Marta Lucía Ramírez underlined the importance that the victims of the conflict obtain truth, justice and reparation
The vice president and foreign minister emphasized the need to adopt measures so that these types of crimes are not repeated indefinitely in Colombian territory. Photo: Colprensa Archive
The high government asked the JEP to prioritize the opening of a macro case for crimes of sexual violence against the freedom and integrity of women during the conflict.
The person in charge of making this call was the vice president and chancellor, Marta Lucía Ramírez, who, In a two-page letter addressed to the president of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Eduardo Cifuentes, he emphasized the importance that the victims of the conflict obtain truth, justice and reparation, in addition to punishing the perpetrators.
“With the greatest respect for the independence and autonomy of public powers, but with the conviction of the importance of collaborating with each other in matters of such importance for the country, I reiterate that it would be an invaluable element, Mr. President, that these victims obtain truth, justice and reparation for the violence suffered”, can be read in the letter signed by the vice president chancellor.
Next, Ramírez emphasized that “in recent history we find very valuable elements that should serve to make decisions that prevent and have a true dissuasive and reflective effect to avoid the repetition of such aberrant events as those that the Colombian nation has suffered for so many years”.< /p>
The official highlighted the need to adopt measures so that these types of crimes are not repeated indefinitely in Colombian territory.
He also stressed that “the cruelty of these cases reminds us of the need to work in all branches of public power and from all sectors of Colombian society, to develop actions that improve the promotion and protection of Human Rights, taking special care in prevention as well as in justice and in the rights of victims.”
Finally, the also foreign minister praised the actions that the national government has advanced to guarantee equality for women they must also be articulated and count “with the help of all institutions, to foresee in the future that there is no tolerance whatsoever with the violation of the rights of girls, boys and women; among others, precisely because the urgent need to achieve justice in the matter of sexual violence has become evident, since impunity in this matter opens the space for the indefinite repetition of this infamy”.
The letter can be read in its entirety below:
With protection, the victims of El Nogal await clarity on their case in the JEP
Before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the victims of the terrorist attack on the El Nogal club, in Bogotá, filed an action guardianship arguing the lack of clarity about the future of the case, after a first instance ruling ordered the JEP to open a macro case on the attack.
The transitional justice court challenged the decision and to date, the victims denounce that they have not been notified, despite having requested it, nor do they know if there is, or not, a decision on the appeal of the peace court.
According to the text of the guardianship in Blu Radio, the victims argue that, “in the present case it is possible to appreciate a clear omission on the part of the authority in question, in the terms of the immediately preceding rule, since that it has omitted its duty to give a prompt substantive response to the petition submitted, thus configuring an open violation of the right to petition and due process.”
They also point out, according to information from El Tiempo, their right to due process has been violated, because in response to their requests, the court of peace would have let the terms expire. Well, it is worth remembering the term of 30 business days that the JEP Appeals Section gave last March 9 to open new macro-cases of the jurisdiction on the crimes committed by the former FARC-EP, by members of the public force and other agents. of the State.