[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 178 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 56682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20210]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11204]


Certification Related to Foreign Military Financing for Colombia 
Under Section 7045(b)(2)(b) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pursuant to section 7045(b)(2)(B) of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. 
G, Pub. L. 116-94), I hereby certify that:
    (i) The Special Jurisdiction for Peace and other judicial 
authorities are taking effective steps to hold accountable perpetrators 
of gross violations of human rights in a manner consistent with 
international law, including for command responsibility, and sentence 
them to deprivation of liberty;
    (ii) the Government of Colombia is taking effective steps to 
prevent attacks against human-rights defenders and other civil-society 
activists, trade unionists, and journalists, and judicial authorities 
are prosecuting those responsible for such attacks; and
    (iii) senior military officers responsible for ordering, 
committing, and covering up cases of false positives are being held 
accountable, including by removal from active duty, if found guilty 
through criminal or disciplinary proceedings.
    This Certification shall be published in the Federal Register and 
shall be transmitted, along with the accompanying Memorandum of 
Justification, to Congress.

    Dated August 18, 2020.
Stephen E. Biegun,
Deputy Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-20210 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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