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UNVMC
UN Verification Mission in Colombia 
Authorization date: 07/17
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MAPP
OEA Misión de Apoyo al Proceso de Paz en Colombia - OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (Other)
Beginn: 02/04
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News

13.01.2019
Colombia’s state admits to assassinating 348 social leaders between 1985 and 2016

Colombia’s state officials assassinated at least 348 social leaders and human rights defenders between 1985 and 2016, the chief prosecutor said in a report on war crimes committed by the state.

Source: Colombia Reports
01.01.2019
Colombia Farc: 85 ex-rebels killed since peace deal

Most of the murders were by illegal armed groups and drug gangs fighting over former Farc territories, UN chief Antonio Guterres said in a report. Mr Guterres urged Colombian President Ivan Duque, a vocal critic of the peace deal, to do more to protect ex-rebels.

Source: BBC