Where the Silence Breaks | Ep 3 – Colombia | Documentary

Colombia continues to navigate the delicate aftermath of greater than 5 a long time of armed battle. Though the 2016 peace settlement formally ended hostilities between the state and the FARC-EP rebels, sustaining peace has confirmed much more advanced than signing it.

This episode follows former members of the nationwide military accused of finishing up the so-called “falsos positivos” (false positives) — extrajudicial executions through which harmless civilians had been executed, then falsely offered as fight casualties by the federal government as a method to bolster the numbers of enemies killed. Troopers testified to their involvement within the assassinations to the households of the victims as a part of the peace course of. We additionally discover the struggling and anguish of those that have had their households devastated by these killings.

Their testimonies unfold inside the framework of the Particular Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the justice mechanism established below the peace settlement between the Colombian state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP).

The JEP applies a mannequin of transitional and restorative justice centred on victims and with full ensures of due course of. Its mandate is to research, prosecute and sanction these most accountable for severe human rights violations. The system offers two pathways: a restorative course of for many who acknowledge accountability, present full reality, and contribute to reparation and ensures of non-repetition; and an adversarial course of for many who don’t.

At present, greater than 17,000 people are showing earlier than the JEP, together with former FARC-EP members, members of the armed forces, and civilian third events. The jurisdiction has issued indictments for optimum accountability, delivered restorative and adversarial sentences, and conditionally waived felony prosecution for non-most-responsible individuals.

A movie by Fatima Lianes