Marta Ruíz is a journalist and former Truth Commissioner in Colombia. Throughout her career she has covered various dimensions of war and peace in her country, for which she has received awards such as King of Spain, the Simón Bolívar and the IAPA prize. She was a member of the staff of Revista Semanal until 2017. She has also worked in other written media and on television, including dramatizations. Ruíz has been a member of various press freedom organisations. Her work in the Truth Commission focused, among others, on the processes of acknowledgement of responsibility, the investigation and writing of the Final Report.