Polemic former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba has been included in the last of five victim representation groups taking part in peace talks between the government and FARC rebels, local media…
A researcher with the National Center for Historical Memory (CDMH), a government-financed research group, has asked that Colombia’s victims of drug trafficking be recognized as conflict victims, according to El Tiempo newspaper.
A public hearing was held Monday in Colombia’s Congress to urge the inclusion of conflict victims living abroad in the peace process and fulfillment of their legal rights under the…
More than seven million Colombians have become a victim of the country’s conflict, according to the government. This year alone, more than a 100,000 people were victimized.
Victims of Colombia rebel group FARC have formed a national federation around 33 crucial points they hope will be heard in ongoing peace talks, as well as in the international community.
The fourth of five Colombian victims delegation group attending peace talks between rebel group FARC and the government demanded state protection on Sunday amid continued death threats.
While the FARC are willing to lay down, but not surrender their arms, the government’s chief negotiator assured that the rebels can not keep their weapons and urged the rebels to take full…
Eleven victims of Colombia’s armed conflict arrived in Cuba on Saturday to negotiate how victims will be treated in the event the Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels agree to end…
Colombian rebel group FARC on Saturday denied responsibility for war crimes against civilians. The guerrillas want to be held responsible for crimes committed in military action which could exclude numerous civilian victims of…