Amnesty International warned on Friday that Colombia’s military criminal justice system’s continued use of military courts to handle killings, torture, enforced disappearances, and other grave abuses by soldiers and police is a structural engine of impunity.

In a new report, the rights group concluded that the military criminal justice system, known as the Justicia Penal Militar (JPM), remains deeply embedded in cases involving potential human rights violations and crimes under international law. Amnesty International Americas Director Ana Piquer stated that the continued intervention “is not a technical error” but “a structural obstacle that contributes to impunity.”

Although Colombia’s constitutional and legal framework has undergone significant reform since the 1990s, and the Co

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