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.
Sanctions in Colombia’s justice process: How to get it right
The way Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace will impose sanctions on individuals it has held responsible for serious crimes is crucial to the whole transitional justice model. And it is yet to be clarified by the tribunal. Human Rights Watch Juanita Goebertus and Juan Pappier lay down the principles that presided over the peace agreement. […]
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