Abstract

TELLEZ NAVARRO, Román Francisco et al. Transitional justice in Colombia in the 21st century. rev.ces derecho [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.2, pp.162-189.  Epub Feb 22, 2022. ISSN 2145-7719.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesder.6426.

This article shows the way in which different governments carried out transitional justice processes in the 21st century. In accordance with the above, the document describes how, in this century, two processes with these characteristics were carried out. The first corresponds to the one carried out under the government of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, through the issuance of Law 975 of 2005 and the second the one executed by former President Juan Manual Santos Calderón and known as the Peace Agreement. The reader will find in this article the description of how each of these processes originated, as well as the organisms created or adapted to achieve submission to civil life, of the members of the groups outside the law, find those responsible and establish the respective sanctions. Finally, some important differences between the two processes will be established, which makes them unique.

Keywords : transitional justice; peace processes; truth commissions.

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