The Justice and Peace Law offered transitional justice under which five to eight-year sentences were provided for those accepting to give testimony and to confess to the exactions committed by them. Such persons, if prosecuted under the Colombian justice system, risk 40, 50 or 60-year jail sentences. Traditional justice provides for five to six years' detention. Once these people have served their time, they are reintegrated into society and are entitled to an allowance for up to 18 months, whereas the victims and their families have not yet been able to obtain a single cent from the justice system. Does that partly answer your question?
Allow me to draw your attention to an article by Mr. Pablo Heidrich that appeared recently in the Globe and Mail. He suggests a rather interesting interpretation. In his view, Canada is interested in a free trade agreement with Colombia and if it flies, it will provide Colombia with sufficient ammunition to fight off the American government's hesitations. If the latter were to see Canada, a country that enjoys a solid international reputation in matters of human rights, accept to sign a free trade agreement, that would facilitate things. The real objective is a free trade agreement with the United States, and not with Canada. But that is just a journalist's interpretation.