The state-run Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) demanded that the FARC guerrilla group, the country’s oldest, return all active child soldiers to their homes, in a statement published Friday.
Nearly 5,500 children recruited by illegal armed groups in Colombia as members and fighters have since demobilized or escaped from a life of armed violence and now face the real…
The country’s oldest rebel group FARC was accused by Colombia’s highest UN representative of continuing to recruit minors as the ongoing peace process continues, according to local media on Monday.
Speaking at the inaugural “Prosperity for Children” award ceremony, President Juan Manuel Santos highlighted the investments made by his administration to improve Colombia’s child services.
Colombia made “significant advances” in its attempts to combat child labor in 2012, according to a report published by the United States Department of Labor (DOL).
Colombia’s main rebel group FARC has been accused of systematically recruiting minors in a study of 3000 demobilized child soldiers, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday.
Colombia’s Catholic Church and several non-governmental organisations have asked rebel group FARC to clarify the status of more than 25,000 missing, release more than 6,000 recruited children and suspend the…
Criminal groups have lowered their minimum age requirement and are forcibly recruiting “younger and younger” children into their ranks, according to an expert on the issue.
The Colombian military on Monday captured eight minors from the ranks of the FARC in the northwest department of Antioquia. The operation, which took place in the municipality of El…