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Court deals blow to Duque and US ambassador in favor of Colombia's war crimes tribunal
by Adriaan Alsema March 14, 2019
The constitutional court dealt a major blow to President Ivan Duque and US Ambassador Kevin Whitaker who sought to limit the powers of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal.
In a ruling on Wednesday, the court confirmed that the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has the power to demand evidence in the case of extradition requests.
The court also ruled against a special chamber for members of the military who are accused or convicted for war crimes.
The ruling solidifies the power of the JEP days after Duque, with the controversial support of Whitaker, refused to sign off on the war crimes tribunal’s statutory law saying, among others, that these two elements of the bill were “inconvenient.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/court-deals-blow-to-duque-and-us-ambassador-in-favor-of-colombias-war-crimes-tribunal/