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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
18 July 2024 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano (our correspondent in Colombia)
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 [...]
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”
16 February 2024 by Janet H. Anderson (our correspondent in The Hague)
The two questions being debated from Monday 19 February - by 52 States and 3 international organisations - at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) goes all at once to the heart of the conflict that is raging, of the world lega [...]
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
19 October 2023 by Julia Crawford (Justice Info)
The UN and NGOs say atrocities are continuing in Ethiopia, despite a peace agreement, and the government’s approach to transitional justice is flawed. But the latest session of the UN Human Rights Council ended last week without r [...]
Refugees in Ethiopia Ethiopia promises transitional justice once again
2 March 2023 by Julia Crawford
Ethiopia signed a peace agreement in November. In January, the government published a draft document on “policy options” for transitional justice. In February, it moved to try and end a UN expert commission that has pointed to pos [...]
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The new president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, delivers a speech on a podium. In the background: the Colombian flag.
8 November 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
The Colombian president Gustavo Petro opens door to a new transitional justice system Right after taking office as president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro has announced his intention to try and negotiate peace with the country’s remaining armed groups and major organized crime cartels. But it is unclear what kind of t [...]
Colonel Rubén Darío Castro speaks to victims of
2 May 2022 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: The day 10 army officials accused of false positives faced their victims It was an unprecedented scene in Colombia. On April 27 and 28, in the heart of the mountainous region of Catatumbo, 10 members of the national army admitted to the murder of 120 civilians in front of the victims’ families. A major [...]
A woman (from behind) wearing a
4 March 2022 by Paula Gaviria
Getting Back to What Matters: Victim Voices and the Making of International Law (3/3) In this third and final episode of Justice Info's series on the Peace Treaty Initiative, the author highlights the many benefits of involving victims of an armed conflict in both negotiations and peace implementation. Provided tha [...]
Two men shake hands with the help of a third, all wearing white shirts (symbol of peace in Colombia)
28 February 2022 by Mark Freeman and Louise Mallinder
Negotiating amnesties, peace and justice: A new path (2/3) In peace negotiations, amnesties and justice are often presented as mutually exclusive tools. In reality, amnesties are systematically on the table and should be given a 'presumption of conformity' with international law, under cl [...]
Palestinian child standing in front of a gate without walls around it, in the middle of the ruins
24 February 2022 by Hesham Youssef
Here is a way for international law to better help end conflicts (1/3) The reality of war is back in the heart of Europe. This makes it all the more important to talk about peace – which means making the choice of negotiation more attractive, more organised and more flexible. After more than three ye [...]
The commissioners of the Colombian Truth Commission are sworn in by Juan Manuel Santos
24 January 2022 by Adriana Rudling
Can Colombia be a model for the post truth commission period? In Colombia, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a main historic component of the 2016 Peace Agreement and is due to close its doors in June 2022. The author considers its potential for long-term impact, in light of a study [...]
Eduardo Cifuentes
27 July 2021 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Eduardo Cifuentes: “This dialogue between victims and perpetrators is unprecedented” JUSTICE INFO IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Eduardo Cifuentes President of Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) Eduardo Cifuentes is the president of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the judicial arm of the transitional justice [...]
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 [...]
Youssef Babiker Kafi, Sudan
30 April 2021 by Gwenaëlle Lenoir
Sudan: Transitional justice in quarantine It's everywhere, all the time, in all the documents. But two years after the revolution in Sudan, transitional justice is stalled. How can the country reconcile peace and justice? How can it take account of regional specificities? [...]
Palestinians try to escape debris blown up by the Israeli army's shelling of a home in Gaza
23 March 2021 by Janet H. Anderson
The ten obstacles the ICC prosecutor faces in investigating Palestine Some of those who support Israel see the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an existential threat. Here is a first set of ten obstacles that the Hague Court, which has taken a fight with a muscular opponent in the most heated r [...]
Graphic extrajudicial executions patterns over time, in Colombia
9 March 2021 by Andrés Bermúdez Liévano
Colombia: the ‘false positive’ number that sets off a political storm Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has published key findings, including an incomplete and stunning number of civilians murdered by the military and passed off as rebels killed in combat – the infamous “false positive [...]
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 [...]