"Colombia's JEP issues first individual sentences under 2016 peace deal, focusing on victims' justice and reconciliation. Bogota, Colombia Seven ex-leaders of the demobilised Colombian FARC rebels have been convicted over the kidnappings of tens of thousands of people during their half-century of conflict with the state. The decisions, handed down on Tuesday by Colombia's transitional justice body, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), mark the first individual sentences imposed in the restorative justice process set out in the 2016 peace deal."
"The JEP, established in 2017, issued proper sanctions on the seven former rebels, sentencing them to eight years of reparations obligatory work helping clear land mines and search for missing persons. More than 450,000 people died in the more than 50-year conflict, according to Colombia's Truth Commission, with more than 50,000 documented kidnappings between 1990 and 2018. The FARC is believed to be responsible for 40 percent of these kidnappings."
Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) issued the first individual sentences under the 2016 peace deal by convicting seven former FARC leaders for kidnappings and war crimes. The seven were declared senior FARC-EP leaders and criminally responsible for hostage-taking and murder. The JEP sentenced them to eight years of reparations and obligatory work clearing land mines and searching for missing persons. The conflict caused more than 450,000 deaths and over 50,000 documented kidnappings between 1990 and 2018; FARC is believed responsible for 40 percent of those kidnappings. The sanctioned leaders include Rodrigo Londono (Timochenko), Pablo Catatumbo and Julian Gallo; two are serving senators under the peace accord. The sentences illustrate restorative justice focused on victims' reparation and reconciliation.
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