Members of Colombia’s military accused of war crimes will be eligible for transitional justice in the event that ongoing peace talks with rebel group FARC result in a peace deal,…
Colombia’s main rebel group FARC has been accused of systematically recruiting minors in a study of 3000 demobilized child soldiers, reported newspaper El Espectador Monday.
Almost 13 million Colombian children are at risk of forced recruitment by illegal armed groups, according to a commission chaired by the country’s Vice President. The office of Vice President…
Colombia’s defense ministry has claimed 110 children demobilized from illegal armed militias in 2012 so far, reported El Tiempo Wednesday. According to Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon “In the last…
Colombia’s ombudsman on Sunday rang the alarm about an alleged increase in recruitment of child soldiers by guerrilla group FARC in the east of the country. According to Ombudsman Jorge…
The United Nations condemned the killing of four hostages by the FARC and the “dehumanization” of Colombia’s armed conflict, in a statement Sunday. Christian Salazar, a representative for the UN…
Former President Andres Pastrana feared being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his actions while in power from 1998 to 2002 a WikiLeaks cable has shown. Pastrana, in…
Christian Salazar, the representative for the Colombian office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR), urged illegal armed groups to respect human rights and said that recent attacks…
Extradited Colombian Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias “Macaco,” a leader of paramilitary block of the AUC, is the first paramilitary to be sued in U.S. courts for alleged human rights violations.…