Summary

Jiménez Ocampo, Sandro and Nubia Bello, Martha and Meertens, Donny and Osorio, Flor Edilma and Venegas Luque Luque, Rocío (2009). Internally displaced people in Colombia, victims in permanent transition. Ethical and political dilemmas of reparative justice in the midst of internal armed conflict. Cartahena: Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo Social – GIDES, Universidad de San Buenaventura.

This document examines three core aspects to this investigation: the first discusses how the “transition” discourse is added to and used as a tool in the extensive development that war and peace discourses have undergone in Colombia; the second refers to the relationship between social practices and public policies as regards the recognition and protection of victims of conflict in Colombia, particularly internal forced displacement; the third deals with the concern for the new aspect that the dispute for the right to reparation adds to the political treatment of a possible end to the internal armed conflict in Colombia.(excerpt)

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