By Francesco Seatzu, Full Professor of International Law, University of Cagliari, Italy Giacomo Turra, a twenty-four year old Italian student, died in police custody in Cartagena de Indias on 3rd September 1995. The official version provided by Colombia over three decades after his death was that Giacomo committed suicide or had an overdose of drugs. The May 2026 agreement wherein Colombia officially recognized its international responsibility for Giacomo’s killing through unlawful use of force, is not only a long overdue compensation for the wrong done to him. It demonstrates that the structural conditions enabling impunity can, through sustained engagement with…
