The Minister indicated that the Justice and Peace Law was only applicable to non-State actors (grupos armados al margen de la ley), that thus, none of the persons who would benefit from it would fall within the scope of the mandate of the Working Group, and that State actors committing enforced disappearances would be prosecuted and severely punished without any type of judicial benefits or mitigating circumstances.
The Minister indicated that the Justice and Peace Law was only applicable to non-State actors (grupos armados al margen de la ley), that thus, none of the persons who would benefit from it would fall within the scope of the mandate of the Working Group, and that State actors committing enforced disappearances would be prosecuted and severely punished without any type of judicial benefits or mitigating circumstances.