Law and Reconciliation in Colombia
Law and Reconciliation in Colombia
By
Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, Nelson Camilo Sanchez
Here's how to achieve both justice and reconciliation.
Ultimately, the success of any peace agreement between the Colombian government and the country’s largest guerrilla group, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC), will hinge on reconciliation. A successful process of reconciliation requires finding the balance between defending the rights of victims and gaining the trust of former combatants—members of the armed forces and the FARC—that they are not being unfairly punished.
But this balance already appears complicated by widespread public suspicion of the FARC....
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