More than 35,000 suffered sexual violence in Colombia’s conflict – tribunal
Bogota, ColombiaReuters At least 35,178 people have suffered sexual, gender and reproductive violence in Colombia’s armed conflict, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal said on Wednesday as it opened an investigation. Women, girls and people with diverse sexual orientations, identities and expressions of gender were the most affected, the JEP said. “The court finds […]
Colombia, Venezuela reach agreement to find remains of victims buried by paramilitaries
Reuters Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia’s internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela, Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday. The agreement follows recent confessions before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal by former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso, […]
Families of Colombian victims urge soldiers to reveal who ordered killings
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Families of victims of extrajudicial executions committed by Colombian soldiers asked perpetrators to reveal who ordered the murders, during the latest public hearing of the country’s transitional justice court on Wednesday. The so-called “false positive” killings, when soldiers murdered at least 6,402 people and recorded them as guerrillas killed in combat in order […]
Colombia court says 5,733 people killed, disappeared in campaign against left-wing party
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Some 5,733 people were killed or disappeared in Colombia as part of a campaign against the left-wing Patriotic Union party between 1984 and 2016, acts linked to paramilitaries with military backing, the country’s transitional justice tribunal said on Friday. According to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), some 4,616 of the victims were […]
More than 18,000 children recruited by Colombia’s FARC rebels – court
Bogota, ColombiaReuters At least 18,667 children in Colombia were forced to join the now-demobilised FARC guerrilla group and subjected to abuses and treatment considered war crimes over a 20-year period, the country’s transitional justice court (JEP) said on Tuesday. The JEP’s investigation, which will see 26 former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia […]
Mothers of Colombia’s disappeared seek justice at war tribunal
Bogata, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Mothers of young men and teenagers who say their sons were murdered by government soldiers during Colombia’s conflict begged a tribunal for answers on Thursday as the country investigates human rights atrocities committed during its war. Colombia’s five-decade war pitted leftist rebels against government forces and right-wing paramilitary groups. Some 200,000 […]