The right of victims to the truth: a fundamental weakness of transitional justice in Colombia

Abstract

This article attempt to make a reflection about the right to the truth that the victims of the Colombian conflict have within the framework of transitional justice. The article begins conceptualizing this kind of justice. In this work, it is highlighted the role of the commission of the truth within the process of reparation. In the same way, as part of this work, an analysis of the importance that the clarification of the truth and the available means for achieving it is made, always within the specific framework of the Justice and Peace Law. Finally, this article concludes that the clarification of the truth is one of the most important weakness that the Transitional Justice in Colombia has to deal with.