Victims of human rights violations in a former demilitarized zone in the south of Colombia, who failed register their claims within two years of the facts, will not be entitled…
The director of Colombia’s victims reparation agency on Tuesday admitted that the country has difficulties in repaying victims of criminal organizations currently not classified as armed groups in Colombia’s armed…
Colombia asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to recognize the country’s Victims Law as the basis for reparations to victims ordered by the international body. During the council of the Inter-American Court…
Assets seized from demobilized paramilitaries that are supposed to fund reparations for victims have been sold for very low sums, without authorization or not at all, according to an investigation…
Colombia’s finance minister said Wednesday that the 2012 government budget will include around $1.1 billion (COP 2 trillion) towards implementing the new Victims Law, Caracol Radio reported. According to Finance…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called the series of recent FARC attacks “cowardly” and said that the guerrillas will not be permitted to achieve their objective of interrupting the reparations…
The Senate passed the 209 articles of the Victims Law in its fourth and final debate on Tuesday night, marking a historic turn of events for victims of violence in…
Leftist Colombian political party Polo Democratico will not support President Juan Manuel Santos’ Victims Law, which is intended to compensate those who suffered in the country’s armed conflict. Polo Democratico congressman…
The president of the Colombian National Reparations Commission, Eduardo Pizarro, said that the state needs to create a new capped system for awarding victims of the country’s ongoing civil conflict that is…