Staff undermining Colombia tribunal trying former rebels: attorney general

Staff undermining 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. Some tribunal staff have hidden that former rebel commanders are not following the terms of the accord, attorney general Nestor Humberto Martinez said The post Staff undermining Colombia tribunal trying former rebels: attorney general appeared first on Firstpost. FirstPost Unsubscribe from these notifications or sign in to manage your Email Applets.