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8 Jun 2014, 12:36 pm
[JURIST] Colombia's government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Sunday agreed to create a truth commission to investigate the deaths of thousands of people in the last five decades of the country's conflict. [read post]
25 Jun 2016, 3:43 am
The Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) have signed a bilateral ceasefire agreement and laying down of weapons. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 7:05 am
The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos [BBC profile], granted amnesty [press release, in Spanish] Monday to 3,252 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 9:38 am
[JURIST] The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a ceasefire [materials, in Spanish], marking an end to more than 50 years of armed conflict between the two groups. [read post]
26 Aug 2016, 7:37 am
The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People's Army reached a peace agreement [text, in Spanish, PDF] on Wednesday. [read post]
11 Jun 2022, 4:13 am
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday announced Colombia’s extradition of an alleged former senior commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to the US on charges of “leading a continuing criminal enterprise and participating in an international cocaine manufacture and distribution conspiracy. [read post]
27 Sep 2016, 11:24 am
The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement [text, in Spanish] on Monday that ends a more than 50-year conflict. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 4:41 am
[JURIST] Members of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government reached an agreement on Wednesday regarding punishing civil rights abuses, a move commended [press release] by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile]. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 9:51 am
It is expected that the proposed law, backed by President Juan Manuel Santos [official website, in Spanish], will assist the government in engaging in peace negotiations with Leftist rebel groups including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the smaller National Liberation Army (ELN) [BBC backgrounders] and stop the... [read post]
3 May 2011, 4:44 am
Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), including information on criminal activities, such as drug trafficking and kidnapping; state response to criminal activity (2009 - February 2011) [read post]
6 Jun 2018, 9:29 am
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] submitted an amicus brief [text] to the Colombian Constitutional Court [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday [press release] calling for changes to the Special Jurisdiction of Peace bill—a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 12:52 pm
[JURIST] Colombia's government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [JURIST news archive] announced on Saturday that they have agreed to help one another in removing landmines from rural areas of the country. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 6:10 am
The Guardian February 27, 2012 "Colombia's largest rebel group, which was once responsible for most of the world's kidnappings, has announced it will stop abducting people for ransom.The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) said it would free the remaining 10 police and soldiers it is holding, some of whom have been in captivity in the jungle for 14 years. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 10:22 am
Yesid Alvarado Reyes [official website, in Spanish], Colombian Minister of Justice and Law, explained that members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [BBC backgrounder] who have been convicted of minor crimes, such as rebellion or illegal possession of weapons, are expected to be released by the end of the year. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 8:47 am
Colombian voters on Sunday narrowly rejected the peace deal negotiated between President Juan Manuel Santos [official website] and Timoleon Jimenez, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). [read post]
25 Nov 2016, 7:30 am
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon [official profile] on Thursday expressed hope [statement] that a new peace deal [text, PDF, Spanish] between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government would help bring an end to a decades-old violent conflict in the nation. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 6:09 am
Colombia's Congress approved a peace accord [text, PDF, in Spanish] Wednesday with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). [read post]
23 May 2023, 11:48 am
EMC is an offshoot of the now-disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 8:47 am
Colombian Congress approved [press release; Spanish] a measure Wednesday granting amnesty to low-level Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [BBC backgrounder] guerrillas who have not committed atrocious crimes. [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 4:50 pm
[JURIST] Colombian President Alvaro Uribe [official profile, in Spanish] has called for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [CFR backgrounder] guerrillas to abandon arms and release political hostages, promising those who respond to the call a reward and freedom. [read post]
