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<p>President Duque's government has publicly committed to implementing the Peace Accords
of 2016 in their entirety. In meetings with the President in London last year, the
then-Foreign Secretary made it clear that the UK sees the transitional justice system,
including the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, and the involvement of victims as vital
elements of the 2016 accords. President Duque's signing of the transitional justice
law last June was welcome, and we are pleased that the institutions established under
that law have since begun their work.</p><p>We continue to emphasise our support for
transitional justice both with the Colombian government and in multilateral fora,
including most recently at the UN Security Council on 14 July, where our Permanent
Representative commended the institutions' quick adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic
by moving their work online. We are aware that the parties to the Peace Accord would
like the UN Verification Mission to take on a role verifying compliance with the sanctions
handed down by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace. The UK has been publicly supportive
of this.</p><p>The UK Government has contributed over £26 million towards transitional
justice mechanisms and victims of the conflict in Colombia since 2016.</p>
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