Colombia enacts child soldier prevention strategy
The Colombian government completed the first phase of a new strategy Thursday to prevent the recruitment of children by illegal armed forces. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon along with senior…
The Colombian government completed the first phase of a new strategy Thursday to prevent the recruitment of children by illegal armed forces. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon along with senior…
Between “8,000 and 11,000 children have been forcibly recruited” to take part in one of Colombia’s armed groups, the country’s ombudsman said Wednesday. Civilian organizations and the Ombudsman’s Office added…
Colombian rebel group FARC have recruited at least 60 minors from Panama, one of the alleged recruits said on Panamian television. In an interview with Panamian television network TVN, the…
The situation of Colombia’s indigenous communities continues to worsen due to the forced recruitment of indigenous children by guerilla groups the FARC and ELN, reports investigative website Verdad Abierta on…
The Colombian army claims to have killed two FARC guerrillas early Monday morning in the central department of Huila, and recovered a video tape proving that the guerilla group recruits…
UNICEF’s representative in Colombia expressed concern over the increase in the recruitment of minors as guerrillas at the First International Congress on the Recruitment and Use of Children in Bogota…
Illegal armed groups in Colombia must release 13,000 recruited children before November or face trial before the International Criminal Court, a former Congressman said. Inspectors of the ICC will begin…
The recruitment of children by illegal armed groups has forced the indigenous of the Vaupes department to flee their lands, according to a report by the UNHCR. “Over the past…