In a country where many, especially in the political arena, still tend to see Colombian society as divided in two almost irreconcilable and immovable halves, the very personal processes - away from the public spotlight - of victims are illustrative of a more complex reality. Without setting aside their personal convictions and critiques of the peace agreement, they value the transitional justice’s achievements and are actively contributing to making them happen. Justice Info spoke with two of them.
The day of reckoning has finally arrived, between June 21 and 23 in Colombia, when seven former commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) faced their victims in the kidnapping of thousands of people. Following a similar hearing with army officials in April, it was another milestone for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and the transitional justice system stemming from Colombia’s 2016 peace deal.
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