Colombia's foreign minister to meet with UN Secretary General over war crimes tribunal crisis
by Stephen Gill March 12, 2019
Colombia’s foreign minister will meet with the secretary general of the United Nations after the international organization expressed “regret” over President Ivan Duque‘s refusal to sign off on the country’s war crimes tribunal.
Carlos Holmes Trujillo will visit Antonio Guterres, to explain “in detail” why Duque chose to fly in face of the the Constitutional Court and return a statutory bill that defines the powers of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to Congress.
Trujillo’s visit to New York will be with the purpose of “making known the reasons that led President Duque to present the objections, the scope and content of these objections,” the minister told Blu, the radio station run by Duque’s brother in law.
Duque has opposed Colombia’s peace process since before coming to power last year and in particular the JEP, which could see many of his political allies and economic backers formally linked to war crimes.
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