdez Liévano (our correspondent in Colombia)

International Court of Justice (ICJ): 2 questions for peace in Palestine. Photo: view of the court during the hearing of South Africa (right) against Israel (left), facing the judges. 2 question marks are embedded in screens.

Israel occupation: ICJ goes to the heart of the “political deadlock”

Transitional justice in Ethiopia is flawed - Photo: a woman crosses a road seen from a military truck with a broken window, in the Tigray region.

Flawed transitional justice in Ethiopia

Refugees in Ethiopia

Ethiopia promises transitional justice once again

The new president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, delivers a speech on a podium. In the background: the Colombian flag.

The Colombian president Gustavo Petro opens door to a new transitional justice system

Colonel Rubén Darío Castro speaks to victims of

Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims

A woman (from behind) wearing a

Getting Back to What Matters: Victim Voices and the Making of International Law (3/3)

Two men shake hands with the help of a third, all wearing white shirts (symbol of peace in Colombia)

Negotiating amnesties, peace and justice: A new path (2/3)

Palestinian child standing in front of a gate without walls around it, in the middle of the ruins

Here is a way for international law to better help end conflicts (1/3)

The commissioners of the Colombian Truth Commission are sworn in by Juan Manuel Santos

Can Colombia be a model for the post truth commission period?

Eduardo Cifuentes

Eduardo Cifuentes: “This dialogue between victims and perpetrators is unprecedented”

4 former Colombian FARC rebel commanders during the 2015 peace talks in Cuba

Kidnappings in Colombia: FARC leaders acknowledge full responsibility

Youssef Babiker Kafi, Sudan

Sudan: Transitional justice in quarantine

Palestinians try to escape debris blown up by the Israeli army's shelling of a home in Gaza

The ten obstacles the ICC prosecutor faces in investigating Palestine

Graphic extrajudicial executions patterns over time, in Colombia

Colombia: the ‘false positive’ number that sets off a political storm

Julieta Lemaitre (JEP -

A first in Colombia: eight FARCs charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity