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Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) established Thursday that the Colombian army killed at least 6,402 civilians between 2002 and 2008 and falsely presented the killings as combat casualties.
This case is known as “false positives” and the JEP is investigating the killings by a “bottom up” approach. Those that are responsible at the local level will be identified first with factual and legal steps involved. The investigation will then move on to the regional and national level.
The government and the FARC signed a Peace Agreement that created the JEP to administer transitional justice and deal with crimes of armed conflict on both sides prior to December 1, 2016. It is a temporary court and its existence may not exceed 20 years.
The UN Human Rights Office welcomed the progress of the investigation and acknowledged JEP’s “important steps in the fight against impunity.”
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This case is known as “false positives” and the JEP is investigating the killings by a “bottom up” approach. Those that are responsible at the local level will be identified first with factual and legal steps involved. The investigation will then move on to the regional and national level.
The government and the FARC signed a Peace Agreement that created the JEP to administer transitional justice and deal with crimes of armed conflict on both sides prior to December 1, 2016. It is a temporary court and its existence may not exceed 20 years.
The UN Human Rights Office welcomed the progress of the investigation and acknowledged JEP’s “important steps in the fight against impunity.”
The post Colombia peace court launches investigation into 6,402 civilian killings by military appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
Continue reading...
Note: We don't have any responsibilities about this news. Its been posted here by Feed Reader and we had no controls and checking on it. And because News posted here will be deleted automatically after 21 days, threads are closed so that no one spend time to post and discuss here. You can always check the source and discuss in their site.