Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announces steep measures after being forced to cut $53M from its budget

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Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) says it will make major spending cuts after Congress reduced its annual budget by $53 million. The tribunal plans to leave its 15,000-square-meter headquarters in Bogotá and relocate as part of the cost reductions.

The president of the JEP announced radical cuts in the war crimes tribunal’s spending, which was forced to cut $53 million (COP170 billion) from its annual budget by Colombia’s Congress. In a press statement, JEP president Danilo Rojas said that the court would abandon its 15,000m² main office in Bogota and move to a much […] The post Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announces steep measures after being forced to cut $53M from its budget appeared first on Colombia News.