The lead negotiator for Colombia’s largest armed group, the FARC reiterated the group’s opposition to the legal framework for peace on Tuesday, as the latest rounds of peace talks with…
Seven people, including three public officials, were arrested on Tuesday for their suspected involvement in defrauding victims of Colombia’s armed conflict, according to the authorities.
Colombia’s government must compensate the family of a deceased soldier after the Supreme Court ruled his death was caused by negligence, local media reported Wednesday. According to news outlets, Colombia’s…
The Colombian state must compensate victims of forced displacement at the hands of the armed forces, the country’s highest administrative court ruled Thursday. The Council of State ruling followed a…
Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of victims who suffered at the hands of an AUC front will have their pending compensation benefits suspended. Victims of the AUC’s Jose…
Colombia will stage events around the country Monday to mark a new national Victims’ Day, remembering the millions who have suffered in the long-running armed conflict. The day has been…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has broadened the definition of a victim under the 2011 Victims Law, reported local media. The Victims and Land Restitution Law, officially know as Law 1448, allows…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos publicly apologized Monday to the victims of a 1999 massacre in southern Colombia. Santos went on to unveil a new Reparations for Victims Act, declaring…
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…