Timeline for entries tagged “Truth Commission”

A chronology of events related to peace, security, and human rights in Colombia.

February 18, 2020

Seven top former FARC commanders meet in a closed session with Colombia’s Truth Commission. They announce an agreement to provide reports on seven topics: land and territory; counter-insurgency; insurgency; blocs and fronts; FARC relations with the civilian population; FARC politics; and “self-criticism.”

Photo source: Truth Commission Flickr account

Tags: Transitional Justice, Truth Commission

January 27, 2020

Truth Commission President Francisco De Roux says that the Defense Ministry has gone a year without honoring requests for classified files necessary for the elaboration of the Commission’s report. De Roux says he has spent more than a month seeking a meeting with Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, whose order could probably produce the needed files.

Tags: Civil-Military Relations, Defense Ministry, Transitional Justice, Truth Commission