Abstract

SUAREZ LOPEZ, Beatriz Eugenia  and  JARAMILLO RUIZ, Felipe. The Satisfaction of the Right of Justice under the Colombian Peace Process. A Look at Developments in the Field of Criminal Responsibility in the Context of a Peace Process and Current International Standards. Estud. Socio-Juríd [online]. 2014, vol.16, n.2, pp.61-88. ISSN 0124-0579.  https://doi.org/10.12804/esj16.02.2014.02.

With the purpose of comparing the peace agreements that were carried out in Colombia during the decades of the 80s and 90s and the current negotiation process that is taking place in Havana with the Farc, the article identifies the lessons of the peace processes selected and discusses their relevance to the negotiation in progress. In particular, the article explicates how the right to justice of the victims, and the amnesties and pardons to members of illegal armed groups, were addressed in the past. Furthermore, the article examines the Legislative Act 1 of 2012, which establishes the so-called 'Legal Framework for Peace’. Thus, it highlights the possible consequences in regards to international responsibility of the Colombian State and of the perpetrators of international crimes.

Keywords : peace process; International Criminal Court; the right to justice; victims’ rights; legal framework for peace; transitional justice.

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