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Colombia: Improved government response yet to have impact for IDPs

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IDPs in workshop, Norte de Santander. (Photo: NRC Colombia)
Colombia’s government, led since 2010 by President Juan Manuel Santos, has changed its discourse in favour of those who have suffered human rights violations due the conflict and violence within the country. However, it is yet to translate this into effective action to protect the rights of Colombia’s internally displaced people (IDPs) and other victims of conflict. Displacement has continued in 2011 at the same rate as in previous years, as have attacks on IDPs and human rights activists. IDPs continue to have only limited access to the basic necessities of life.

CORRECTION: The government allocated COP 6.1 trillion ($3.4 billion) in its 2012 budget to support the implementation of the 2011 “Victims’ Law”. It also reportedly set aside COP 1.65 trillion ($910 million) to prevent or reduce the risk of disasters during the 2011 rainy season. (...)

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Mejoras en la respuesta gubernamental aún no surten efecto en los desplazados internos

El gobierno colombiano, dirigido desde 2010 por el Presidente Juan Manuel Santos, ha modificado su discurso en favor de aquellos que han sido víctimas de violaciones de los derechos humanos debido al conflicto y la violencia dentro del país. Sin embargo, todavía no se han aplicado medidas eficaces para proteger los derechos de los desplazados internos y otras víctimas del conflicto en Colombia. El desplazamiento ha continuado en 2011 al mismo ritmo que en años anteriores, así como los ataques contra los desplazados internos y los defensores de los derechos humanos. Los desplazados internos siguen teniendo solamente acceso limitado a las necesidades básicas para vivir. (...)

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"Background and Causes of Displacement","Causes of Displacement"
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"IDP Population Movements and Patterns","IDP Population Movements and Patterns"
"Physical Security and Integrity","Physical Security and Integrity"
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"Family Life, Participation, Access to Justice and Other Civil and Political Rights","Family Life","Participation","Access to Justice and Other Civil and Political Rights"
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Santos firma decreto de Ley de Víctimas, El Espectador, 20 December 2011
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Recent Reports 
Encuesta desplazamiento forzado y pobreza, Profamilia Colombia, 30 September 2011
De la seguridad a la prosperidad democrática en medio del conflicto, Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES), 19 September 2011
The Humanitarian Crisis in Colombia, NRC et. al., June 2011
ICRC 2010 Report, Colombia, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 31 May 2011
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