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FARC revelations on three political murders: a test for Colombia: The former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia dropped a bombshell, last month, claiming responsibility over the murders of three high-profile public officials in the 1990s.…
Colombians pressure FARC into admitting child soldiers: Last month, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace – known as JEP – has decided to allow public preliminary hearings. This has helped former members of…
Kabuga’s transfer to the Mechanism: Is it the right thing to do?: The surprise arrest in May of an old Rwandan man, soon after the end of lockdown in a chic Paris suburb, is having knock-on consequences.…
Why the Dutch are threatening to take Syria to court: To the surprise and satisfaction of all those who are campaigning to hold Bashar al-Assad’s regime to account, the Netherlands, best known for its appetite…
Colombia: The Hall of Never Again sends out distress signals: The Hall of Never Again is one of Colombia’s best known memorials. It was conceived by victims of the civil war in Granada, a town…
Colombia: Uribe vs transitional justice: Former president Alvaro Uribe, Colombia’s most powerful politician and a staunch opponent to the 2016 peace deal, was placed under house early this month for…
Why Colombia’s TRC lacks business support: Two major oil companies presented, on July 30, 2020, a report to Colombia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, documenting more than 3,600 attacks on oil infrastructures…
How Covid-19 can derail reparations in Colombia’s Amazon: The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating the entire Amazon basin, just as one of Colombia’s most ambitious redress programs for indigenous victims in this remote rainforest…
The ICC is looking for a new prosecutor – and it starts with a surprise: On June 30, the selection committee in charge of submitting candidates for the most important job at the International Criminal Court – the Prosecutor –…
The Colombian transitional justice’s paramilitary dilemma: Colombia’s transitional justice has a seemingly clear mission, to prosecute former members of the FARC and of the military who committed war crimes during the…
Covid-19 pushes reparations further away in Colombia: The Covid-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the work of Colombia’s transitional justice since the country went into mandatory lockdown at the end of March. While…
FARC’s kidnappings: from “retention” to criminal confinement: The legal case on kidnappings by FARC will be a major test for Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace – the judicial arm of the country’s…
Political tussle over truth and memory in Colombia: Truth is purportedly the first casualty of war. It is also the object of constant wrangling in Colombia’s transition. While many Colombians are looking towards…
MH17: Why the Dutch ruled out war crimes charges: Three Russians and one Ukrainian are prosecuted by a Dutch court for the shooting down of a civilian aircraft in July 2014, killing all 298…
Looking for ways to address war crimes in Yemen: Up until now, the war in Yemen has not noticeably been a major focus for war crimes accountability campaigners. But in recent months some specific…
Will Colombia’s FARC be allowed to clear mines to repair their victims?: Colombian victims want to see the former guerrillas clearing landmines. The government less so. Delays, bureaucratic hurdles and the government’s lack of urgency are preventing…
Can 8,9 million victims have a say in Colombia’s transitional justice?: The way Kankuamo Indians got together two weeks ago, in northern Colombia, to review videos in which military described extra-judicial executions gives an insight into…
What penalties? Colombia’s justice challenge in 2020: Three years after the peace accords were signed, Colombians still ponder what sanctions will be applied to ex-FARC and members of Armed Forces. Colombia’s Special…
Pass the parcel at the ICC: The Assembly of State Parties of the International Criminal Court took place last week. It essentially came up with the creation of a 9-member expert…