The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (in Spanish: Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz, JEP), also known as Special Justice for Peace (in Spanish: La Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz), is the Colombian transitional justice mechanism through which FARC members, members of the Public Force and third parties who have participated in the Colombian armed conflict are investigated and put on trial. The JEP, justice component of the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition, has been in force in Colombia since March 2017 when it was approved in the Senate and affects crimes committed during the armed conflict until signature of the peace agreements between the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC guerrillas on November 24, 2016. Its creation was agreed by the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC guerrillas in the framework of the peace agreements signed in Havana as an accountability system with the objective mainly of satisfying the rights of the victims, with the task to clarify “in the context and because of the armed conflict, in particular the most serious and representative crimes” to put an end to more than half a century of armed conflict. This agreement accepts that there are crimes committed in the context and because of the armed conflict that are so serious that they cannot be subject to amnesties and pardons, and that the transition from the armed conflict to peace in Colombia will be made by guaranteeing the right to Victims to justice. From Wikipedia
