Avoiding amnesty in the age of accountability: Colombia's proposal for alternative sentencing
One of the more conspicuous symptoms of the anti-impunity movement in transitional justice is a growing objection towards the use of amnesty. While international standards are slowly but surely building a legal barricade to prevent amnesty and impunity, states are searching far alternative measures...
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00013221022019-05-14Avoiding amnesty in the age of accountability: Colombia's proposal for alternative sentencingSavini, Lucía E. M.amnestytransitional justiceaccountabilityimpunityColombiaFARCtruthjusticereparatíonsalternative sentencesamnistíajusticia transicionalresponsabilidadimpunidadColombiaFARCverdadjusticiareparacionessentencias alternativasOne of the more conspicuous symptoms of the anti-impunity movement in transitional justice is a growing objection towards the use of amnesty. While international standards are slowly but surely building a legal barricade to prevent amnesty and impunity, states are searching far alternative measures capable of persuading hostile actors to demobilise. One promising solution to this is Colombia's proposal far prosecutions accompanied by alternative sentencing under the Marco Jurídíco de la Paz, which aims to demobilize the guerillas and end a 50-year conflict. But for this proposal to be a genuine alternative to amnesty rather than a política! attempt to avoid international legal obligations, it must satisfy victims' requirements for truth, justice and reparations. This paper examines the potential use of alternative sentencing as a mechanism of transitional justice within the scope of the "age of accountability".Uno de los más destacados síntomas del movimiento de lucha contra la impunidad en la justicia transicional es la creciente objeción al uso de amnistías. Mientras los estándares internacionales construyen, lenta pero firmemente, una barricada legal para prevenir la impunidad y el uso de amnistías, los estados buscan medidas alternativas capaces de persuadir a los actores hostiles para su desmovilización. Una solución prometedora a dicha complicación es la propuesta colombiana de acompañar los procesamientos o acciones de carácter penal con sentencias alternativas previstas bajo el marco jurídico de la paz, el cual trata de desmovilizar a las guerrillas y poner fin a un conflicto que ha durado 50 años. Sin embargo, para que esta propuesta se convierta en una alternativa genuina a la amnistía en lugar de quedarse en un intento político de evitar obligaciones legales internacionales, deberá satisfacer las exigencias de las víctimas en relación a la verdad, la justicia y las reparaciones. Este artículo examina el potencial de la condena alternativa como un mecanismo de justicia transicional en el ámbito de la "era de la responsabilidad".2015text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5588420(Revista) ISSN 1885-298XAnuario de acción humanitaria y derechos humanos = Yearbook of humanitarian action and human rights, ISSN 1885-298X, Nº 13, 2015, pags. 125-158engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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One of the more conspicuous symptoms of the anti-impunity movement in transitional justice is a growing objection towards the use of amnesty.
While international standards are slowly but surely building a legal barricade
to prevent amnesty and impunity, states are searching far alternative measures
capable of persuading hostile actors to demobilise. One promising solution to this
is Colombia's proposal far prosecutions accompanied by alternative sentencing
under the Marco Jurídíco de la Paz, which aims to demobilize the guerillas and
end a 50-year conflict. But for this proposal to be a genuine alternative to amnesty
rather than a política! attempt to avoid international legal obligations, it must
satisfy victims' requirements for truth, justice and reparations. This paper examines
the potential use of alternative sentencing as a mechanism of transitional justice
within the scope of the "age of accountability".
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