Colombia
Practice Relating to Rule 161. International Cooperation in Criminal Proceedings
Section A. Cooperation between States
In 2006, in the Constitutional Case No. C-370/06, the Plenary Chamber of Colombia’s Constitutional Court stated:
The human rights and international humanitarian law treaties do not specifically recognize the rights to peace, truth, justice and reparation. But they do refer to … States’ obligation to cooperate in the prevention and punishment of international crimes and serious violations of human rights.
In 2007, in the
Constitutional Case C-095/07, the Criminal Chamber of Colombia’s Constitutional Court stated that “various treaties on human rights and international humanitarian law mention … the obligation of States to cooperate in the prevention and punishment of international crimes and serious violations of human rights, and in restoring victims’ rights.”

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