His policy could threaten security measures, facilities and digital management of cases.
On Friday, Alejandro Ramelli, the president of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), warned the international community that Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella is seeking to cut the tribunal’s budget by about US$31 million in 2027.
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The budget reduction initiative was presented by far-right Sen. Enrique Gomez and proposes transferring those funds to the Superior Council of the Judiciary. The cut would affect 62% of the funds allocated to the acquisition of goods and services, which amount to about US$51 million.
Ramelli asked the international community to help guarantee resources essential for the JEP’s operation and warned about the impact the measure would have on the work of the jurisdiction, which was created following the 2016 peace agreement signed between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The JEP already carries an accumulated deficit of about US$26 million and the proposed transfer would leave another US$19.7 million without funding. Those funds are earmarked for protection agreements with the National Protection Unit (UNP), which would put the safety of victims, witnesses, participants, and judicial officials at risk.
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Another US$9.2 million required for rent, utilities and maintenance of its facilities would be jeopardized, while funding for its data center and interoperability would suffer an impact of more than 40%, with consequences for the confidentiality and security of information and the digital management of cases.
The warning also coincides with the Senate’s consideration of a constitutional reform that would subject the tribunal’s rulings against members of the public security forces to automatic review by the Military Criminal Justice system. The JEP considers that both initiatives constitute a strategy of economic pressure and of subjecting its decisions to the Military Criminal Justice system.
For this reason, the JEP announced that it will report the situation to the United Nations Security Council, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, the countries that guaranteed the peace agreement, and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
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