Conflicto armado y legislaciones penales especiales

Abstract

In a situation of Armed Warfare the States develop special Criminal laws, within them are established Procedures, Punishments and Sentences and are given more prerogatives to the Armed Forces with the purpose of limit the activity of the insurgent groups that confront the States. Nevertheless the exceptional measures affect to the civil population and that is the reason why that measures are constantly criticized by the International organisms. The object of this Article is to try to establish the characteristics of the present armed warfares and point out the limits of the special Legislations and the role of the Judiciary to avoid the arbitrariness of the Executive, taking some elements from the Colombian case, the only Country of the Region that have an internal Armed warfare without a solution yet.

Keywords

• Conflicto armado, guerra, legislaciones especiales, derecho internacional, castigo, independencia judicial