Colombia has apologised to journalist Jineth Bedoya before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights over the kidnapping, rape and torture she suffered at the hands of paramilitaries two decades ago.
San José, Costa Rica - The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Monday ruled that the state of Colombia bears responsibility for the ordeal of a female journalist who was kidnapped, raped and then tortured in 2000 by paramilitaries.
The acts against Bedoya"could not have been carried out without the consent and collaboration of the State, or at least with its tolerance," the court, an autonomous part of the Organization of American States , ruled on Monday.
The Colombian state was guilty of"failing to investigate the threats that had been received" by Bedoya, according to a statement released by the judicial wing of the OAS, headquartered in Costa Rica. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had referred the case to the court in 2019. Its decisions are definitive and unappealable.
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