Communiqué on transparency and publicity of decree-laws and process management of the Constitutional Court, in the fast-track
By Dejusticia |
What is the balance of the constitutional reform project on the JEP?
By Diana Isabel Güiza Gómez, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
On February 14, Rodrigo Uprimny participated in the hearing convened by the First Committee of the Senate to discuss the constitutional reform project that creates the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and regulates the special treatment of the Public Force. This reform is two debates from being approved by the Senate. Find here the document on which your intervention was based and which gives an overview of this project
The Integral System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition, as the axis of the purposes of coexistence and peace: joint statement
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The civil society organizations and academics who subscribe to this document agree that we are facing a unique opportunity for the changes and adjustments that our democracy requires to definitively overcome the causes and consequences of the armed conflict and to guarantee the stability and durability of peace.
Five points that concern us about the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the special treatment of the public force
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The House of Representatives has already approved the constitutional reform that creates the Special Peace Jurisdiction (JEP) and regulates the special treatment to the public force. This project, which will give life to the transitional justice mechanism to investigate and punish the crimes committed during the conflict, is two debates in the Senate from becoming a reality.
Joint communiqué on the implementation of the Peace Agreement in the territories with coca and marijuana crops in Colombia
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Dejusticia, the Transnational Institute of the Netherlands, WOLA and OCDI-Indepaz sign joint communiqué on anti-drug policy in the implementation of the peace agreement.
Press Release on the Draft Legislative Act of the Integral System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition
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Academics and organizations, including Dejusticia, sign a communiqué to present analysis on the political convention and constitutional justification of the Draft Legislative Act 02 of 2016 Chamber, accumulated with the Draft Legislative Act 03 of 2016, which among other things creates the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition, in what includes the JEP and regulates the special criminal treatment for state agents.
Why certain parts of the peace accord should have legal force? Comments on the Senate’s draft bill 01 of 2016
By Diana Isabel Güiza Gómez, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes |
The following text presents some reflections to the public and the national Congress related to the constitutional reform project that seeks to give stability and judicial security to the peace accord signed between the Colombia government and the FARC on November 24th, 2016.
Bojayá indigenous people claim their right to vote
By Dejusticia |
Almost 70% of people from Bojayá did not vote on the peace plebiscite. A part of this group was composed by indigenous communities who claim that they were not able to reach the ballot box.
Rodrigo Uprimny’s presentation in Senate hearing: endorsement and fast-track
By Dejusticia |
Rodrigo Umprimny's participation in Senate hearing on November 29, 2016.
