Staff undermines Colombia tribunal trying former rebels -attorney general

Staff undermines Colombia tribunal trying former rebels -attorney general Reuters BOGOTA (Reuters) - Officials from the special Colombian tribunal tasked with trying crimes related to the country's five decades of conflict may have covered up the non-compliance of several former rebel commanders with a peace accord, the attorney general said on Friday. The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal, founded under a 2016 peace deal between the government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, will try cases considered representative of the war's violence and mete out sentences to ex-guerrillas, paramilitaries and government soldiers convicted of war crimes and human rights violations The post Staff undermines Colombia tribunal trying former rebels -attorney general appeared first on Firstpost. FirstPost Unsubscribe from these notifications or sign in to manage your Email Applets.