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Colombia’s Transitional Justice: A view of Chief Prosecutor of the JEP
In this lecture Chief Prosecutor and head of the IAU Dr Giovani Alvarez will discuss progress of transitional justice in Colombia and challenges for the future.
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Taking Stock of the Participation of Third Parties in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia.
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP) is the justice component of the Colombian Transitional Justice Mechanism created as part of the 2016 peace accord with the FARC-EP. The SJP seeks to held accountable all actors of the conflict for their role in during the armed conflict (1958-2016).
ReD Youth meet Timochenko and teach Colombians to navigate the uncertainty of transition by nurturing a culture of dialogue
February 04 / 2020 Since December 2016, 185 FARC-EP ex-combatants have been killed and 29 assassination attempts have occurred. In January 2020 alone, five murders and two assassination attempts were reported. The alarming levels of insecurity around Ituango’s Reincorporation Zone in Antioquia have led 60 FARC ex-combatants and their families to take the decision to […]
FARC’s Reincorporation: the outlook for 2020
The 2016 Final Peace Agreement set in motion the laying down of arms by the FARC-EP and the political, social and economic processes of reincorporation. As set out in Chapter 3 of the agreement, these processes seek to close the chapter of conflict and allow the FARC-EP to actively contribute, along with all Colombians, to co-existence and the non-recurrence of violence. After three years, this snapshot looks to what 2020 might bring for reincorporation in Colombia.
Approval of 16 congressional seats to victims of the armed conflict
January 29 / 2020 Embrace Dialogue praises the decision by Colombia’s President of the Senate to approve the 16 congressional seats for the regions most affected by the armed conflict. This decision strengthens democracy, acknowledges the victims of the conflict, and honours the constitutional mandate to fulfill the Peace Agreement, but only if the electoral […]
Extrajudicial executions presented as deaths in combat by State agents, or “false positives”
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has an open preliminary examination against the Colombian State since 2004 for crimes against humanity.
An introduction to reincorporation in Colombia
This snapshot present an introduction to reincorporation in Colombia and its challenges.
Avances y Retos: Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas en Colombia
El número de personas desaparecidas en Colombia se estima que es de al menos tres veces mayor que el de la dictadura de Argentina, rodeando las 100.000 víctimas.
Progress in 2019 and challenges for 2020
This snapshot offer some timely reflections about the TC’s progress in 2019 and we highlight some of the key challenges that lie ahead in 2020.
Children and adolescents talk to the Truth Commission
In this snapshot we explore how Colombia’s Truth Commission (TC) is working with children and young people to sow the seeds for an inclusive peace.