Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Juridicción Especial para la Paz, ... “Macro-case” 07 before the JEP is focused on child recruitment and involves 9,854 victims, ...

BOGOTA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Colombia's government must increase efforts to stop armed groups from recruiting children, as it pushes for peace and surrender deals with rebels and crime gangs, think ...

According to the Colombian Ombudsman's Office, 409 children and teenagers were recruited by armed groups in 2024.

In September 2023, the State Department had chosen Colombia as a focus country for ending recruitment and signed the U.S.-Colombia Child Protection Compact, which included $10 million for projects ...

“In 2024, violence against children in armed conflict reached unprecedented levels, with a staggering 25 percent surge in the ...

On December 31, 2024, the United Nations warned that armed groups have increased recruitment and use of children for armed conflict purposes, including in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the ...

Hospitals are overcrowded and lack sufficient resources to deal with the influx of people. Over 80,000 displaced Venezuelan children do not go to school in Colombia.[i] Child Protection systems are ...

Colombia's child welfare agency (ICBF) has documented 1,166 cases of child recruitment since 2016, but Crisis Group said in the report that figure was also likely an undercount.