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…
The return of land to displaced farmers is leaving the FARC without arguments in favor of their armed fight against the state, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. While…
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…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that “Manuel Marulanda,” the late leader and co-founder of the FARC owned 57 ranches in two departments alone. The information about the late…
More than 11,000 acres of stolen land was returned are displaced families as Colombia’s historic Victims Law came into effect Thursday. “Today we begin the Great Agrarian Revolution of…
The Colombian government has announced details of the 20 offices that will process land restitution claims under the new Victims Law. The first Land Restitution Unit office has already begun operation…
Almost 7,000 people have made land claims under the new Victims Law, Colombia’s agriculture minister said Monday. Juan Camilo Restrepo said the government’s Land Restitution Unit aimed to receive another…
Satellite imagery will be used to aid land restitution in the cases of victims forcefully displaced during Colombia’s armed conflict, according to Radio Caracol. The Agustin Codazzi Institute, which is…
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…