On 29 April 2025, the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, His Excellency Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, visited the International Criminal Court and met the President of the Court, Judge Tomoko Akane, as well as Registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler and Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang.
President Akane expressed the ICC's sincere appreciation for Colombia's continued support and their commitment to the international rule of law and the values enshrined in the Rome Statute. The President reiterated the Court's desire to build and deepen it's mutually beneficial and cooperative engagements with Colombia and discussed concrete and tangible ways in which cooperation can be enhanced, bearing in mind the paramount importance of the principle of complementarity.
Deputy Prosecutor Niang underlined the ongoing commitment of the Office of the Prosecutor to deepen the mutual learning and collaboration with Colombian authorities within the framework of the OTP-Colombia Cooperation Agreement signed in 2021. Noting today would also mark the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Special Jurisdiction for Peace to further strengthen collaboration, the Deputy-Prosecutor underlined the continued priority of this cooperation for the Office and emphasized Colombia's position of a landmark example of the potential of positive complementarity.
During the visit, authorities reaffirmed the joint commitment of Colombia and the Court to continue to work together to strengthen cooperation in key areas, such as voluntary cooperation agreements, sharing good practices with national justice mechanisms, freezing of assets and victims' reparations.
This visit follows the official mission of Registrar Zavala Giler to Colombia from 12 to 14 November 2024.
Colombia ratified the Rome Statute on 5 August 2002. The treaty entered into force in November 2002.
