Patricia Linares, the President of Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) A transitional justice system formed after the signing of a historic peace agreement with Colombia’s FARC rebels to ...

I am writing in response to your May 3 letter[1] regarding our criticisms of the proposed constitutional amendment known as the “Legal Framework for Peace.”[2] I would like to take this opportunity to ...

I am writing to express my serious concerns with the proposed constitutional amendment known as the “Legal Framework for Peace.” The apparent aim of the bill, which has passed five of eight required ...

Human rights researchers have long known that countries adopt international norms in different ways. A new working paper by Saskia Nauenberg Dunkell, a research affiliate at UCLA School of Law’s ...

There’s a saying Colombians use when talking about having to do something distasteful but necessary: “Sometimes, you have to swallow some frogs.” Today, as a spike in violence, crime, and drug ...

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in ...

After more than half a century of war, Colombia stands poised to usher in peace. The internal armed conflict between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government, the longest ...

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Women protest against machismo and the violation of all women's rights during a march to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, 2018 in Bogota, Colombia. With the election of a new president ...

One of the most prominent sticking points in Israeli–Palestinian negotiations is the right of return for Palestinian refugees. Yoav Kapshuk investigates how the concept of ‘transitional justice’, ...

In September, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist guerilla organization currently attempting to negotiate an end to its nearly five-decade armed conflict with the Colombian ...

Timing is everything. On September 20, Pope Francis met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana. Three days later, Cuban President Raúl Castro was photographed in a three-way handshake with ...