Links to long-form information about peace, security, and human rights in Colombia
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 1 de noviembre de 2020.
A look at how the transitional justice system is working through Case 07, covering the FARC’s recruitment of children within its ranks.
Publicado por Cuestión Pública y DeJusticia el 18 de agosto de 2020.
Documents indicate that Colombia’s military knew that forcibly recruited children were present at a FARC dissident encampment in Caquetá before bombing it in August 2019.
Publicado por Semana el 29 de junio de 2020.
Armed and criminal groups are increasing their recruitment of child combatants.
Publicado por el Ministerio de Defensa Nacional el 24 de abril de 2020.
Data tables breaking down 5,524 child combatants who left armed groups over an 18-year period. (Link at eltiempo.com)
Publicado por Semana el 14 de marzo de 2020.
Stories of how the armed groups active in this highly conflictive zone of northeastern Antioquia department are forcing children to join their ranks.
Published by Human Rights Watch, January 22, 2020.
Abuses including murder, forced labor, child recruitment, and rape are often committed as part of the groups’ strategy to control the social, political, and economic life of Arauca and Apure. Impunity for such abuses is the rule.
Publicado por Verdad Abierta el 5 de enero de 2020.
“Boys, girls, and adolescents in indigenous reserves and Afro-Colombian community councils are those most pursued” by the ELN and the Gulf Clan paramilitaries in Chocó.
