A proposed law that would effectively grant impunity for right-wing militia members, his critics say, could be seen as rewarding rights abuses, though the government portrays it as the first step toward disarming the 13,000-member force.
In his op-ed, he wrote, "Israel, the occupying power, has violated international law in multiple ways for nearly 70 years, and yet has been granted impunity for its actions".
José Miguel Vivanco, who runs operations in Latin America for Human Rights Watch, warned that the money would come from drug proceeds and that granting impunity would weaken an already shaky rule of law.
Christine Chanet, chair of a United Nations human rights committee, said Thailand "crossed the red line" by granting impunity to officers who might have committed abuses and by allowing suspects to be arrested for up to 30 days without charges.
Some human rights advocates and court officials fear that such a move is tantamount to granting impunity.
Uribe said that the deal reached with the Farc granted impunity to leaders responsible for serious crimes, rewarded criminals by allowing them to participate in politics and eroded Colombia's constitution and institutions.
Its opponents fear it would grant impunity to the FARC for their crimes.The style of attack would be a new one for the FARC, which has typically used car bombs, like the one defused earlier in central Bogotá, for urban attacks.
This coin has two sides, and while one side empowers the oppressed and disenfranchised, the other grants impunity for acts we imagine to be widely abhorred.
Fame does not grant impunity.
The message is that he has been granted impunity.
