In the year after the Peace Agreement was signed between Santo’s government and the (former)guerrilla of the FARC-EP, the institutions which were created within Point 5, Continue reading 2018: Hopes born from the Peace Agreement
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“Not Alive or Dead: Disappeared”
Enforced disappearance is an international crime, a human rights violation, an endless tragedy, and permanent pain. The family member of a disappeared person will always know exactly how many days their loved one has been absent, and each day they imagine possible and impossible scenarios. Continue reading “Not Alive or Dead: Disappeared”
Historic JEP Hearing in Cacarica
This 4 March was not any old Monday for the Bajo Atrato communities, and in particular for the Nueva Esperanza en Dios (New Hope in God) Humanitarian Zone, located in the Cacarica river basin (Chocó). At the close of their memory festival to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of Operation Genesis and the resulting forced displacement of thousands, for the first time a judicial authority visited their territory. Continue reading Historic JEP Hearing in Cacarica