Where the Silence Breaks | Ep 3 – Colombia | Documentary

Colombia continues to navigate the delicate aftermath of greater than 5 many years 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 wherein harmless civilians had been executed, then falsely introduced as fight casualties by the federal government as a approach 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 throughout the framework of the Particular Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the justice mechanism established underneath 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 analyze, prosecute and sanction these most accountable for critical human rights violations. The system gives two pathways: a restorative course of for many who acknowledge accountability, present full fact, and contribute to reparation and ensures of non-repetition; and an adversarial course of for many who don’t.

Presently, 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 legal prosecution for non-most-responsible members.

A movie by Fatima Lianes