The law regulating the compensation of approximately 4 million victims of Colombia’s armed conflict took effect Monday. The “Victims Law” allows victims of violence committed by left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries…
Colombia’s Victims and Land Restitution Law goes into effect January 1 and will require that all compensations must be spent towards productive projects, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. The government announced…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed Tuesday the regulatory decrees of the Victims and Land Restitution Law, which takes effect January 1. In terms of administrative compensation, each victim will…
The Colombian agriculture minister said Tuesday a United Nations report blaming the forced displacement of people off their land on weak governance and corruption was “biased,” reported newspaper El Espectador.…
The Colombian government announced Tuesday that it had managed to recover almost a million acres of stolen land using the Victims and Land Restitution Law. Colombia’s Superintendent of Notaries and…
The United Nations High Commissioner in Colombia called on the government Tuesday to protect victims of land restitution against attempts to discredit and stigmatize them. Commissioner Cristian Salazar highlighted the…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced rewards of up to $5,000 for information about people making false claims under the Victims and Land Restitution Law. The head of state…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says his government will step up cooperation with civilian organizations to counter the ongoing murdering and threatening of leaders of displaced farmers claiming lands that…
The Las Pavas farming community and international NGOs have been accused of staging a set-up to defraud the Colombian state, in one of the country’s most famous land restitution cases.…