Core Elements of Transitional Justice
What is Transitional Justice?
Transitional justice mechanisms include prosecutions, truth-seeking, reparations, and institutional reform. States can utilize national consultations with victims, affected communities, and the public generally to determine the needs of the victims and the aims of the transitional justice process. This is fundamental to deciding the types of transitional justice mechanisms to establish. A state can complement these national consultations with an analysis of the successes and failures of other states’ transitional justice processes to decide the best mix of mechanisms to adapt to that state’s unique situation.
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Case Study: Transitional Justice in Colombia
[BBC News] Colombia Profile - Timeline
This profile, published by BBC News in August 2018, provides a chronology of key events in Colombian history.
Click here to read the BBC News article, Colombia Profile - Timeline.
[CRS] Colombia: Background and U.S. Relations
This Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, released in February 2019, provides background on Colombia’s political and economic situation, its peace accords, and U.S. relations and policy.
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[CFR] Backgrounder: Colombia’s Civil Conflict
This Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) backgrounder, published in January 2017, contextualizes the historic peace agreement that charts a path to sustainable peace after decades of civil war between The Colombian government and FARC.
Click here to read the CFR backgrounder, Colombia’s Civil Conflict.
Summary of Colombia’s Agreement to End Conflict and Build Peace
This document contains a summary of the Final Agreement reached at the Negotiation Table in Havana between the Government of Colombia and the FARC–EP. It describes the goals of the agreement and the mechanisms agreed upon, with respect to the six agenda items discussed, as part of the General Agenda of the General Agreement for Ending Conflict and Building a Stable and Long-Lasting Peace.
[La Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia] La Violencia
This publication from he National Library of Colombia contextualizes how the FARC grew in power.
Click here to read the Spanish publication from the National Library of Colombia, La Violencia.
Orientaciones para la Elaboración de Informes: Dirigidos Jursidicción Especial para la Paz (JEP)
This memorandum describes the process of submitting to the Colombian courts and the structure of the JEP.