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Meeting with Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Magistrate of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP)

Written by Luis Miguel and Claudia Pineda

February 18, 2020 – 5pm. Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), Bogotá


Luis-Miguel Gutiérrez, Emilie Gaillard, Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Víctor Tafur, Claudia Pineda C.

Meeting between the Chair’s research team and Judge Gloria Amparo Rodríguez of the JEP:

  • Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Magistrate of the Court for Peace (Review Section), Special Jurisdiction for Peace

This meeting paves the way for a scientific collaboration between the Normandy Chair for Peace (CNP) and the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, in matters of peace, transitional justice and environmental issues.

The Special Jurisdiction for Peace was created through the Peace Agreements signed between the National Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP). Its goal was to bring to trial and to punish perpetrators of serious crimes committed during the Colombian armed conflict. By means of Legislative Act 01 of 2017, the JEP was constitutionalised, giving it a fundamental place within the integral system of truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition.

Now, after 2 years of operation, the JEP is facing multiple challenges in the implementation of the Peace Agreement and transitional justice in Colombia. Amongst these challenges is the recognition of environmental conflicts within the internal armed conflict, such as forced displacements, confinements, and the specific effects on the environment caused by projects related to agro-industry, infrastructure and natural resource extraction. In recent rulings, the JEP has taken a fundamental step in this area by recognising nature as a victim in Colombia.

There is therefore an urgent need to reflect on the links between transitional justice, peace-building and environmental issues.

Magistrate Gloria Amparo Rodríguez wrote her thesis on environmental conflicts in Colombia, addressing their relationship to the armed conflict itself. She explained to the Chair’s team that within the JEP there exist both an ethnic commission and a territorial and environmental commission that deals with this issue of environmental protection.

The Normandy Chair for Peace can join forces with efforts being made in this area and provide elements of analysis within the framework of its different lines of research, specifically with regards to comparative experience and the implementation of transitional justice processes in other parts of the world.

With a view to continuing to work together with the JEP on future projects, the Chair will aim to align their efforts and seek collaborative proposals in order to make progress with the above-mentioned issues. From an academic and institutional viewpoint, the collaboration with Gloria Amparo and the JEP is extremely enriching for this and other areas of work of the Chair.


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Chaire Normandie pour la Paix (April 10, 2020). Meeting with Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Magistrate of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). Normandy Chair for Peace. Retrieved May 19, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/mmyo


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