Special Jurisdiction for Peace

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The Special Jurisdiction for Peace is Colombia’s transitional justice tribunal created under the 2016 peace agreement to investigate, judge, and sanction serious crimes committed during the armed conflict.

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Special Jurisdiction for Peace canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body ⓘ
special court ⓘ
transitional justice tribunal ⓘ
aimsTo guarantee non-repetition of serious crimes ⓘ
guarantee victims’ rights to justice ⓘ
guarantee victims’ rights to reparation ⓘ
guarantee victims’ rights to truth ⓘ
appliesTo serious crimes committed during the Colombian armed conflict ⓘ
canGrant amnesty for political and related crimes ⓘ
cannotGrant amnesty for crimes against humanity ⓘ
amnesty for genocide ⓘ
amnesty for serious war crimes ⓘ
cooperatesWith Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition Commission ⓘ
Unit for the Search for Persons Deemed Missing ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
establishedBy 2016 Colombian peace agreement ⓘ
Final Agreement to End the Armed Conflict and Build a Stable and Lasting Peace ⓘ
establishedInYear 2016 ⓘ
focusesOnCrimes crimes against humanity ⓘ
grave human rights violations ⓘ
serious violations of international humanitarian law ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
hasChamber Chamber for Acknowledgment of Truth, Responsibility and Determination of Facts and Conduct ⓘ
Chamber for Amnesty or Pardon ⓘ
Chamber for the Definition of Legal Situations ⓘ
hasSection Appeals Section ⓘ
Investigation and Indictment Unit ⓘ
Peace Tribunal ⓘ
Review Section ⓘ
hasTemporalJurisdictionFrom 1985 ⓘ
hasTemporalJurisdictionTo 2016 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bogotá ⓘ
jurisdiction Colombia ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Colombian Constitution ⓘ
Statutory Law 1957 of 2019 ⓘ
mandate investigate serious crimes committed during the armed conflict ⓘ
prosecute serious crimes committed during the armed conflict ⓘ
sanction serious crimes committed during the armed conflict ⓘ
oversees demobilized FARC-EP members who submit to its jurisdiction ⓘ
state agents who submit to its jurisdiction ⓘ
third parties who significantly contributed to crimes and voluntarily submit ⓘ
partOf Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition ⓘ
sanctionType ordinary prison sentences for those who do not acknowledge responsibility ⓘ
special sanctions for those who acknowledge responsibility ⓘ
shortName JEP ⓘ
Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction acts directly or indirectly related to the armed conflict ⓘ
usesMechanism conditional sanctions ⓘ
restorative justice ⓘ

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Judicial branch of Colombia → hasCourt → Special Jurisdiction for Peace ⓘ