Colombian judge bans strikes on guerrillas if minors are present
The ruling follows airstrikes that killed at least 3 minors and cites 428 child recruitment cases reported last year, rights officials said.
- On Thursday, a Colombian judge ordered President Abelardo's government to suspend air strikes on guerrillas if information suggests the presence of recruited minors.
- President Abelardo took power last month, pledging a hard line against armed groups after former President Gustavo Petro sought peace talks, and resumed bombing campaigns labeling targets as "narcoterrorists."
- A recent airstrike in southern Amazonian Guaviare killed at least 33 members of a FARC dissident faction, including three minors aged 15 and 16, while Radio Caracol reported 107 minors have died in strikes since 2018.
- Defense Minister Jorge Eduardo Mora defended the operations, blaming guerrilla organizations for allegedly using children as human shields, while the ministry asserted the legality of its operations in Guaviare.
- The court order remains in force while the judge reviews the lawsuit regarding child recruitment, which totaled 428 cases last year, as Rights groups warn armed groups increasingly recruit teens using social media.
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The Colombian government announced that it will appeal the ruling of the Bogotá Family Court 34 that ordered it to refrain from carrying out bombings if there are "reasonably verifiable" indications of the presence of children or adolescents recruited into the targets.
Six minors died in bombings by the government of Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia. A judge ordered the suspension of the attacks after the tragedy.
Bombings against rebels are prohibited when there is information about the presence of recruited minors, according to a court decision in Colombia. The post Colombia: Court prohibits bombings against rebels if minors are present appeared first on in.gr.
Colombian court freezes rebel bombings when minors are involved. A local court in Colombia on Thursday ordered the government of hard-right President Abelardo de la Esperanza to suspend bombings of rebel camps if it has information about the presence of minor recruits. The president, who took office almost a month ago, intends to implement a tough policy against organizations allegedly involved in drug trafficking, including mass and deadly bomb…
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sofokleous10.grThe decision was made after the deaths of three minors in an airstrike against former FARC dissidents.
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