Columbia’s Particular Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal said Wednesday that a minimum of 35,178 individuals have suffered sexual, gender and reproductive violence throughout Colombia’s armed battle. The JEP was created beneath the 2016 Peace Accord, between the state and the now demobilized FARC, because the justice element of the Complete System of Fact, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition.
Pramila Patten, the UN Below-Secretary-Common and Particular Consultant of the Secretary-Common on Sexual Violence in Battle (SRSG-SVC), recommended the JEP for opening a devoted case on sexual and gender-based violence, reproductive violence and different gender-based crimes on the idea of sexual orientation or gender identification dedicated within the context of the armed battle. In a press release, Patten stated that:
The formal opening of case 11 marks a turning level for the victims of conflict-related sexual violence of the Colombian armed battle and women-led organizations who for many years have tirelessly and courageously advocated for justice, fact, recognition and reparations.
The case will focus predominantly on three elements, that being (1) the violence perpetrated by FARC-EP members in opposition to civilians; (2) violence dedicated by members of the State safety forces in opposition to civilians; and (3) violence dedicated throughout the ranks of each the FARC-EP and the State safety forces.
Based on the Human Rights Watch, gender-based violence is widespread in Columbia. Ladies are sometimes restricted from accessing medical providers resulting from an absence of coaching and poor implementation of therapy protocols that impede well timed entry and create obstacles for ladies and women in search of post-violence care and justice. Alarmingly, perpetrators of violent, gender-based crimes are not often held accountable. In a press release, Decide Lily Rueda commented on the opening of case 11 of the JEP and stated that:
The courtroom finds that acts of gender violence and prejudice occurred through the armed battle when perpetrators abused the management afforded to them by weapons and the train of armed energy to pick out victims and commit the crimes.
The main focus of this measure is on restorative justice for individuals who have suffered sexual, gender and reproductive violence throughout Colombia’s armed battle.
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