Table 1
An overview of the main indicators of the TJ principles with the AUC (2003–2017) and the FARC (2015–2022) in the matters of truth, reconciliation, reparations and justice. Table created by the authors using secondary sources.
| AUC, 2003–2017/35,317 EX-COMBATANTS (ACR, 2017) | FARC, 2015–2022/13,601 EX-COMBATANTS (KROC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES, 2022; UN-VMC, 2022) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Truth | |||
| Total number of allegations (Law 975 of 2005) | 82,563 | Testimonies (CEV) | 1,748 |
| Number of victims in allegations (Law 975 of 2005) | 211,013 | Participants in the testimonies (CEV) | 4,656 |
| Number of candidates for L975/05 (‘postulado’) (Law 975 of 2005) | 1,399 | Missing persons found alive (UBPD) | 5 |
| Number of enforcement court judgements in Transitional Justice | 55 | Dignified deliveries of human remains (UBPD) | 132 |
| Support sessions to the victims (Law 975 of 2005) | 906 | Recovered bodies (UBPD) | 344 |
| Total number of exhumed bodies | 8,736 | Biological samples (UBPD) | 2,380 |
| Number of identifiable bodies in the laboratory | 1,861 | Necropsy of unidentified bodies (UBPD) | 16,824 |
| Number of unidentifiable bodies in the laboratory | 2,574 | People search requests (UBPD) | 20,125 |
| Number of bodies delivered to the GRUBE Transitional Justice Department | 4,062 | ||
| Justice | |||
| Justice conditions resolved (Law 1424 of 2010) | 21,086 | Relevant decisions in open macro-cases and recognition of the FARC-EP’s responsibility (JEP) | 2/7 |
| Criminal charges for plea bargaining (Law 1424 of 2010) | 17,942 | Identification of victims in the macro-cases (JEP) | 21,396 |
| Condemnatory sentence -conviction- (Law 1424 of 2010) | 8,116 | Identification of victims of extrajudicial executions (2002–2008) (JEP) | 6,402 |
| Active processes of the Law 1424/2010 in the TJ department until June 30th, 2017 | 5,431 | Imputation of charges (i.e. State armed forces and civilians) linked to the extrajudicial executions (SRVR) | 26 |
| Group investigations copies and investigations filed of candidates excluded by Law 1424/10 candidates | 457 | ||
| Registered by Law 1424/10 (2017) | 24,841 | ||
| Not registered by Law 1424/10 (2017) | 10,746 | ||
| PRPs not required to go to prison: | 99.93% | ||
| Reparation | |||
| Total number of assets linked to the Transitional Justice process | 4,791 | Monetized goods delivered by the extinct FARC-EP | COP 42.765.005. 186 |
| Total price of the assets with defined status and in standby to be delivered to the Trust Fund for Victims (FRV) | COP $ 882.982.362.250,00 | National plans of collective reparation (UARIV) | 57% |
| Beneficiaries of the Victims Unit | 6,416,426 | Subjects of collective reparation with implemented collective reparation plan (UARIV) | 27% |
| Land restitution requests (2016) | 100,797 (F: 2,938 – M: 40,034) | Percentage of collective reparation subjects with ethnic PIRC arranged, consulted, and implemented (UARIV) | 60% |
| Land restitution cases resolved (2016) | 42,986 (54%) | National Education Plan on Human Rights (strengthen) (CPDHAI) | 51% |
| Registered victims | 8,504,127 | Registered victims of the conflict (RUV) | 9,099,358 |
| Implementation of collective reparations (SIIPO) | 50/820 (6%) | ||
| Non-recurrence of violent offences | |||
| Killing of ex-combatants (El Tiempo, 2019) | 2,000 | Killings of ex-combatants (UN-VMC) | 327 (11 women) |
| Attempted homicides of ex-combatants (UN-VMC) | 93 (6 women) | ||
| Responsibility of Non-state actors in the homicide of ex-combatants | 80% | ||
| Killings of human rights defenders (UN-VMC) | 541 | ||
| Large scale killings (UN-VMC) | 53 | ||
| Possible recidivism rate (FIP, 2013) | 24% | Possible recidivism rate (Colombia Peace, 2019) | 15% |
Figure 1
A Comparison of the Legal Procedures with the AUC (2003) and the FARC (2015). Figure created by the authors.
Figure 2
TJ Monitoring Tool. Figure created by the authors.