US EditionFormer Farc Leaders Admit to Recruiting 18,600 Minors and the Occurrence of Sexual Violence
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By ASTRID SUÁREZ BOGOTÁ (AP) — The last leadership of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group acknowledged before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) its responsibility for the forced recruitment of 18,600 minors, also admitting to acts of sexual violence against the victims, the tribunal reported Monday. “The recruitment of children and adolescents should never have happened: the pain, the murders, the forc…
Former FARC commanders admitted responsibility for the recruitment of thousands of minors during the armed conflict, in proceedings before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). Admission before the JEP and scope of the acknowledgment: Former FARC commanders admitted responsibility for the recruitment of thousands of minors during the armed conflict. The acknowledgment came during proceedings before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), t…
Jaime Parra, known as the alias ‘El Médico’, acknowledged before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) that within the extinct organization, pregnancy interruptions were performed without the free and spontaneous consent of the women, including recruited minors. During his intervention, Parra admitted his responsibility as a doctor and in charge of the policy of ... The post Jaime Parra, alias ‘El Médico’ of the FARC, recognizes forced aborti…
In a public appearance before the JEP, the former members of the last Secretariat of the Farc expressly acknowledged that there was a policy of recruitment of minors for years and that sexual violence, forced abortions and other cruel treatment against girls and adolescents were committed within the organization. Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, the last commander [...] The entry Farc's former secretary acknowledges that minors suffered forced abortio…
Former members of the last Farc Secretariat established a letter recognizing their responsibility in recruiting minors
The last Farc secretariat accepted the forced recruitment of more than 18,000 children and adolescents during the armed conflict. In a letter sent to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the seven former commanders recognized their responsibility for the recruitment and abuse of children. “We maintain that we clearly recognize the occurrence of all the acts and conduct attributed to us, contained in the Fact-Finding and Conduct Order of the…
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