Criteria to application of amnesty and pardon in Special Jurisdiction of Peace in Colombia. A study based on international standards

CRITERIOS PARA LA APLICACIÓN DE LA AMNISTÍA Y EL INDULTO EN LA JURISDICCIÓN ESPECIAL PARA LA PAZ (JEP) EN COLOMBIA. UN ESTUDIO A PARTIR DE ESTÁNDARES INTERNACIONALES

This reflection paper establishes the criteria that should be taken into account in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) implemented from the Peace Agreement, signed between the National Government of Colombia and the FARC in 2016, in order to give application to the amnesty and pardon as "measures of the Integral System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition", to persons being investigated in this jurisdiction on occasion, for cause, or in direct or indirect relation to the armed conflict in Colombia. These criteria were identified based on international standards established by the IACHR, the ICC and the Constitutional Court of Colombia, in order to have unified guidelines, this with the intention that the Colombian State meet the commitment to investigate, clarify, prosecute and punish serious violations against human rights and violations of International Humanitarian Law.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21017/Rev.Repub.2021.v30.a95