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The uncertain future of Colombia's war crimes tribunal
by Adriaan Alsema February 8, 2019
The future of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal has become uncertain after the senate’s far-right president sent an allegedly incomplete competency bill to his counterpart in the house of representatives.
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace has been investigating war crimes for over a year, but the bill that would regulate the court’s competencies was deformed before it arrived at the president of the House of Representatives, Liberal lawmaker Alejandro Carlos Chacon.
Key elements of the bill, for example the protection of victims rights and the contribution to peace, had disappeared from the bill after it left the office of far-right Senate president Ernesto Macias of President Ivan Duque‘s Democratic Center party.
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The latest delay in approving the key legislation follows years of attempts to sink the war crimes tribunal by Duque and his party, which is closely tied to alleged war criminals.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-uncertain-future-of-colombias-war-crimes-tribunal/
