Despite a 28% decrease in the number of landmine victims in Colombia, the country is still facing an ongoing battle to detect and remove the devices, the government’s highest official…
“The families don’t lose hope that the kidnap victims will return until the last hour of the last day of the year.”
Chiquita Brands International has lost a suitcase aimed at preventing the US Securities and Exchange Commission from releasing documents related to the banana giant’s payments to now-defunct Colombian paramilitary umbrella…
Victims should be involved in ongoing peace talks between the government and guerrilla group FARC said the head of the department charged with the legal protection of civil and human…
Colombia’s State Council on Thursday ordered authorities to grant special reparation to female and underage victims of the country’s ongoing armed conflict.
Colombia is one of 161 countries worldwide to have signed the 1997 Ottowa Agreement, declaring the use of landmines a human rights violation. And yet, landmines still feature prominently in…
Rebel group FARC on Wednesday reiterated their demand for an independent commission to analyze Colombia’s armed conflict.
Rebel group FARC on Tuesday accepted some responsibility for the suffering caused by the armed conflict that has afflicted Colombia for the last 49 years.
The United Nations has reaffirmed the international community’s commitment to support victims of the armed conflict in a post conflict Colombia, reported newspaper Elespectador on Wednesday.