No jail for FARC members in exchange for peace: Congress .
No jail for FARC members in exchange for peace: Congress .
Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:31 Joey O'Gorman
Excluding those responsible for human rights abuses, Colombia's Congress promises that members of the FARC, the group responsible for thousands of deaths, kidnappings, forced disappearances and forced displacements, will not go to jail in exchange for peace.
When peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC were formally begun in Norway's capital Oslo on Thursday, president of the Senate Roy Barreras said that, "some of the combatants would not have custodial sentences."
Barreras said that although there won't be amnesties, the Legal Framework for Peace allows for the application of transitional justice, a form of justice traditionally used where agreements and deals are made to help achieve peace.
"It is possible that in exchange for peace some members of the FARC would not go to prison," said Barreras. "The peace framework allows for the application of transitional justice and alternative mechanisms for justice that can allow for the suspension of penalties, and the eventual political participation of the combatants, excluding those responsible for crimes against humanity."
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