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| If no armed conflict in Colombia, then members of the FARC could receive international recognition as lawful combatants ? |
May 5, 2011 ( www.fuerzasmilitares.org ) .- In Colombia itself armed conflict. That's one of the conclusions reached by the senators of the bed of the coalition government, after the president met Juan Manuel Santos to the speakers of the law of victims.
On Wednesday it emerged that the project will include the recognition of the existence of an armed conflict. The decision goes against the previous government's ideological view which held that in Colombia there was no armed conflict but a terrorist threat.
However, it was the Juan Manuel Santos who said in Tumaco (Nariño) during the launch of the Trojan, which in Colombia "a while ago an armed conflict." This was reported several media.
Several lawmakers explained that in this way limits the universe of victims, subject to repair, not to include those affected by crime.
In Colombia the concept of armed conflict has been used politically, but from a legal standpoint, as explained legislators, long ago recognized the existence of the conflict.
In fact, courts have established case law that recognizes the existence of the Colombian armed conflict.
Controversy
The concept, besides having an important symbolic and ideological is also an example of the differences of opinion between Santos and Alvaro Uribe.
Once the exmandatario the news began to post messages to your Twitter account: "Those who threaten the life, honor and property of civilians are not in conflict with the state. They are a criminal threat "(sic).
" The Colombian narco-terrorist groups are not parties to conflict. They are criminals that perfume their actions with political speeches, "wrote another.
The concept
According to the "Dictionary to disarm the word" armed conflict means "continuous and sustained Confrontation between two or more parties to resort to force to settle the controversy raised by the opposition of their wills, interests or points of view. "
According to a government advisor on human rights issues, "there are those who interpret the law as an instrument victims seeking to close a cycle of violence in the country, through transitional measures, which forces the Colombian government to define what cycle closed as victims repair. This implies define the measures in the context of armed conflict. "
In this way," is given clarity and legitimacy to the instruments of law, "he added.
" Closing a cycle That's my best definition from the political. If we said no "armed conflict" nobody would know what we were talking about victims, "he said.
This states that there are people who are not part of that conflict and identifies more precisely the actors.
For Arturo Mujica, lawyer Colombian Commission of Jurists, the more expeditious recognition of claims of victims.
"Recognize that the paramilitaries, the guerrillas and the state itself produce victims. This was the first time there is political recognition, as governments here until now have had ambiguous positions, "he said.
if recognized, would" open the door for thousands of victims caused by paramilitaries, guerrillas , and state agents to seek justice, reparation and truth, "added Mujica.
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