The Prosecutor General’s (PG) office on Thursday refuted the latest report by Human Rights Watch, an international NGO which claimed insufficient action was being taken against those responsible for forced…
“If Colombia does not take further action to stop the [death threats, intimidation, and killing], the problem [facing Colombia’s displaced] is likely to get much worse,” said the Human Rights…
A court in Colombia has ruled against the Castaño family, the founding members of the AUC, and asserted that they are to return stolen lands to appropriate families, reported local media…
The Colombian Justice Ministry on Thursday allocated four rural estates seized by the government from prominent criminal organizations to families forcibly removed from their lands. In an unprecedented ruling, the…
Police on Friday arrested a neo-paramilitary leader who is accused of having forcibly displaced 28,000 people in the north of Colombia.
A new report highlights the failures and shortcomings of recent attempts at land restitution in two of the northern Uraba region’s most vulnerable communities. The report stated political will is…
A land restitution organization on Friday denounced threats made against its director and three workers from another association working to reclaim land in the northern department of Antioquia.
Colombia’s constitutional court on Friday ordered Congress to include victims of groups emerging from the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC in legislation granting them rights to compensation.
Colombia’s National Police on Thursday announced the capture of five displacement victims who are held responsible for the murder of a land restitution leader.