ICC looking into Colombia's private sector terrorism support: report

by Adriaan Alsema May 11, 2020

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is looking into Colombia’s private sector’s ties to paramilitary groups, newspaper El Tiempo reported on Sunday.

The daily received a March 10 report from the Prosecutor General’s Office in which it responds to apparent ICC concerns over the prosecution’s failure to investigate the so-called “para-economics” phenomenon.

In the document, the prosecution said it had “29 representative cases involving 70 third party civilians and state agents linked to illegal armed groups.”

What happened to the remaining 16,702 terrorism support cases the prosecution had in 2016 is a mystery and apparently a concern of the ICC.

According to the human rights NGO Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective, it is evident that the prosecution is not doing its job and effectively granting impunity to the businessmen implicated in crimes against humanity.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/icc-looking-into-colombias-private-sector-terrorism-support-report/