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Colombian government to 'repair' (lives) of 200k victims and 2.2m displaced individuals

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/gobierno_colombia_reparar...
El Gobierno de Colombia reparará a 200.000 víctimas y a 2,2 millones desplazados

El Gobierno colombiano presentó hoy al cuerpo diplomático acreditado y a delegados de organismos internacionales un decreto de reparación que beneficiará a unas 200.000 víctimas y a cerca de 2,2 millones de desplazados por el conflicto armado interno.


El proyecto puede llegar a costar cerca de 4.000 millones de dólares y se empezará a aplicar en el segundo semestre de 2008 con un plazo de unos 10 años para su completo desarrollo.

En un acto en la sede de la Cancillería en Bogotá, los ministros de Relaciones Exteriores, Fernando Araújo, y del Interior y Justicia, Carlos Holguín, expusieron ante los diplomáticos las características de la norma que el martes será divulgada por el presidente �?lvaro Uribe.

Ambos funcionarios destacaron que se trata de un 'decreto de reparación por vía administrativa y del modelo de atención a las víctimas de los grupos armados organizados al margen de la ley'.

'Serán atendidas todas las víctimas (...) independientemente de su argumentación ideológica, que hubieran sufrido afectación de algunos de sus derechos a la vida, a la integridad física, a la salud física y mental, a la libertad individual o a la libertad sexual', explicó el canciller Araújo.

Con esta norma, subrayó, Colombia 'quiere ratificar su compromiso con los derechos humanos'.

El ministro Holguín subrayó que la reparación es 'responsabilidad de los victimarios con sus víctimas' pero, mientras tanto, el Gobierno lo hará 'por vía solidaria'.

Holguín expresó que la reparación proyectada es 'un esfuerzo muy grande (...) sin antecedentes en el mundo en cuanto a la magnitud', y remarcó que 'es indispensable' para 'cualquier proceso de paz' que se emprenda.

Añadió que la iniciativa no solo reparará material sino que rehabilitará y orientará psicológicamente, y ayudará a la reinserción social plena de las víctimas.

El programa de reparación por vía administrativa contó con asesoría de expertos internacionales como el Centro de Justicia Transaccional del Gobierno español y la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), entre otros.

También tuvo en cuenta experiencias internacionales de países como Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Estados Unidos, España, Perú y Turquía.

By romy on Apr 21, 2008, 15:16 in Politics & the war. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


romy says on Apr 21, 2008, 15:18:

Great news for the progress of human rights in Colombia.

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romy says on Apr 22, 2008, 20:41:

Other initiatives...

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26417&Cr=colombia&Cr1=
Colombia: UN agencies hand out emergency food to isolated indigenous groups
Ferry laden with vital food aid for indigenous people on the Guaviare River

22 April 2008 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have started distributing emergency aid to several indigenous communities in east-central Colombia living in an isolated area being disputed by Government forces and irregular armed groups.

WFP provided 14 tons of food aid by boat last week to some 1,000 people – who mostly belong to the Guyabero or Nukak Maku indigenous groups – living in four villages along the Guaviare River after a request from UNHCR, the refugee agency’s spokesperson Ron Redmond told reporters today in Geneva.

The area, so remote that it is only accessible by river, is disputed territory and rumours of imminent conflict between Government forces and armed groups have sparked widespread panic among local communities.

Hundreds of people have recently fled, Mr. Redmond said, sometimes walking for days through local forests. One settlement, Puerto Alvira, has lost about 75 per cent of its estimated population of 3,000 people. A shortage of gasoline has also brought boat transport to a standstill.

“Those who have stayed are now virtually cut off from the rest of the world,�? Mr. Redmond noted. “Food is not getting through. The very little that is available is extremely expensive. Mission members also noted an acute shortage of medication, with no available means to evacuate the sick in an emergency.�?

Aside from UNHCR and WFP, the local church, the Colombian Ministry for Social Welfare and representatives of the ombudsman’s office took part in the mission, distributing basic hygiene kits and school materials donated by the local municipality.

The two UN agencies are also starting several projects in the area, such as establishing a school restaurant and running welfare programmes for the elderly and young children.

Decades of conflict and strife in Colombia have displaced at least 2.4 million people, and the country’s 80 different indigenous groups – who together comprise about two per cent of the national population – are disproportionately represented in those statistics.

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juancegomez says on Apr 28, 2008, 19:21:

I somehow missed this topic, so posting here as a kind of "bookmark" (won't abuse it).

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