Colombia military reform allows impunity for war criminals: UN

The United Nations warned Colombia that its proposed military justice reform could allow impunity of war crimes on Tuesday.

Among other organizations’ protests, the UN High Commission for Human Rights urged President Juan Manuel Santos and Congress President Roy Barreras to review a proposed judicial military reform and to consider its potential consequences of soldiers and police escaping justice.

The UN already expressed concern for the reform in October and are reiterating their pending apprehension of the proposed bill which they believe sends the “

Colombia’s Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, however, has defended the reform, stating that “

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