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Guillermo Fernández de Soto

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2021-06-28
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  1. “Unfortunately, despite the Government’s efforts, all organized armed groups continue to recruit and use children in violation of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. I would like to conclude by reaffirming, once again, the commitment of Colombia to building an increasingly prosperous and secure future for children and adolescents.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  2. “According to figures provided by the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, between the signing of the Peace Agreement with Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) in 2016 and 31 December 2020, the main recruiters of children in the country in the recent past have been the residual organized armed groups of FARC-EP, responsible for 40 per cent of cases (182 cases); Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), responsible for 35 per cent of cases (160 cases); organized criminal groups, responsible for 21 per cent of cases (99 cases); and other organized armed groups, such as the Pelusos, with 3 per cent of cases (13 cases). The responsibility for 1 per cent of cases (6 cases) has yet to be established.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  3. “The twenty-fourth ordinary session of the Intersectoral Commission, during which the institutions that make up that body will report on the progress made in the implementation of the “Join for me” strategy, is being held on 28 June 2021. According to complaints filed with the Attorney General’s Office, between 26 September 2016 and 31 December 2020, reports were received on 1426 victims of forced recruitment, 339 of whom were child and adolescent victims of unlawful recruitment and 1087 were victims of use for the commission of a crime.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  4. “Priority must be given to investigating the facts and initiating judicial proceedings, adopting measures to guarantee the privacy, confidentiality and security of victims and establishing comprehensive reparation mechanisms, in particular when the victim is a child or adolescent. Pursuant to resolution 1612 (2005), Colombia is making progress in improving effective mechanisms to prevent recruitment, including through the Intersectoral Commission for the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Children and Adolescents by Illegal Armed Groups and Organized Criminal Groups, which has helped to identify risk factors and coordinate State action.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  5. “In this context, the national Government launched a national plan to train more than 250,000 members of the security forces. The plan, developed in the framework of the “Pact: Colombia with Youth” initiative, under which more than 202 working groups have been formed, has more than 5,500 young participants in 25 departments of the country. It is important to recognize the multiple effects of violence in order to achieve gender equality, which is why progressive, comprehensive and differential actions must be taken to address the reality of women, girls and adolescents in our country. Guaranteeing access to justice for women and girls who have suffered some form of violence in the context of the conflict is a pressing obligation.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  6. “Strategies launched by the national Government are therefore intended to safeguard the rights of children and adolescents before, during and after the pandemic. The security forces play a key role in protecting and guaranteeing the rights of children, especially in contexts of armed violence, in which State bodies are responsible for establishing the initial link or contact with a child who has been rescued on the ground. Strengthening security forces’ training and knowledge in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law, particularly with regard to violence and its effects on the integral development of children, contributes to the creation of peaceful and safe environments that provide protection and reparation for those who suffer from such violence.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  7. “We welcome the convening of this open debate by Estonia as President of the Security Council for the month of June 2021. The Colombian State believes that comprehensive care for children and adolescents is a fundamental pillar of its “peace with legality” policy. Children and adolescents will continue to be a priority for the national Government, as established in the national development plan for 2018 –2022. Colombia seeks to expand comprehensive care from early childhood to adolesc ence, improving the targeting of policies and focusing efforts on the family as the most immediate environmental setting for children’s development and well-being. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a strong impact on the various dynamics and realities in the territories affected by the conflict.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source