A Reason for Hope: The Pursuit of Restorative Justice in Colombia (with Julieta Lemaitre)

In 2016, a peace agreement was negotiated between the Colombian  Government and one guerrilla movement known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC. But the peace deal was rejected by a narrow margin in a referendum in 2016. A revised peace deal was eventually ratified by the Congress of Colombia. The peace agreement provides for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, a tribunal created in 2018 to implement the transitional justice component of the peace agreement. In this episode, we talk with Judge Lemaitre, who currently the Investigating Judge for the jurisdiction's first macro case, about the future of restorative justice in Colombia. Interview with: Julieta Lemaitre (Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Colombia) Host: Natasha Holcroft-Emmess Producer: Natasha Holcroft-Emmess Executive Producer: Kira Allmann Music: Rosemary Allmann