Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) - News from Justice Info
JEP: a risky deal
All our news articles and expert analyses on the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP in Spanish). This is the judicial component of the transitional justice process in Colombia. It is based on a "legal compromise" that basically says: if you accept responsibility, if you tell the truth, if you express remorse and undertake to make reparation, you will not be imprisoned. It's a risky deal. And it's controversial. Justice Info deciphers all the news from this atypical court and provides reliable, accurate and balanced information.
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 system stemming from the 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). A former Constitutional Court […]
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