Andrés Morales/CPJ Guest Blogger
Andrés Morales, a Colombian lawyer, is the executive director of Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa, or FLIP, a Bogotá-based press freedom watchdog.
Statute of limitations, the challenge for Colombian justice
The issue of impunity affects all Colombian citizens’ access to real justice; it is not only a problem for crimes against journalists. Several human rights bodies and non-governmental organizations agree that Colombia dwells in a striking situation of impunity, especially concerning crimes committed during the ongoing armed conflict.