On 29 April 2025, Colombia’s Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, visited the International Criminal Court and met ICC president, Judge Tomoko Akane, as well as registrar Osvaldo Zavala Giler and deputy prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang.
Akane expressed the ICC’s sincere appreciation for Colombia’s continued support and 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 its mutually beneficial and cooperative engagements with Colombia and discussed concrete and tangible ways 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 strengthen collaboration further, the deputy-prosecutor underlined the continued priority of this cooperation for the office and restated Colombia’s position as a landmark example of the potential of positive complementarity.
During the visit, authorities reaffirmed the joint commitment of Colombia and the ICC 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 Giler’s official mission 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.
