Impunity and Accountability in Colombia
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For more than 40 years, Colombia has been caught in the cross fire of "La Violencia": thousands dead, millions more driven from their homes. Impunity remains the law of the land. Now a series of tribunals and truth commissions are seeking to discover what really happened; to give victims a chance to express their anger and sorrow and perpetrators a chance to confess and serve time or be amnestied.
Guests:
Some of these interviews are in Spanish, with live interpretation by Associate Producer Naihma Deady.
Margarita Morales, Vice-President, Association of Victims for Life
Almudena Bernabeu, International Attorney, The Center for Justice and Accountability
Uldy Teresa Jimenez, President, Peace and Justice Tribunal, Superior Court in Bogota
Javier Ciurlizza, Colombia Program Director, International Center for Transitional Justice
We also interviewed Nilson Pinilla Pinilla, who is a member of the Truth Commission and President of the Constitutional Courts, but did not include him in the program. He spoke in detail about the 1985 attack on the Palace of Justice in Colombia.
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Additional Credits
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Translator: Naihma Deady
Credits Narrator: Gabriela Castelan
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineer: Steven Short
