2024-10-08 01:17:47
“Continuing with the dialogues is the way to end violence in Colombia,” was the call made from Arauca by the Ombudsman, Iris Marín Ortiz, in the presentation of a diagnosis on the complex situation of human rights and armed conflict that lives in that department in the east of the country.
However, the defender was clear in stating that dialogues must be coherent between speech and action. “The main gesture of peace and political gesture is respect for the human rights of the population and the right to life, only in this way will armed groups have credibility in that political nature that they intend to claim at the negotiating table,” he said. Marín Ortiz in a session of the Human Rights Commission of the House of Representatives.
So far in 2024, 101 homicides of the civilian population have been reported due to the armed conflict, which include 15 social leaders. Despite the high under-registration, it has been learned that this year 127 people have been detained, of which 15 have been murdered; 60 were released, and there is no information about the remaining 52.
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“Sadly, (Arauca) is one of the departments that faces the most violence and violation of human rights in the country,” said the Ombudsman, who added that “the situation is extremely serious and we cannot get used to this.”
The Defender added that the first commitment of illegal armed groups to peace is respect for life, for international humanitarian law (IHL), as well as compliance with humanitarian standards to continue the conversation processes.
While in Boyacá, leaders of victims of the armed conflict gathered to discuss the progress and challenges in comprehensive reparation. And in a symbolic act, the Table made an urgent call to the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the national Government to resume peace negotiations, which are in crisis after the attack on a military unit in Arauca.
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