Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

version libre

English translation:

Spontaneous Declaration

Added to glossary by Tango38
Feb 27, 2008 02:46
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Spanish term

version libre

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Quiero saber que quiere decir "version libre" en procesos penales en Colombia. Por ejemplo, "se ordeno Version Libre a los senores (los imputados).... para el 16 de abril ..."
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Feb 27, 2008 02:51: Henry Hinds changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

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Judy, me suena a idiomas. Fíjate si los imputados son extranjeros. Quizás se trate de tomarles declaración en su propio idioma, a través de un intérprete. ¡Suerte!

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Spontaneous Declaration

You can find a reference to 'versión libre' in a human rights watch article on a Colombian law proposal,
"Human Rights Watch Recommendations With Respect To The Regulatory Decree For Law 975 Of 2005:"

"Moreover, in order to uncover all the truth about the criminal acts committed by these groups, the regulations should establish that the Attorney General’s office will interrogate each demobilized person during the ***spontaneous declaration (version libre)***, about “all the facts of which they have knowledge.”3 The interrogation should include specific questions about the assets, the financing sources, the support networks, the operations, and the structure of their group, as well as information about the individual’s date of entry in the group, pseudonyms, illegal activities, assets, and supporters."

And here it is again, in the same article:

"Article 17 of Law 975 provides that the individuals who seek benefits under the law “shall make a ***spontaneous declaration*** before the prosecutor delegate"

Note that this article is also available in Spanish.
Note from asker:
Thank you so much. I had exhausted all my own glossaries and dictionaries on this one, and really appreciate your taking the time to find this for me.
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agree iberia123 : "Spontaneous declaration" me parece una buena respuesta, anniegpena! Tiene mas ejemplos o mas contexto, Judy Green?
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Spanish term (edited): versión libre

voluntary deposition(s)

I know this question is over 10 years old but I just found this in the online version of Collins Dictionary.

versión libre = voluntary depositions

Examples:
Ibidem. Artículo quinto. Restricción al acceso a las salas de versión libre y de víctimas.
Ibid., Article 5, Restrictions on access to the chambers for voluntary depositions and for victims.

Ibidem. Artículo cuarto. Transmisión de la diligencia de versión libre.
Ibid., Article 4.Broadcasting of the taking of voluntary depositions.



Also, Tom West's Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business has this under versión libre with the note that it is used in Ecuador: accused's formal statement at the initial appearance. It also gives these synonyms: declaración indagatoria, declaración instructiva, declaración preparatoria
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